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![The spare black and white cover of Svend Brinkmann’s book, “Thing: In Defense of a Thoughtful Life.”](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-03/Duplicate%20Only%20%2815%29.png?itok=nTqI1OUe)
In Defense of the Thoughtful Life
fsvScott McLemee reviews Svend Brinkmann’s Think: In Defense of the Thoughtful Life.
![The book cover of Carl Öhman’s “The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care.” The cover features an image of a human skull against a red background.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-03/Duplicate%20Only%20%2814%29.png?itok=Ak5m7m1P)
Between the Living and the Dead
Scott McLemee reviews Carl Öhman's “The Afterlife of Data.”
![The book cover for Jason Blakely's "Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life" features yellow lettering against the background of a black and white maze.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-02/Duplicate%20Only%20%2813%29.png?itok=hJ1xpRvM)
Lost in Ideology
Scott McLemee reviews Jason Blakely’s Lost in Ideology: Interpreting Modern Political Life.
![A frontal view of the U.S. Supreme Court building, with its eight columns.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-02/Untitled%20design%20-%202024-02-08T130811.547.png?itok=7l-kIFC-)
Before the Court
The Supreme Court looms large in this spring’s university press releases, Scott McLemee writes.
![The book cover for Tobias Becker’s "Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia" features a pastel-like cloudy sky blending into a sandy ocean beach.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2024-01/Book_yesterday_01.jpg?itok=GvofEcjP)
Good Old Nostalgia
Scott McLemee reviews Tobias Becker’s Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia.
![The book jacket for Dipesh Chakrabarty's "One Planet, Many Worlds: The Climate Parallax."](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2023-12/Duplicate%20Only%20%289%29.png?itok=DTCL30Gm)
‘One Planet, Many Worlds’
Scott McLemee reviews Dipesh Chakrabarty’s One Planet, Many Worlds.
![The book jacket for Chip Colwell's "So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything."](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2023-11/Duplicate%20Only%20%288%29.png?itok=jgTX2Xfm)
We Are All Hoarders Now
Scott McLemee reviews Chip Colwell’s So Much Stuff.
![A collection of book jackets for the books discussed in the accompanying review.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_205_x_203/public/2023-11/Book_collection.jpg?itok=qtuoSDvS)
Politics and Beyond
Scott McLemee looks ahead to university press releases forthcoming this spring.
Pagination
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