Robert Talisse (Vanderbilt): (1) A Farewell to Deweyan Democracy: Towards a New Pragmatist Politics; (2) Folk Epistemology and the Justification of Democracy; (3) Does Value Pluralism Entail Liberalism? Joel Colon-Rios (York): The Second Dimension of Democracy: The People and Their Constitution. The introduction to Democratic Rights: The Substance of Self-Government by Corey Brettschneider. A review of Kant's Cosmopolitan Theory of Law and Peace by Otfried Hoffe. A review of Understanding the Founding: The Crucial Questions by Alan Gibson. A review of Dred Scott and the Politics of Slavery by Earl M. Maltz. A review of The Lost Promise of Civil Rights by Risa L. Goluboff. A review of The Most Democratic Branch: How the Courts Serve America by Jeffrey Rosen.
The introduction to The Greek City States by P. J. Rhodes. The epitome of Socratic ambivalence: A review of The Death of Socrates: Hero, Villain, Chatterbox, Saint by Emily Wilson. A review of The Hellenistic Age: A Short History by Peter Green. A review of Ovid's Art and the Wife of Bath: The Ethics of Erotic Violence. A review of Plague and the End of Antiquity: The Pandemic of 541-750. A review of James "Athenian" Stuart: the Rediscovery of Antiquity. A review of Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America by Felipe Fernandez Armesto. A review of The Protestant Revolution: from Martin Luther to Martin Luther King by William G. Naphy.
From American Scientist, Genetics and the Shape of Dogs: Studying the new sequence of the canine genome shows how tiny genetic changes can create enormous variation within a single species; and Sorting Out the Genome: To put your genes in order, flip them like pancakes. Tit for tat: Abandoning offspring in search of new sexual conquests works—at least, for tits. From Frieze, a review of The Animals Reader. From an evolutionary perspective, animal brains seem no less capable of generating intelligence than do human ones. The differences are of degree, not kind, writes David P. Barash. Centuries ago, intuition was held in high regard but today it provokes suspicion; "it has gone down from the brain to the bowels", notes one behavioural scientist.
