online archive
12:30PM
AUG 27 2007
Social sciences
From Boston Review, The Curse of Modernity: George Scialabba on Philip Rieff’s problem with freedom. D aron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson (MIT), James A. Robinson (Harvard) and Pierre Yared (Columbia): Reevaluating the Modernization Hypothesis. James H. Fowler (UCSD) and Cindy D. Kam (UC-Davis): Beyond the Self: Social Identity, Altruism, and Political Participation.
A review of The Truth About Leo Strauss: Political Philosophy and American Democracy by Catherine and Michael Zuckert. A review of The Chicago School: How The University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business by Johan Van Overtveldt. More on Discover Your Inner Economist by Tyler Cowen.
From the Canadian Journal of Sociology, a review of Russian Jews on Three Continents: Identity, Integration, and Conflict by Larissa Remennick; a review of The Intellectuals and the Flag by Todd Gitlin; and a review of Cultural Citizenship: Cosmopolitanism, Consumerism, and Television in a Neoliberal Age by Toby Miller.
