online archive
1:00PM
MAR 24 2008
Only a promise of happiness
With a "Brave New World" movie coming from the team of Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio, and reissue orders climbing, Aldous Huxley is making a comeback. With Bush and Cheney having lost nearly all credence with their "macho militarism", Kissinger's realism may be the only alternative in a very desperate situation, says Immanuel Wallerstein. From Japan Focus, an essay on “trophy capitalism,” Jefrinomics, and dynastic travail in Brunei. A review of Patrick Sookhdeo’s Global Jihad: The Future in the Face of Militant Islam. A review of The Return of Ulysses: a Cultural History of Homer’s Odyssey by Edith Hall. A review of Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art by Alexander Nehamas. An interview with Sebastian Faulks on identity, hearing voices and adjusting to the pace of 007's world. For a man, there’s an order in life — it all starts with a good truck. It's the clever way to power: The Oxbridge elite continues to dominate Britain's political and cultural establishment; almost half of undergraduates still come from private schools, so what is keeping state-educated children out? A review of Alice Becker-Ho and Guy Debord’s A Game of War. A review of America's Rasputin: Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War by David Milne. A review of Servants of the Supernatural: The Night Side of the Victorian Mind by Antonio Melechi.
