Krunoslav Mikulan (Zagreb): Harry Potter through the Focus of Feminist Literary Theory: Examples of (Un)Founded Criticsm. From the Journal of International Law and Politics, a review of Terrorism, War and International Law: The Legality of the Use of Force Against Afghanistan in 2001 by Myra Williamson; and a review of Constitution Making Under Occupation: The Politics of Imposed Revolution in Iraq by Andrew Arato. Dan Ariely on his book Predictably Irrational. A review of Sans-Culottes: An Eighteenth-Century Emblem in the French Revolution by Michael Sonenscher. Conchita the Chihuahua just inherited a $3 million trust fund after her owner died, joining Leona Helmsley’s spoiled dog Trouble and other furry and very fortunate heirs. Why do we care so much about the actual and potential uses of bibliometrics and world university ranking methodologies, but care so little about the private sector firms that drive the bibliometrics/global rankings agenda forward? A review of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz (and more and more) and Wrong: Why Experts Keep Failing Us — And How to Know When Not to Trust Them by David H. Freedman (and more). Can Washington stand up to the energy industry? The real losers of the financial crisis weren't the blockbuster failures of Greece and Iceland; they were the countries so isolated that their economies didn't feel the blow. More and more on The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons. From The New Inquiry, Helena Fitzgerald on Walter Benjamin and travel as collecting: Chronicling, like acquisition, is a failed defense against impermanence. Americans abroad are a species unto themselves — herewith a handy field guide.
