April 2, 2012

Political Philosophy and Real Politics: An interview with Albena Azmanova, author of "The Scandal of Reason"

“Ideal theories of justice only stand in the way of sound judgment.” –Albena Azmanova Albena Azmanova is the author of The Scandal of Reason: A Critical Theory of Political Judgment. This post is the first of a three-part series we...

April 2, 2012

Stalking Nabokov by Brian Boyd Reviewed in the New York Times

Yesterday’s New York Times Book Review included a review of Stalking Nabokov, by Brian Boyd. The reviewer, Leland de la Durantaye, describes Brian Boyd’s discussions of his involvement (or “stalking”) of Nabokov as a reader, critic, and biographer of Vladimir...

March 30, 2012

University Press Roundup

Our semi-regular (though soon we may have to start calling it regular) roundup of recent blog posts and features from other university presses: The University of Michigan Press and Beacon Press reflect on Adrienne Rich’s life and works after the...

March 28, 2012

Inderjeet Parmar on Foundations and the American Century, Part 2

In the second part of his essay, Inderjeet Parmar, author of Foundations of the American Century: The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power, examines the role of U.S. foundations in the post-Cold War era. (To...

March 28, 2012

Noah Isenberg on Billy Wilder

On the tenth anniversary of Billy Wilder’s death, Noah Isenberg, author of Weimar Cinema: An Essential Guide to Classic Films of the Era, has written a great review of the director’s life and career for the Los Angeles Review of...

March 27, 2012

Inderjeet Parmar on Foundations and the Creation of the American Empire

The following is an essay by Inderjeet Parmar, author of Foundations of the American Century: The Ford, Carnegie, and Rockefeller Foundations in the Rise of American Power. This is part 1 of the essay and we will run part 2...

March 27, 2012

New Book Tuesday: The New Ecology of Leadership, Addicted to Profit, and More

The following books are now available: The New Ecology of Leadership: Business Mastery in a Chaotic World David K. Hurst Brains, Buddhas, and Believing: The Problem of Intentionality in Classical Buddhist and Cognitive-Scientific Philosophy of Mind Dan Arnold The Colonial...

March 26, 2012

The Science of Cotton Candy and More from The Kitchen as Laboratory

The editors of The Kitchen as Laboratory: Reflections on the Science of Food and Cooking have put together a great slide show on Huffington Post that underscore some of the aims of their book. In the slideshow, the authors describe...

March 23, 2012

University Press Roundup

Our semi-regular roundup of recent blog posts and features from other university presses: The Hurst Blog has reprinted an article detailing important new clues to the death of Dag Hammarskjold in 1961, written by Christopher Merrett. Working with Robin Barnes,...

March 23, 2012

Mark C. Taylor on Andy Goldsworthy

We conclude our week-long feature on Refiguring the Spiritual: Beuys, Barney, Turrell and Goldsworthy, with an excerpt from Mark C. Taylor’s chapter on Andy Goldsworthy: Goldsworthy’s preoccupation with place is often misunderstood. Some critics summarily dismiss him as a druidic...

March 22, 2012

Mark C. Taylor on James Turrell and Roden Crater

“Roden Crater is the most ambitious work and might well turn out to be the most important artwork of our time. For pilgrims fortunate enough to journey into Turrell’s work, the world is, indeed, transformed.”—Mark C. Taylor In his chapter...

March 22, 2012

Michael Mann Responds to the Wall Street Journal's Review of "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars"

“Our national dialogue about climate change remains broken. The Journal‘s decision to publish Ms. Jolis’s review has done nothing to repair it.”—Michael Mann Perhaps not surprisingly, the Wall Street Journal‘s review of The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches...