The Public Square12
Ruth O'Brien, Series Editor
The Public Square series showcases some of the world's finest public intellectuals writing on topics at the forefront of public discourse. It features authors—be they professors, journalists, essayists, poets, or novelists—whose distinctive voices resonate both within and far beyond the confines of the academy. Artful, accessible, and analytical, their essays contribute to international dialogue, shape and frame national debates, and engage with enduring and fundamental questions.
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A passionate defense of the humanities from one of today's foremost public intellectuals
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From the acclaimed author of Unfinished Business, a story of crisis and change that can help us find renewed honesty and purpose in our personal and political lives
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Why “the Muslim question” is really about the West and its own anxieties—not Islam
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How gender inequality is built into the conception of modern secular nation-states
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No survey can capture the breadth and depth of the anti-Americanism that has swept Europe in recent years. From ultraconservative Bavarian grandmothers to thirty-year-old socialist activists in Greece, from globalization opponents to...
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A passionate defense of the humanities from one of today's foremost public intellectuals
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Why Europe is on the decline—and what can be done about it
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From acclaimed bestselling historian Jill Lepore, the story of the American historical mythology embraced by the far right
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In 2004, the French government instituted a ban on the wearing of "conspicuous signs" of religious affiliation in public schools. Though the ban applies to everyone, it is aimed at Muslim girls wearing headscarves. Proponents of the law...
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Political conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government. But if this were true, noted economist Jeff Madrick argues, the nation would not be experiencing stagnant wages, rising health care costs...
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Hidden in Plain Sight tells the tragic untold story of children's rights in America. It asks why the United States today, alone among nations, rejects the most universally embraced human-rights document in history, the United Nations...
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This is a guide for instructing posthumans in living a Dada life. It is not advisable, nor was it ever, to lead a Dada life."—The Posthuman Dada Guide
The Posthuman Dada Guide is an impractical handbook for practical living in our...