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History January 21, 2015
Mistakes Get Made
Democracy floats on currents of change. Is it ever capable of managing them?
Jackson Lears
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December 18, 2013
Letters
Keep talkin' happy talk… till the fat lady sings…
Our Readers, Jackson Lears and Eric Alterman
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Language Arts November 6, 2013
Get Happy!!
For Margaret Thatcher as for today’s happiness industry, there is no such thing as society.
Jackson Lears
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November 20, 2012
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Culture August 29, 2012
Pariahs’ Progress: On Isolationism
For Christopher McKnight Nichols, isolationists were cultural cosmopolitans who distrusted the impact of empire.
Jackson Lears
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June 1, 2011
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Culture April 27, 2011
Same Old New Atheism: On Sam Harris
Scientists, Sam Harris writes, are the saints of circumspection. If that’s true, then with his writing on religion and morality Harris breaks the mold.
Jackson Lears
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Biography February 8, 2007
The Thought Experimenter
A new biography of William James portrays a man who made a brilliant career of asking tough questions.
Jackson Lears
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Cultural Criticism and Analysis May 24, 2006
Keeping It Real
In Songs of Experience, Martin Jay examines modern debates over the relationship between theory and the lived world.
Jackson Lears