FiveBooks Newsletter 105

Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus
a pick of the best content on The Browser.
[1]FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks
interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The
Browser.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

FiveBooks at The Browser

This week on FiveBooks: [5]Sarah Churchwell talks about the Great
Gatsby; [6]Sebastian Seung considers identity and the mind; [7]Daniel
Pick analyses Nazism and psychoanalysis; and [8]Eric Berkowitz dishes
the dirt on sex and society.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sarah-churchwell-on-great-gatsby
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sebastian-seung-on-identity-and-mind
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-pick-on-nazism-and-psychoanalysis
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-berkowitz-on-sex-and-society

Next week, look out for Bernard Bailyn on Atlantic history, Craig Brown
on satire, and much more. Thanks for following us!

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[9]Eric Berkowitz on Sex and Society
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-berkowitz-on-sex-and-society

Friday June 29

For thousands of years, human societies have tried to regulate sexual
activity. The author of Sex and Punishment tells us why this should be
so, and how what’s permissible has varied according to time and place
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-berkowitz-on-sex-and-society

[11]Daniel Pick on Nazism and Psychoanalysis
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-pick-on-nazism-and-psychoanalysis

Thursday June 28

The author of The Pursuit of the Nazi Mind tells us what we can learn
from attempts to use psychology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis to
understand Nazism [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-pick-on-nazism-and-psychoanalysis

[13]Sebastian Seung on Identity and the Mind
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sebastian-seung-on-identity-and-mind

Wednesday June 27

The neuroscientist introduces us to the concept of the connectome, the
ever-changing map of connections between the brain’s neurons that makes
each of us who we are [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sebastian-seung-on-identity-and-mind

[15]Diana Farr Louis and June Marinos on Greek Cooking
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/diana-farr-louis-and-june-marinos-on-greek-cooking

Tuesday June 26

The authors of Prospero’s Kitchen take us on a culinary tour of Greece
and explain how the country’s history has influenced its cuisine in
sometimes surprising ways [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/diana-farr-louis-and-june-marinos-on-greek-cooking

[17]Sarah Churchwell on The Great Gatsby
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sarah-churchwell-on-great-gatsby

Monday June 25

F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, set during a hedonistic zenith
before the Great Depression, has fresh appeal today as we face down our
own crisis, says the professor of American literature [18]Continue
reading…
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sarah-churchwell-on-great-gatsby

[19]Waiting Game
Links:
19. http://b.rw/PNKu4h

Frank Partnoy | FT | 22 June 2012

Wonderful. On the value of procrastination, or what the game of tennis
can teach us about decision making. "There is both an art and a science
to managing delay." It's something we've become less skilled at in our
high tech age [20]More like this
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/best