February 4, 2010

Edward Hess on Toyota and the dangers of growth

Toyota and its massive recall has been very much in the news lately but what can be learned from their experience? This is the question that Edward D. Hess takes up in a recent piece in Forbes, entitled Bigger Is...

February 1, 2010

Interview with the editors of Gyorgy Lukacs's Soul and Form

The following is an interview with Jack Sanders and Katie Terezakis, coeditors of the new edition of György Lukács’s, Soul and Form. Q: Why publish a new edition of Lukács’s early essays now? Jack Sanders and Katie Terezakis: Lukács first...

January 29, 2010

Glenn Hubbard has tea with The Economist

R. Glenn Hubbard continues his discussion of The Aid Trap: Hard Truths About Ending Poverty. He was recently invited by The Economist to discuss ways in which a new Marshall Plan can help revitalize the economy of Africa and poor...

January 29, 2010

Jerelle Kraus interview

Jerelle Kraus, author of All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page, recently appeared on the legendary local cable show hosted by Harold Channer. Below is the full interview and...

January 28, 2010

Islam in America — an interview with Jane Smith

Recently, Jane Smith, the author of the second edition of Islam in America sat down with Paul Harvey of Religion in American History to discuss the book. The second edition explores some of the changes that have occurred since 9/11,...

January 27, 2010

Kelly Oliver on Rorotoko

Kelly Oliver author of Animal Lessons: How They Teach Us to Be Human recently discussed her book on Rorotoko. Oliver stresses the importance of animals in Western philosophy “to make the case that humans are special.” Oliver begins: Philosophers have...

January 26, 2010

Mark C. Taylor in The Chronicle of Higher Ed

The Chronicle Review recently featured Mark C. Taylor highlighting his new philosophical memoir Field Notes from Elsewhere: Reflections on Dying and Living and his provocative views about academia’s status quo. In his article Eric Banks, calls Taylor’s memoir of his...

January 25, 2010

My Life with the Taliban — Events and Reviews

Interest and discussion has already begun about the just-released memoir My Life with the Taliban, by Abdul Salam Zaeef. In the book, Zaeef recounts his early life in Afghanistan, joining the Jihad against the Soviet Union in 1983, helping to...

January 22, 2010

Go Jets!

This Sunday the New York Jets have a chance to return to the Super Bowl for the first time since 1969. On the other hand, they can also add another loss to a series of disappointments in their long history....

January 21, 2010

A Ricci Resurgence: On Friendship and Maps

As reported in yesterday’s New York Times, the Italian-born Jesuit priest, Matteo Ricci, who died in 1610 is once again back in the news. The New York Times article reviews the current exhibition at the Library of Congress of Matteo...

January 20, 2010

Interview with Dorothy N. Gamble and Marie Weil, authors of Community Practice Skills: Local to Global Perspectives

The following is an interview with Dorothy N. Gamble, Clinical Associate Professor Emerita at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Social Work and Marie Weil, Berg-Beach Distinguished Professor of Community Practice at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill...

January 19, 2010

Terry Castle on Susan Sontag and "Notes on Camp"

On Sunday, Terry Castle, editor of The Literature of Lesbianism: A Historical Anthology from Ariosto to Stonewall, was featured in always-entertaining Q & A included in the Sunday New York Times Magazine. In addition to being the author of several...