Aug 11, 2009

More Noted Things

by Cliopatria

Adam Kirsch,"A Nation of Commentators," Tablet, 21 July, reviews Elie Wiesel's Rashi, 11th century France's Rabbi Shlomo ben Yitzhak.

Carol Kaesuk Yoon,"Reviving the Lost Art of Naming the World," NYT, 10 August, is adapted from her book, Naming Nature: The Clash Between Instinct and Science.

Carlin Romano,"The Shame of Academe and Fascism, Then and Now," CHE, 10 August, reviews Stephen H. Norwood's The Third Reich in the Ivory Tower: Complicity and Conflict on American Campuses.

Howard Husock,"Jane Jacobs's Legacy," City Journal, Summer, reviews Anthony Flint's Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City and Glenna Lang and Marjorie Wunsch's Genius of Common Sense: Jane Jacobs and the Story of The Death and Life of Great American Cities.

Michiko Kakutani,"Presidential Horse Race, the 2008 Version," NYT, 10 August, reviews Dan Balz's and Haynes Johnson's The Battle for America, 2008: The Story of an Extraordinary Election.

More Comments:

Ralph E. Luker - 8/11/2009

It is strange. Iran is not *completely* absent Ahmedinizad spoke at Columbia -- what? -- two years ago? And Iranian exiles speak on American campuses with some regularity. One possibility would be that Iran is likely to be a much more powerful influence in its region that are Burma, Sudan, or Zimbabwe in their regions.

Manan Ahmed - 8/11/2009

I am rather befuddled with the strong parallel Romano is drawing between US academy re: Germany in 1930s and now in re: Iran. Leaving aside all else, the state of Iran is completely absent from US academic or speakers circuits. If mere condemnation is being outlined than why is he not insisting that college Presidents be vocal about Burma or Sudan or Zimbabwe, etc.

Strange.