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August 29, 2011

Logics of Disintegration: Contemporary Cultural Theory and the Riots in Britain

Graham MacPhee is the author of Postwar British Literature and Postcolonial Studies and associate professor of English at West Chester University. The basic facts, still less the complex causes and conditions of possibility, of the widespread civil unrest across England...

August 26, 2011

Erica Chenoweth on Nonviolence and the Libyan Uprising

Recent events in the Arab world have given Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan’s Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict an important timeliness. Erica Chenoweth recently wrote Think Again: Nonviolent Resistance, published in Foreign Policy, which we...

August 25, 2011

Romain Hayes on Subhas Chandra Bose and Nazi Germany

Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the most fascinating figures of the twentieth century was an Indian nationalist allied himself with the Nazis during World War II in the hopes of toppling British rule in India. Bose is considered on par...

August 24, 2011

Michael Mann, The Hockey Stick, and the Vindication of Climate Science

Michael Mann, author of the forthcoming The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines (due out in Spring 2012), has become a target of anti-science activists and global warming deniers. As reported by Joe Romm’s Climate...

August 23, 2011

New Book Tuesday: Literary studies of Critical Children and Uncreative Writing

The following books are now available: Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels Richard Locke The Lovelorn Ghost and the Magical Monk: Practicing Buddhism in Modern Thailand Justin Thomas McDaniel The Teachings of Master Wuzhu: Zen and...

August 22, 2011

New video series from NYHS answers questions about New York City history

The New-York Historical Society and NYC Media, the official network of the City of New York, have partnered to produce a special series of one minute videos that feature the staff of the New York Historical Society as they answer...

August 19, 2011

Last chance for free books! Scottish studies book giveaway ends Monday

Thanks to everyone who has already entered our contest to win sets of our Scottish studies titles. We’ve had a terrific response so far. If you haven’t entered the contest yet, it’s your last chance before the contest closes at...

August 18, 2011

The debate over Political Theology continues at The Immanent Frame

Today we check in with the debate on Political Theology by Paul Kahn going on over at The Immanent Frame. Since we last updated you on the discussion on sovereignty and American political theology six new posts have gone up....

August 17, 2011

Paul R. Pillar on the true costs of the Iraq war

In a post today at The National Interest Paul R. Pillar, author of the new book Intelligence and U.S. Foreign Policy: Iraq, 9/11, and Misguided Reform, discusses the true cost of the Iraq war for the United States. In his...

August 16, 2011

New Book Tuesday: Apoha and New Literary Studies Titles Now in Paper

The following books are now available: Apoha: Buddhist Nominalism and Human Cognition Edited by Mark Siderits, Tom Tillemans, and Arindam Chakrabarti Change Research: A Case Study on Collaborative Methods for Social Workers and Advocates Corey S. Shdaimah, Roland W. Stahl,...

August 15, 2011

James Powell: How We Know Global Warning Is True

James L. Powell, author of The Inquisition of Climate Science, prepared a video of showing how scientists know that global warming is true. The video demonstrates and explains the evidence. Powell also offers a series of slides that explains the...

August 12, 2011

Interview with Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

The Public Record recently interviewed Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, author of A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilisations: Us and Them Beyond Orientalism. In the interview Adib-Moghaddam, who was born to Iranian parents in Turkey, discussed the continuing controversy over Iran’s nuclear...