Digital Archives Give You Free Access to Thousands of Historical Children’s Books | Open Culture — Read on http://www.openculture.com/2020/03/digital-archives-give-you-free-access-thousands-of-historical-childrens-books.html
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Heavenly Geometries | America on the Brink | Issues | The Hedgehog Review
In an 1849 letter to a friend, five years before she began to translate the Ethics, Eliot wrote, “For those who read the very words Spinoza wrote…… Read more “Heavenly Geometries | America on the Brink | Issues | The Hedgehog Review”
Hermaphroditus and Salmacis | History Today
The Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II, moved the Habsburg court from Vienna to Prague in 1583. Thanks to his patronage, the Bohemian capital attracted many of the…… Read more “Hermaphroditus and Salmacis | History Today”
Edith Wharton’s Moroccan Clichés | History Today
Some reviewers disagreed with her and In Morocco prompted political debate. ‘All the properties of an Arabian Nights tale are here’, wrote Irita Van Doren in the…… Read more “Edith Wharton’s Moroccan Clichés | History Today”
How Sultan Selim’s Ottoman Empire Shaped the Modern World | Literary Hub
The coronavirus pandemic is dramatically disrupting not only our daily lives but society itself. This show features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers…… Read more “How Sultan Selim’s Ottoman Empire Shaped the Modern World | Literary Hub”
The Philosopher and the Detectives: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Enduring Passion for Hardboiled Fiction | CrimeReads
The scene is London; the year, 1941. Ludwig Wittgenstein, likely the greatest philosopher of the twentieth century, has taken a hiatus from his Cambridge professorship to do…… Read more “The Philosopher and the Detectives: Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Enduring Passion for Hardboiled Fiction | CrimeReads”
Revisiting Thucydides: Ruminations on the Future of U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy in an Age of Great Power Competition
While war between the United States and China is a possibility, a larger and more refined lesson could be gleaned from Thucydides’ ancient text. In an era…… Read more “Revisiting Thucydides: Ruminations on the Future of U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy in an Age of Great Power Competition”
Writing Self, Writing Empire by Rajeev Kinra – Paperback – University of California Press
Writing Self, Writing Empire examines the life, career, and writings of the Mughal state secretary, or munshi, Chandar Bhan “Brahman” (d. c.1670), one of the great Indo-Persian…… Read more “Writing Self, Writing Empire by Rajeev Kinra – Paperback – University of California Press”
Racism is baked into the structure of dialectical philosophy | Aeon Essays
It’s not just that Hegel and Rousseau were racists. Racism was baked into the very structure of their dialectical philosophy — Read on aeon.co/essays/racism-is-baked-into-the-structure-of-dialectical-philosophy
A cultural history of theatre in antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review
The cultural history of theatre in Antiquity (meaning Greek and Roman civilisations) is the first volume of a collection of six books that explores the cultural history…… Read more “A cultural history of theatre in antiquity – Bryn Mawr Classical Review”
