February 23, 2012

Scientific American Interviews Michael E. Mann

“We’ve lost three years to do something about climate change, and that’s a huge opportunity cost. Each year we wait, it gets that much more difficult to stabilize carbon dioxide concentrations below levels that might very well be dangerous. I...

February 22, 2012

The Philosophy of David Foster Wallace Revisited

Yesterday would have been David Foster Wallace’s 50th birthday and on this occasion, we wanted to look back at our recent publication of his, Fate, Time, and Language: An Essay on Free Will. For a more in-depth discussion of David...

February 22, 2012

Michael Mann Discusses "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars" with Chris Mooney

In a fascinating interview with Chris Mooney on Point of Inquiry, Michael Mann discusses a variety of issues relating to his new book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines. Chris Mooney begins the interview...

February 21, 2012

VIDEO: Michael Mann on "The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars"

Following up on our post on Michael Mann’s interview with the Guardian about his new book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines, here is a video produced in conjunction with the story:

February 21, 2012

New Book Tuesday: The AIDS Conspiracy, Confronting Postmaternal Thinking, and More

Our weekly list of new titles now available! The AIDS Conspiracy: Science Fights Back Nicoli Nattrass Confronting Postmaternal Thinking: Feminism, Memory, and Care Julie Stephens Transgender 101: A Simple Guide to a Complex Issue Nicholas M. Teich Japan and the...

February 17, 2012

The Legacy of Dag Hammarskjold

“I realize now, that in comparison to [Dag Hammarskjöld], I am a small man. He was the greatest statesman of our century.”—John F. Kennedy We conclude our week-long feature on Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: The UN, the Cold War, and White...

February 17, 2012

Michael Mann on Life in the 'Climate War' Trenches

“I think you are now going to see the scientific community almost uniformly fighting back against this assault on science. I don’t know what’s going to happen in the future but I do know that my fellow scientists and I...

February 16, 2012

Was Dag Hammarskjold's Death a Conspiracy?

A few weeks ago, the BBC reported on the continuing controversy concerning Dag Hammarskjold’s death in 1961 when his plane crashed in Zambia. His death, of course, is also the subject of Susan Williams’s new book, Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: The...

February 16, 2012

Roger Hardy — Islamism and the Arab Spring

The following is a post by Roger Hardy, author of The Muslim Revolt: A Journey Through Political Islam. The essay was originally posted on the Hurst Blog. The recent success of Islamist parties in elections in Tunisia and Egypt has...

February 15, 2012

Crash of Hammarskjöld’s Plane in 1961: ‘VIP planes don’t crash…’

Upon publication of Who Killed Hammarskjöld?: The UN, the Cold War, and White Supremacy in Africa, the Hurst Blog, published an essay by Adrian Begg, who was then a 20-year-old officer in the Northern Rhodesia Police when Dag Hammarskojld’s plane...

February 15, 2012

Interview with Ngugi wa Thiong'o

We recently published Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing, by renowned Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiong’o. In the book, Ngugi wa Thiong’o summarizes and develops a cross-section of the issues he has grappled with in his work, which deploys...

February 14, 2012

‘Who Killed Hammarskjöld?’ and the UN in Zambia

While serving as United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) representative to Zambia from 1998-2005, Margaret O’Callaghan spoke at a memorial service upon the anniversary of UN secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold’s death. In an article originally published by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies...