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Literary theory is choked with jargon and oracular prose, which makes John Farrell's achievement all the more remarkable

Published: 19/07/2018

Literary theory is choked with jargon and oracular prose, which makes John Farrell's achievement all the more remarkable Read more

Source: lareviewofbooks.org
When Mount Vesuvius erupted, thousands of papyrus scrolls were buried — the only intact ancient library . Will they finally be read?

Published: 18/07/2018

When Mount Vesuvius erupted, thousands of papyrus scrolls were buried — the only intact ancient library . Will they finally be read? Read more

Source: www.smithsonianmag.com
Shakespeare and science . He was a poet of Copernican astronomy before the telescope, and a poet of microbiology before the modern microscope

Published: 17/07/2018

Shakespeare and science . He was a poet of Copernican astronomy before the telescope, and a poet of microbiology before the modern microscope Read more

Source: www.thenewatlantis.com

Can Economists and Humanists Ever Be Friends?

Published: 16/07/2018

One discipline reduces behavior to elegantly simple rules; the other wallows in our full, complex particularity. What can they learn from each other? Read more

Source: www.newyorker.com
Life in the Matthiessen family . Hypermasculinity, CIA intrigue, multiple suicides, and literary brilliance. A member of the clan takes stock

Published: 16/07/2018

Life in the Matthiessen family . Hypermasculinity, CIA intrigue, multiple suicides, and literary brilliance. A member of the clan takes stock Read more

Source: theamericanscholar.org
In 1908, an elderly woman was murdered in her Glasgow apartment. The police had a suspect. Then Arthur Conan Doyle got involved

Published: 14/07/2018

In 1908, an elderly woman was murdered in her Glasgow apartment. The police had a suspect. Then Arthur Conan Doyle got involved Read more

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

Science is too white, too male, too straight. So efforts to increase diversity make sense. But do they undermine scientific progress ?

Published: 14/07/2018

Science is too white, too male, too straight. So efforts to increase diversity make sense. But do they undermine scientific progress ? Read more

Source: www.city-journal.org
Paul Berman's Homage to Claude Lanzmann

Published: 12/07/2018

Claude Lanzmann’s special genius was a spectacular brusqueness, which allowed him to reveal, as if with no effort at all, the patterns of thought that protect enormities under a cloak of niceties. Som ... Read more

Source: www.tabletmag.com
Is Lucretius a useful guide to the American political situation ? Martha Nussbaum thinks so. She's not so much wrong as oblivious

Published: 12/07/2018

Is Lucretius a useful guide to the American political situation ? Martha Nussbaum thinks so. She's not so much wrong as oblivious Read more

Source: slate.com

Privilege : We hear that word a lot these days, usually as an indictment lobbed by the privileged themselves. Why? Matthew Crawford has a theory

Published: 12/07/2018

Privilege : We hear that word a lot these days, usually as an indictment lobbed by the privileged themselves. Why? Matthew Crawford has a theory Read more

Source: www.iasc-culture.org
Alcibiades punched his future father-in-law, bit his wrestling opponent, and tried to seduce everyone. How an appalling man became so appealing

Published: 12/07/2018

Alcibiades punched his future father-in-law, bit his wrestling opponent, and tried to seduce everyone. How an appalling man became so appealing Read more

Source: literaryreview.co.uk
Our culture scoffs at Freud and Jung and puts its faith in science and statistics. One hole in this pervasive rationality: the magic of coincidences

Published: 11/07/2018

Our culture scoffs at Freud and Jung and puts its faith in science and statistics. One hole in this pervasive rationality: the magic of coincidences Read more

Source: aeon.co

Concerns about cultural appropriation in literature have mounted. These complaints are baffling: What, exactly, is cultural appropriation?

Published: 10/07/2018

Concerns about cultural appropriation in literature have mounted. These complaints are baffling: What, exactly, is cultural appropriation? Read more

Source: www.tabletmag.com
Lewis Carroll in Russia. He arrived with wide-eyed enthusiasm and by all accounts seemed to enjoy himself. Yet he would never venture abroad again

Published: 9/07/2018

Lewis Carroll in Russia. He arrived with wide-eyed enthusiasm and by all accounts seemed to enjoy himself. Yet he would never venture abroad again Read more

Source: the-tls.co.uk
When Female Artists Stop Being Seen as Muses

Published: 6/07/2018

On the work of Gabriele Münter. The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, some twenty-five miles north of Copenhagen on the shore of the Øresund, has a sense of porousness—glass and light ever ... Read more

Source: www.theparisreview.org

A farrago of politics, preaching, and fireworks. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is the literary equivalent of the Fourth of July

Published: 5/07/2018

A farrago of politics, preaching, and fireworks. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is the literary equivalent of the Fourth of July Read more

Source: www.washingtonpost.com
The good life, according to Aztec philosophy : The goal was not the pursuit of perfection but rather rootedness, moderation, prudence, and courage

Published: 5/07/2018

The good life, according to Aztec philosophy : The goal was not the pursuit of perfection but rather rootedness, moderation, prudence, and courage Read more

Source: aeon.co
The conflict between the sciences and the humanities isn't resolvable as long as we disagree about what it means to be an educated person

Published: 4/07/2018

The conflict between the sciences and the humanities isn't resolvable as long as we disagree about what it means to be an educated person Read more

Source: www.chronicle.com

“I Was Devastated”: Tim Berners-Lee, the Man Who Created the World Wide Web, Has Some Regrets

Published: 1/07/2018

Berners-Lee has seen his creation debased by everything from fake news to mass surveillance. But he’s got a plan to fix it. Read more

Source: www.vanityfair.com

#arte

Literary theory is choked with jargon and oracular prose, which makes John Farrell's achievement all the more remarkable

When Mount Vesuvius erupted, thousands of papyrus scrolls were buried — the only intact ancient library . Will they finally be read?

Shakespeare and science . He was a poet of Copernican astronomy before the telescope, and a poet of microbiology before the modern microscope

Can Economists and Humanists Ever Be Friends?

Life in the Matthiessen family . Hypermasculinity, CIA intrigue, multiple suicides, and literary brilliance. A member of the clan takes stock

In 1908, an elderly woman was murdered in her Glasgow apartment. The police had a suspect. Then Arthur Conan Doyle got involved

Science is too white, too male, too straight. So efforts to increase diversity make sense. But do they undermine scientific progress ?

Paul Berman's Homage to Claude Lanzmann

Is Lucretius a useful guide to the American political situation ? Martha Nussbaum thinks so. She's not so much wrong as oblivious

Privilege : We hear that word a lot these days, usually as an indictment lobbed by the privileged themselves. Why? Matthew Crawford has a theory

Alcibiades punched his future father-in-law, bit his wrestling opponent, and tried to seduce everyone. How an appalling man became so appealing

Our culture scoffs at Freud and Jung and puts its faith in science and statistics. One hole in this pervasive rationality: the magic of coincidences

Concerns about cultural appropriation in literature have mounted. These complaints are baffling: What, exactly, is cultural appropriation?

Lewis Carroll in Russia. He arrived with wide-eyed enthusiasm and by all accounts seemed to enjoy himself. Yet he would never venture abroad again

When Female Artists Stop Being Seen as Muses

A farrago of politics, preaching, and fireworks. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court is the literary equivalent of the Fourth of July

The good life, according to Aztec philosophy : The goal was not the pursuit of perfection but rather rootedness, moderation, prudence, and courage

The conflict between the sciences and the humanities isn't resolvable as long as we disagree about what it means to be an educated person

“I Was Devastated”: Tim Berners-Lee, the Man Who Created the World Wide Web, Has Some Regrets

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