March 31, 2010

Amy Allen on New Directions in Critical Theory series

Critical theory has emerged again as a vital component of understanding the contemporary epoch in relation to the past, the future, and perhaps most importantly, to the present. Columbia University Press’s New Directions in Critical Theory series highlights the integral...

March 30, 2010

Sylvia Beach Interview

Greta Schiller’s 1995 documentary Paris was a Woman , explores the vital role that women played in the artistic and intellectual life in inter-war Paris. The film includes archival footage and interviews with many of the leading figures, including none...

March 29, 2010

Kenneth Posner on Hunting for the next "Black Swan"

The Black Swan Theory is used to explain hard-to-predict, rare events, but how should investors cope, react, and even try to anticipate such events? In an op-ed in Institutional Investor, Ken Posner, author of Stalking the Black Swan: Research and...

March 26, 2010

Edward Hess talks to Business Insider about Smart Growth

In an interview with Business Insider (see below), Edward Hess, author of Smart Growth: Building an Enduring Business by Managing Risks, challenges Wall Street’s accepted wisdom about growth. Hess argues that growth is not always good; bigger is not always...

March 25, 2010

Interview with Donna V. Jones author of The Racial Discourses of Life Philosophy

The following is an interview with Donna V. Jones, the author of The Racial Discourses of Life Philosophy: Négritude, Vitalism, and Modernity Q: The title of the book is The Racial Discourses of Life Philosophy: Négritude, Vitalism, and Modernity. What...

March 24, 2010

Jonathan Holslag on Chindia

In an interview with Time, Jonathan Holslag, author of China and India: Prospects for Peace discusses some of the existing and potential tensions conflicts that might develop between the two countries. Holslag argues that increased competition between the nations might...

March 23, 2010

Paul Offit: Autism's False Prophets now available in paperback

Paul Offit’s best-selling Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure is now available in paperback with a new preface. While the hardcover was first published in 2008 events have kept the book in the...

March 22, 2010

Roger Hardy on Islamism and why the West gets it wrong

In a recent editorial in the Guardian, Roger Hardy, author of The Muslim Revolt: A Journey Through Political Islam, argues that the West has simplified and misunderstood the nature and motivations of Islamism. Hardy’s editorial and book are based on...

March 19, 2010

Ronald Reagan and General Electric — Thomas Evans

General Electric is currently sponsoring the Ronald Reagan Centennial Celebration. Regan’s relationship with GE is the subject of Thomas Evans’s recent book The Education of Ronald Reagan: The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism,...

March 18, 2010

Catherine Malabou: Heir to Heidegger, Hegel, and Derrida?

Rather than having to wait a year or more for reviews of scholarly books, the Web has allowed for more immediate attention and discussion of scholarly books to emerge in a more shorter time. For instance, Catherine Malabou’s Plasticity at...

March 17, 2010

Sylvia Beach, editor and letter-writer

Think about a book you’ve read over and over. You may have turned to it for advice, or chuckled at an inadvertent reference. You know that book backwards and forwards. Now stop and try to think of who the editor...

March 16, 2010

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