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Travels in Weblogestan
Sure, American scholars are studying blogs. But if you want to see a real debate, go to Iran....
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Falling Into the Generation Gap
Between Baby Boomers and Generation X, between the Left and the Right, there falls ... the shadow!
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The Inconsistent Luddite
Scott McLemee utters dire warnings about the cultural impact of media, while fast forwarding through commercials....
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Sex and the Single Genius
Otto Weininger's book on gender is either a masterpiece or the work of Larry Summers's evil twin. Possibly both?
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Keeping It Real
Lacan, Zizek, Cornel West, Paradise Lost and Chairman Mao are all connected. Sort of....
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The Lecturer's Tale
A couple of years ago, a book appeared which might as well have had the title The Pedagogy of Zaniness...
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This, That and the Other Thing
Intellectual Affairs has been running for just over a month now. It might be a good moment for a bit...
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In Black and White
Just because an African-American author turns out to be white doesn't mean that scholarship on her is any less creative....