Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 029

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Devin Griffiths and Deanna Kreisel, "After Darwin: Literature, Theory, and Criticism in the Twenty-First Century" (Cambridge UP, 2022): An interview with Devin Griffiths and Deanna Kreisel

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Devin Griffiths and Deanna Kreisel, "After Darwin: Literature, Theory, and Criticism in the Twenty-First Century" (Cambridge UP, 2022)

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Devin Griffiths and Deanna Kreisel, "After Darwin: Literature, Theory, and Criticism in the Twenty-First Century" (Cambridge UP, 2022): An interview with Devin Griffiths and Deanna Kreisel

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Devin Griffiths and Deanna Kreisel, "After Darwin: Literature, Theory, and Criticism in the Twenty-First Century" (Cambridge UP, 2022): An interview with Devin Griffiths and Deanna Kreisel

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166: Medical Humanities: Pandemics, Food Shaming & Social Science – Dr. Kari Nixon: From food shaming to pandemics – what we can learn from medical humanities

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Monday Conversation - Advent Ideas for Christmas (28 Min.): Advent offers many opportunities to help us prepare for the birth of Christ.

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Dana Sajdi, “The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant” (Stanford UP, 2012): In her stunning new book The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant (Stanford University Press, 2012), Dana Sajdi, Associate Professor of History at Boston College, presents a riveting narrative of the intersectio...

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Dana Sajdi, “The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant” (Stanford UP, 2012): In her stunning new book The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant (Stanford University Press, 2012), Dana Sajdi, Associate Professor of History at Boston College, presents a riveting narrative of the intersectio...

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Episode 26: Anarchy vs. The Anarchy: The University of Chicago's Paul Poast claims that G. Lowes Dickinson is was the OG "modern" theo...

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Whose Work Most Influenced You? A Social Science Bites Retrospective: Which piece of social science research has most inspired or most influenced you? This question has been posed to every interview in the Social Science Bites podcast series, but never made part of the audio file made public. Now, as we approach the...

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Dana Sajdi, “The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant” (Stanford UP, 2012): In her stunning new book The Barber of Damascus: Nouveau Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Levant (Stanford University Press, 2012), Dana Sajdi, Associate Professor of History at Boston College, presents a riveting narrative of the intersectio...

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/397/ Reading Club: Imagined Communities (sample): On Benedict Anderson's classic Imagined Communities.   [Patreon Exclusive. Subscribe: patreon.com/bungacast]   Originally published in 1983, Anderson's account of the origins of nations is one of the most cited books in English in the humanities. ...

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Steven Nadler, "Spinoza: A Life" (Cambridge UP, 2022): An interview with Steven Nadler

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Majid Daneshgar, "Studying the Qur’an in the Muslim Academy" (Oxford UP, 2019): Daneshgar invites his readers on a journey exploring how the Muslim academy—that is, academic institutions in the Muslim-majority world—teaches Islamic Studies, with an emphasis on the Qur’an...

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David Lindsay Roberts, "Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans through History" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019): Roberts anchors 20 biographical chapters to a decadal series of events, whose mathematical significance could not often have been anticipated...

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David Lindsay Roberts, "Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans through History" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019): Roberts anchors 20 biographical chapters to a decadal series of events, whose mathematical significance could not often have been anticipated...

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Majid Daneshgar, "Studying the Qur’an in the Muslim Academy" (Oxford UP, 2019): Daneshgar invites his readers on a journey exploring how the Muslim academy—that is, academic institutions in the Muslim-majority world—teaches Islamic Studies, with an emphasis on the Qur’an...

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Erika Dyck on the origins and history of psychedelic psychiatry | Living Mirrors #15: Ericka Dyck is a Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. She is a leading expert on the wave of psychedelic research that occurs in the mid-twentieth century and the books she has written and edited include Psychedelic...

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The Atheist and the Mysticist: Mysticist Andrew Jasko joins Seth Andrews for a candid, good-faith discussion about consciousness, spirituality, psychedelics, and interestingly, their shared values as harsh critics of dogmatic religions. Andrew's website:...

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Majid Daneshgar, "Studying the Qur’an in the Muslim Academy" (Oxford UP, 2019): Daneshgar invites his readers on a journey exploring how the Muslim academy—that is, academic institutions in the Muslim-majority world—teaches Islamic Studies, with an emphasis on the Qur’an...

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Steven Nadler, "Spinoza: A Life" (Cambridge UP, 2022): An interview with Steven Nadler

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Steven Nadler, "Spinoza: A Life" (Cambridge UP, 2022): An interview with Steven Nadler

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Alexandra Hudson on the Soul of Civility: When Alexandra Hudson arrived in Washington, DC, she discovered that outward behavior is not always a reflection of a person's character. Her disillusionment led to an in-depth exploration of the historical concept and practice of civility, along with a newfound appreciation for not only empathy, but also debate and disagreement in a healthy society. Listen as she and EconTalk's Russ Roberts discuss her book The Soul of Civility, a call for less superficial politeness and more genuine respect for and consideration toward others in the social, cultural, and political spheres. They also discuss the power of social norms and how they can promote human flourishing.

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Erik Hammerstrom, “The Science of Chinese Buddhism: Early Twentieth-Century Engagements” (Columbia UP, 2015): Erik J. Hammerstrom‘s new book looks carefully at “what Chinese Buddhists thought about science in the first part of the twentieth century” by exploring what they wrote in articles and monographs devoted to the topic in the 1920s and early 1930s.

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Erik Hammerstrom, “The Science of Chinese Buddhism: Early Twentieth-Century Engagements” (Columbia UP, 2015): Erik J. Hammerstrom‘s new book looks carefully at “what Chinese Buddhists thought about science in the first part of the twentieth century” by exploring what they wrote in articles and monographs devoted to the topic in the 1920s and early 1930s.

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Xine Yao, "Disaffected: The Cultural Politics of Unfeeling in Nineteenth-Century America" (Duke UP, 2021): An interview with Xine Yao

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David Lindsay Roberts, "Republic of Numbers: Unexpected Stories of Mathematical Americans through History" (Johns Hopkins UP, 2019): Roberts anchors 20 biographical chapters to a decadal series of events, whose mathematical significance could not often have been anticipated...

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John Oswald – a Scottish Voice for Compassion: John Oswald, born in Edinburgh in the 1700s (the exact date unknown), was a philosopher, a writer, a poet, a social critic, a revolutionary, and an eloquent voice for animals and compassion.  Join me as I celebrate The Scottish Voice of...