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Claude Lévi-Strauss Stays the Mighty Hand of History, at Least for a Moment
Legendary French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss catches a glimpse of disappearing traditions through Japanese eyes in these new translations of his lectures, essays and interviews.
25 Jul 2013
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Dead Philosophers Are Cool: 'Philosophy Bites Back'
Every interview in this book rewards us with the revelation that a great philosopher, no matter how dead, is still fresh, surprising, and relevant.
07 Mar 2013
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A Whole World of Bullshit: 'Bullspotting: Finding Facts in the Age of Misinformation'
Will 2013 be a year for a) conspiracy theories; b) end-of-the-world hysteria; or c) books to enhance our critical thinking?
17 Jan 2013
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How China Grabbed Hold of the World In Order to Survive and Compete: 'Restless Empire'
From the peak of the Qing Dynasty to today, China has moved far and fast. Here's a chance to catch up.
05 Dec 2012
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Thomas Friedman's Paean to Globalization 'The Lexus and the Olive Tree' Is Back, but We've Moved On
The Lexus is shiny and modern, the olive tree old and rooted, put them together and, dude, there's your simplistic guide to globalization.
08 Oct 2012
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We Need Glenn Greenwald's 'With Liberty and Justice for Some' for Its Courage
America's legal and political system is sweet for the rich, putrid for the poor.
17 Sep 2012
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Enter the Posthuman: 'Alien Phenomenology'
In a world overrun by objects, everything's a 'thing' from another world.
15 Jul 2012
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The Wheel, Reinvented: 'Occupy! Scenes from Occupied America'
A book written at the height of the Occupy protests contains clues about the movement's future -- if it has one.
07 May 2012
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The Quantum Mind-Boggle: 'The Quantum Universe'
Quantum mechanics is a knotty tangle of mathematical, practical, and philosophical threads, itching to be unravelled.
03 Apr 2012
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God Among the Test Tubes: 'Science and Religion in Quest of Truth'
What does theology want from science? Above all, the heady feeling of mystery its own traditional texts no longer convey to a sophisticated, urban and multicultural public.
13 Feb 2012
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Barbarians Against Barbarians: Henry Kissinger's 'On China'
The diplomat believes he’s a skillful player, he believes he’s in control; but the game is much bigger than he is, and defines what he can and cannot do.
02 Nov 2011
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OMG, You Wrote Your Own Bible? 'The Good Book: A Humanist Bible' by A. C. Grayling
Like the 'real' Bible, The Good Book is an eclectic and contradictory mix, containing much that really is very good, but also some that’s bad and ugly, and quite a lot that’s unbearably dull.
13 Sep 2011
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Smile, You're in a Rat Race: 'The Social Animal'
David Brooks wants cognitive science to validate modern conservatism, but the opposite case could more easily be made.
05 Jul 2011
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Gazing upon the Bitch-goddess of Quantification: 'The Information'
We are drowning in a sea of information. Shall we stop to count the waves, or try to make sense of it all? The first of these two is the way of information theory.
22 May 2011
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Save the World from Evil Math
On 'proofiness', 'randumbness' statistical boo-boos and other high-level mathematical theories.
05 May 2011
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'Revolutionary Deists': Fanatics for a Reason
The story of deism proves that America has never been, in an absolute sense, a Christian nation.
26 Apr 2011
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The Ol' Rebel Heart of 'The Communist Manifesto' Beats On
The best-known classic of radical activism is as alive and fearless as ever.
27 Mar 2011
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