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October 18, 2011

Interview with Richard Locke, Author of Critical Children

The following is an interview with Richard Locke, author of Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels. Question: What were the criteria for selecting the characters? Did you consider discussing any children from more recent literature? Richard...

October 18, 2011

New Book Tuesday: Mute Speech by Jacques Ranciere

Mute Speech: Literature, Critical Theory, and Politics Jacques Ranciere Neurogastronomy: How the Brain Creates Flavor and Why It Matters Gordon Shepherd Evolution and the Emergent Self: The Rise of Complexity and Behavioral Versatility in Nature Raymond L. Neubauer The Columbia...

October 17, 2011

The Opening to Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels

This week we will be featuring Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels, by Richard Locke. We begin with the opening paragraph to the book: In 1876 Mark Twain stopped working on the manuscript of Huckleberry Finn...

October 14, 2011

Demented Faith or Godless Mamon: The Financial Times on Denis Lacorne's "Religion in America"

We conclude our week-long focus on Religion in America: A Political History, by Denis Lacorne with some excerpts from a review of the book in the Financial Times. In his review, Clive Crook praises Religion in America for its timeliness...

October 13, 2011

How the French Have Viewed American Religion

The following is an excerpt from Denis Lacorne’s Introduction to Religion in America: A Political History. “Twentieth-century French perceptions of America, however contradictory, share a common pessimistic message. The United States is not really a democracy. It is either a...

October 13, 2011

Avidan Milevsky on Sibling Relationships

The following is a video with Avidan Milevsky, author of the recently published Sibling Relationships in Childhood and Adolescence.

October 12, 2011

Tony Judt on Denis Lacorne

As Denis Lacorne makes his way around the United States to discuss his new book Religion in America: A Political History (Bostonians: You’ll have two chances to see him today!), we decided to post an excerpt from Tony Judt’s foreword...

October 12, 2011

"The Most Important Thing," by Howard Marks Reviewed in Barron's

Our best-selling title The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor, by Howard Marks was recently reviewed by Martin Fridson in Barron’s (scroll down to the fourth review). Fridson praises Marks for offering analysis that is at once...

October 11, 2011

Barry McCrea Discusses "In the Company of Strangers" on Rorotoko

Rorotoko recently published an excellent essay by Barry McCrea about his new book In the Company of Strangers: Family and Narrative in Dickens, Conan Doyle, Joyce, and Proust. In the piece, McCrea discusses how the idea of family offers new...

October 11, 2011

Denis Lacorne on Tour to Discuss "Religion in America: A Political History"

Throughout October Denis Lacorne will be discussing his new book Religion in Religion in America: A Political History at various locations in the United States: Wednesday, October 12 at Noon Boston College Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life...

October 11, 2011

New Book Tuesday: Stalking Nabokov and Classic Works of Journalism

Stalking Nabokov Brian Boyd Lineages of Political Society: Studies in Postcolonial Democracy Partha Chatterjee Second Read: Writers Look Back at Classic Works of Reportage Edited by James Marcus and the Staff of the Columbia Journalism Review States of War: Enlightenment...

October 7, 2011

Udi Aloni and Judith Butler

Udi Aloni’s What Does a Jew Want?: On Binationalism and Other Specters includes interventions and conversations with Slavoj Zizek, Alain Badiou, and Judith Butler. All three figures have been commentators of Aloni’s work and have joined him in conversation about...

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