New Books in Big Ideas

807 Episodes

1. Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, "How Democracies Die" (Crown, 2018)

   Published: 5/23/2019
2. Crystal Abidin, "Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online" (Emerald Publishing, 2018)

   Published: 4/29/2019
3. Christopher Preston, "The Synthetic Age: Outdesigning Evolution, Resurrecting Species, and Reengineering Our World" (MIT Press, 2018)

   Published: 4/18/2019
4. Laurence Cox, "Why Social Movements Matter: An Introduction" (Rowman and Littlefield, 2018)

   Published: 4/8/2019
5. Brad Stoddard and Craig Martin, “Stereotyping Religion: Critiquing Clichés” (Bloomsbury, 2017)

   Published: 4/3/2019
6. Michael Hannon, "What is the Point of Knowledge? A Function-First Epistemology" (Oxford UP, 2019)

   Published: 4/1/2019
7. Jules Evans, "The Art of Losing Control: A Philosopher's Search for Ecstatic Experience" (Canongate Books, 2017)

   Published: 3/28/2019
8. Discussion of Massive Online Peer Review and Open Access Publishing

   Published: 3/19/2019
9. Janis Powers, "Health Care: Meet The American Dream" (River Grove Books, 2018)

   Published: 3/4/2019
10. Geraldine Heng, "The Invention of Race in the European Middle Ages" (Cambridge UP, 2018)

    Published: 2/26/2019
11. Jonathan Birch, "The Philosophy of Social Evolution" (Oxford UP, 2017)

    Published: 2/11/2019
12. Matthew Longo, "The Politics of Borders: Sovereignty, Security, and the Citizen after 9/11" (Cambridge UP, 2017)

    Published: 2/4/2019
13. Leigh Goodmark, "Decriminalizing Domestic Violence: A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner Violence" (U California Press, 2018)

    Published: 2/4/2019
14. Gary Metcalf, "Social Systems and Design" (Springer Verlag, 2014)

    Published: 2/4/2019
15. John Torpey, "The Three Axial Ages: Moral, Material, Mental" (Rutgers UP, 2017)

    Published: 1/30/2019
16. Maria Kronfeldner, "What's Left of Human Nature? A Post-Essentialist, Pluralist, and Interactive Account of a Contested Concept" (MIT Press, 2018)

    Published: 1/15/2019
17. McKenzie Wark, "General Intellects: Twenty-One Thinkers for the Twenty-First Century" (Verso, 2017)

    Published: 12/6/2018
18. Steven Shaviro, “Discognition” (Repeater Books, 2016)

    Published: 11/20/2018
19. Paul Cartledge, “Democracy: A Life” (Oxford UP, 2016)

    Published: 5/14/2018
20. B.J. Mendelson, “Privacy: And How to Get It Back” (Curious Reads, 2017)

    Published: 5/3/2018