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The Invention of International Order: Remaking Europe After Napoleon Glenda Sluga Princeton University Press (December 2021) “The Concert of Europe”…who knew? Here’s how Glenda Sluga sets her table: “The intention of this book is to return to the early nineteenth…
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A History of Ambiguity Anthony Ossa-Richardson Princeton University Press (2019) Ambiguity: “the subjective state of doubt as well as its objective correlative in the world” In his instructive Introduction, Anthony Ossa-Richardson shares his thoughts about what he characterizes as the…
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Dante John Took Princeton University Press (December 2021) Here is an invitation to the feast that is the Commedia…and to the life of he who created it Disclaimer: I am a non-scholar in the field of Italian literature and am…
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A Revolution of the Mind: Radical Enlightenment and the Intellectual Origins of Modern Democracy Jonathan Israel Princeton University Press (2011) On Radical Enlightenment’s ongoing, multidimensional “opposition to mainstream thinking” Having read two of Jonathan Israel’s recent works, The Enlightenment…
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The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 Jonathan Israel Princeton University Press (2017) A briliant examination of “the crucible of demographic modernity” As is often true of my reviewing efforts, I read this book in combination…
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The Age of the Democratic Revolution: A Political History of Europe and America, 1760-1800 R.R. Palmer Princeton University Press (2014) A brilliant synthesis of immensely complicated historical issues In his highly informative Foreword, David Armitage quotes Franco Venturi ‘s opinion…
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Gods and Robots: Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology Adrienne Mayor Princeton University Press (November 2018) “The great river network of mythic narratives with all its tributaries” That is how George Zarkadakis characterizes the narrative arc in Adrienne Mayor…
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According to his publisher, Princeton University Press, more than half a century after its translation into English, Erich Auerbach‘s classic work, Mimesis, remains a masterpiece of literary criticism. A brilliant display of erudition, wit, and wisdom, his exploration of how…
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Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society Eric A. Posner and E. Glen Weyl Princeton University Press (April 2018) How and why, in order to “open up our social possibilities, we must open our minds to radical…
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Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence Rachel Sherman Princeton University Press (August 2017) Unique perspectives worthy of consideration According to Rachel Sherman, she interviewed fifty affluent and wealthy New York parents for this book and shares what she learned from…
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