NBN Seminar

Iwan Rhys Morus, ed.,”The Oxford Illustrated History of Science” (Oxford UP, 2017)

2017/9/7

What is science? A seemingly profound, yet totally ridiculous question to try and answer. Yet, when

Ron Edwards, “The Edge of Evolution: Animality, Inhumanity, and Doctor Moreau” (Oxford UP, 2016)

2017/8/25

As I was reading Ron Edward’s fascinating and far-reaching new book, The Edge of Evolution: Animalit

Jon Dean, “Doing Reflexivity: An Introduction” (Policy Press, 2017)

2017/7/6

Doing Reflexivity: An Introduction (Policy Press, 2017) by Jon Dean, a senior lecturer in politics a

David Matthews, “Medievalism: A Critical History” (Boydell and Brewer, 2017)

2017/7/6

A revealing exploration of representative modes of medievalism, Medievalism: A Critical History (Boy

Lee Trepanier, ed. “Why the Humanities Matter Today: In Defense of Liberal Education” (Lexington Books, 2017)

2017/5/26

Lee Trepanier, Professor of Political Science at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan, edited

Carrie Jenkins, “What Love is: And What it Could Be” (Basic Books, 2017)

2017/4/25

Carrie Jenkins‘ new book is a model for what public philosophy can be. Beautifully written, thoughtf

McKenzie Wark, “Molecular Red: Theory for the Anthropocene” (Verso, 2015)

2016/10/10

McKenzie Wark’s new book begins and ends with a playful call: “Workings of the world untie! You have

Simon Critchley, “ABC of Impossibility” (Univocal Publishing, 2015)

2016/3/7

From its opening fragment on “Fragments” to its “Possibly dolorous tropical lyrical coda,” Simon Cri

John Durham Peters, “The Marvelous Clouds: Toward a Philosophy of Elemental Media” (U of Chicago Press, 2015)

2015/11/17

John Durham Peters‘ wonderful new book is a brilliant and beautifully-written consideration of natur

Eugene Thacker, “Horror of Philosophy” (Zero Book, 2011-2015)

2015/9/28

Eugene Thacker‘s wonderful Horror of Philosophy series includes three books – In the Dust of this Pl

Leonard Cassuto, “The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It” (Harvard UP, 2015)

2015/9/22

The discontented graduate student is something of a cultural fixture in the U.S. Indeed theirs is a

Cass Sunstein, “Choosing Not to Choose: Understanding the Value of Choice” (Oxford UP, 2015)

2015/9/1

The political tradition of liberalism tends to associate political liberty with the individual’s fre

Nick Sousanis, “Unflattening” (Harvard UP, 2015)

2015/6/12

Nick Sousanis‘s new book is a must-read for anyone interested in thinking or teaching about the rela

Naomi S. Baron, “Words Onscreen: The Fate of Reading in a Digital World” (Oxford UP, 2015)

2015/5/1

Screens are ubiquitous. From the screen on a mobile, to that on a tablet, or laptop, or desktop comp

Thom van Dooren, “Flight Ways: Life and Loss at the Edge of Extinction” (Columbia UP, 2014)

2015/4/17

Thom van Dooren‘s new book is an absolute must-read. (I was going to qualify that with a “…for anyon

Steven Shaviro, “The Universe of Things: On Speculative Realism” (University of Minnesota Press, 2014)

2015/1/16

Steven Shaviro‘s new book is a wonderfully engaging study of speculative realism, new materialism, a

Daniel Cloud, “The Domestication of Language” (Columbia UP, 2014)

2014/12/16

One of the most puzzling things about humans is their ability to manipulate symbols and create artif

Johanna Drucker, “Graphesis: Visual Forms of Knowledge Production” (Harvard University Press, 2014)

2014/12/11

Johanna Drucker‘s marvelous new book gives us a language with which to talk about visual epistemolog

Eric Hayot, “The Elements of Academic Style: Writing for the Humanities” (Columbia University Press, 2014)

2014/11/13

“This is a book that wants you to surpass and destroy it.” Eric Hayot‘s new book has the potential t

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