Farrar, Straus and Giroux has recently published New School Professor James Miller’s book, “Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche.” A New York Times Notable Book for 2011, the book, which can be found here, returns to the philosophical tradition of offering “arresting answers to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life
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Victoria Hattam’s Book Published: “In the Shadow of Race”
University Of Chicago Press has recently published New School Professor Victoria Hattam’s book, “In the Shadow of Race: Jews, Latinos, and Immigrant Politics in the United States.” Awarded the Ralph Bunche Award from the American Political Science Association, the book, which can be found here, recovers “the history of [the] entrenched distinction [between race and ethnicity] and the
Rachel Sherman’s Book Published: “Class Acts”
University of California Press has recently published New School Professor Rachel Sherman’s book, “Class Acts: Service and Inequality in Luxury Hotels.” The book, which can be found here, “goes behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels to give a nuanced picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests by providing seemingly unlimited
Duncan Foley’s Book Published: “Adam’s Fallacy”
Belknap Press has recently published New School Professor Duncan Foley’s book, “Adam’s Fallacy: A Guide to Economic Theology.” The book, which can be found here, “attempts to explain the core ideas of the great economists, beginning with Adam Smith and ending with Joseph Schumpeter” expressing Foley’s “belief that economics at its most abstract and interesting level is
David Howell’s Book Published: “Fighting Unemployment”
Oxford University Press has recently published New School Professor David Howell’s book, “Fighting Unemployment: The Limits of Free Market Orthodoxy.” Edited by Howell, the book, which can be found here, “critically assesses […] free market orthodoxy” by using “cross-country statistical analyses and country case studies” through “leading economists from seven North American and European countries” who “contend that this