Jason Brennan’s An Introduction to Political Philosophy – Short, Clear and Partisan
An Introduction to Political Philosophy by Jason Brennan CATO Institute, Washington DC, Electronic Edition You might expect an introductory text to Political Philosophy to be neutral in how it introduces the field; if so, this work will disappoint you. On the other…
Make Room! Make Room! A review!
Harry Harrison Electronic editions published 2002, 2010 by Rosetta Books LLC, New YorkISBN e-Pub edition 978079531169 Minor spoilers for the novel and Movie below! Make Room! Make Room! is an entertaining read, though that is not the main point of this work….
Godzilla at 70: The monster’s warning to humanity is still urgent
The monster in the 2023 movie “Godzilla Minus One.” Toho Co. Ltd., CC BY-ND Amanda Kennell, University of Notre Dame and Jessica McManus Warnell, University of Notre Dame The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, the Japan Confederation of A- and…
Reeling religion: From anime and sci-fi to rom-coms, films are full of faith in unexpected places
By David W. Stowe, Michigan State University In some movies, religion hits viewers over the head – including films that take home the industry’s biggest prizes. No one could miss religion’s importance in “The Exorcist” or “Jesus Christ Superstar,” both…
What happens when Francis Ford Coppola turns to Science Fiction?
Dan Simmons’ Hyperion Review
Why You Should (or Should Not) Read . . . Hyperion by Dan Simmons Del Rey | 1989 | 978-0-399-17861-0 | 481pages First in a series | Reviewed by Todd Galitz You could think of Dan Simmons’ Hyperion as a stealth classic. While it doesn’t get the love that, say, Issac…
Why Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to college graduates still matters today
Susan Farrell, College of Charleston Kurt Vonnegut didn’t deliver the famous “Wear Sunscreen” graduation speech published in the Chicago Tribune that was often mistakenly attributed to the celebrated author. But he could have. Over his lifetime, he gave dozens of…
Spotlight: The Turing Trap: The Promise & Peril of Human-Like Artificial Intelligence
The Turing Trap: The Promise & Peril of Human-Like Artificial Intelligence There has been a lot of hype about Artificial Intelligence lately, perhaps too much. But if you want to understand the bigger picture in a non-technical political-economic framework, this…
How Ursula Le Guin’s Writing Was Shaped by Anthropology
A connection can be made in between Ursula Le Guin’s fiction and her father’s groundbreaking work in anthropology. Oregon State University, CC BY-SA The education of Ursula Le Guin Philip W. Scher, University of Oregon On Jan. 22, Ursula K. Le Guin died in Portland,…
How Dystopian Narratives Can Incite Real-World Radicalism
This story first appeared in Aeon; it was written by Calvert Jones and Celia Paris Humans are storytelling creatures: the stories we tell have profound implications for how we see our role in the world, and dystopian fiction keeps growing in popularity. According to…
China is using mythology and sci-fi to sell its space programme to the world
Molly Silk, PhD Candidate, Chinese Space Policy, University of Manchester This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. On the morning of June 17, China launched its long-awaited Shenzhou-12…
John Dunn’s examination of John Locke, a review in about 500 words
The Political Thought of John Locke-An Historical Account of the Argument of the ‘Two Treatises of Government’ by John Dunn. Cambridge at the University Press, 1969. 521 07408 8 The Po litical Thought of John Locke could have been called “My Thoughts about…
Secular ‘values voters’ are becoming an electoral force in the US – just look closely at 2020’s results
Phil Zuckerman, Pitzer College The voting patterns of religious groups in the U.S. have been scrutinized since the presidential election for evidence of shifting allegiances among the faithful. Many have wondered if a boost in Catholic support was behind Biden’s win…
Watch The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin free until 8/30/20
PBS is making it’s documentary, The Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin free to watch through 8/30/20! Ursula K. Le Guin was a trailblazer writing about complex and interesting societies, her stories reflected the deepest questions that mainstream society has only recently…
American Gothic Literature, a new kind of horror story
A Review of “American Gothic Literature” Ruth Bienstock Anolik, 2019, McFarland & Company Inc. 306 pages Like the genre it examines, this work is insightful, inspiring, exhilarating, and challenging. However, it is not for the faint of heart! A somewhat…
#ShutDownAcademia
Via #Shutdownstem On June 10, 2020, we will #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM, and #Strike4BlackLives. In the wake of the most recent murders of Black people in the US, it is clear that white and other non-Black people have to step up and do the work to eradicate…
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Dr. Neil Postman, a Short Book Review
Why should we care about 1970’s Television? Neil Postman’s Amusing Ourselves to Death is one of many works from the latter half of the 20th Century which bemoans what he calls the “Age of Show Business,” or what other people have called the culture of…
The origins of the Gothic
Professor John Mullan examines the origins of the Gothic, explaining how the genre became one of the most popular of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and the subsequent integration of Gothic elements into mainstream Victorian fiction. Gothic fiction began…
We have the tools and technology to work less and live better
In 1930, a year into the Great Depression, John Maynard Keynes sat down to write about the economic possibilities of his grandchildren. Despite widespread gloom as the global economic order fell to its knees, the British economist remained upbeat, saying that the…
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