A late tribute to Umberto Eco (and also to Harper Lee)…
Archival Interview: Umberto Eco on Truth, Fiction, and the Holy Grail “It was a beautiful
Lines of thought
A video: David Newheiser on Foucault, Gary Becker and the Critique of Neoliberalism
Published on Feb 5, 2016 David Newheiser introduces his article ‘Foucault, Gary Becker and
Inside Higher Ed piece: “Turkish Academe Under Attack……Literati roundup…
Turkish Academe Under Attack Turkish scholars describe a growing intolerance for dissent. February 12, 2016
Literati roundup: Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Education… “49 millions artworks, artifacts, books, videos, and sounds from across Europe…
Nietzsche Lays Out His Philosophy of Education and a Still-Timely Critique of the Modern University (1872)
Anthropology agenda: Turkey’s witch hunt on academics include an anthropologist, Sibel Özbudun whose Facebook shares shown as evidence…
Prof. Özbudun is charged with supporting PKK due to some of her sharings online that
As 2016 to come: “What is the Good Life? Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, & Kant’s Ideas in 4 Animated Videos…
What is the Good Life? Plato, Aristotle, Nietzsche, & Kant’s Ideas in 4 Animated Videos Open
R.I.P. Benedict Anderson…
Who hasn’t quoted Imagined Communities at some point in a social science career? Ben Anderson, author
Literati roundup: “Michel Foucault as an activist intellectual…”Foucault and the ‘current’ refugee crisis…
Michel Foucault as an activist intellectual open Democracy News Analysis – by Engin Isin Foucault’s 1982
Literati roundup: “14,000 drawings of the French Revolution posted online
14,000 drawings of the French Revolution posted online Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza Guillotines and numbing
Literati roundup: A new book on Participatory culture… “Sci-Fi’s Hugo Awards and the Battle for Pop Culture’s Soul….
New book: Participatory Culture in a Networked Era by Henry Jenkins, Mimi Ito, and me! apophenia
Literati roundup: after all Google’s scan of millions of books has been declared legal…”Digital Islamic Humanities Project…
Google’s audacious project that scanned millions of books has been declared legal The Next Web by
Literati roundup: “Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus wins Nobel literature prize
Svetlana Alexievich of Belarus wins Nobel literature prize Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich won the Nobel Prize
Literati Roundup: Wired says “The Martian Proves Movies Are Now Better Than Their Books
The Martian and the Cult of Science Slate Articles by Rachel E. Gross Ridley Scott’s The
Literati roundup: A good piece on “the declining ebook reading experience
On the declining ebook reading experience kottke.org by Jason Kottke When reports came out last month