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Tag Archives: Politics
Dream State
“New fiction from Louisiana writer Moira Crone. In eight deliciously irreverent tales, Dream State captures the flavors of the modern-day deep South, where love, politics, hurricanes, and sweet fevers make for an intoxicating brew. Moira Crone reads from and talks [...] about her new collection of stories.” [Wayne Pond]
Taming the Storm
A description of the life and times of Federal Judge Frank Johnson, Jr. and the rise of the civil rights movement. An analysis of contemporary trends in southern politics.
Middle East Prospects
A talk about the history behind the headlines in Middle Eastern politics and culture.
What is Found There
Adrienne Rich reads from and talks about her most recent book, What is Found There, a collection of poems and essays on poetry and politics in American society.
Visual Cultures
Marianne Hirsch discusses her study of family pictures and cultural narrative. Temma Kaplan talks about her new book, Red City, Blue Period, an account of politics and culture in early 20th-century Barcelona.
Beyond the Culture Wars
David Bromwich talks about Politics by Other Means, his new book about ideology and American education. Gerald Graff discusses Beyond the Culture Wars, his new book about ideology and American education.
The Civil Society Part 4
Eduardo Rabossi discusses human rights in Argentina. Zhang Zhilian discusses intellectuals and politics in contemporary China.
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Public Philosophy
Thomas Flynn discusses the life and work of the modern French historian and philosopher Michel Foucault. Richard Rorty discusses philosophy and the politics of the American left.
An Islamic Primer
Gordon Newby provides an Islamic primer, an overview of politics and culture in the Middle East.
The Press, the People, & Public Policy
A discussion of race relations and politics in the modern South.
Peaceable Kingdoms
Carol Adams discusses her book, The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory (Crossroads/Continuum Press). Joseph Gerson talks about his book, The Sun Never Sets: Confronting the Network of Foreign U. S. Military Bases (South End Press).
Engendered States
Anna Clark discusses the sexual politics of London during the early 19th-century. Sarah Hanley discusses family formation and state building in early modern France.
Southern Poltergeist
Dan Carter discusses his biography of Governor George Wallace of Alabama, whom he calls the poltergeist and weathervane of politics in the modern American south.
Revolutionary Observers
Nikita Pokrovsky and Robert Connor discuss contemporary intellectual crosscurrents between the United States and the Soviet Union. Melvin Richter discusses his study of Alexis de Tocqueville, the 19th-century observer of European and North American politics and culture.
Spinoza and Friends
Christopher Brooks discusses law, politics, and society in England between 1485 and 1660. Edwin Curley discusses his translation of the works of the Dutch philosopher Spinoza (1632-1677).