FiveBooks Newsletter 62
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
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In today's FiveBooks interview Nigel Warburton takes philosophy out of the
classroom and shows how it applies to our everyday lives. It's a stimulating
introduction to questions about how we should live.
Earlier in the week we heard about ignorance, misunderstanding and policy
failure as Andrew Exum told us about the West's unhappy experience in
Afghanistan and George Ayittey suggested new approaches to African
development.
Helen Castor took us back into British history to discuss how powerful women
exercised authority in the past.
Next week we're looking ahead to the 10th anniversary of 9/11. We've got
some great names lined up to give us their thoughts on how this most
extraordinary act of terrorism changed the world around us.
Thanks for reading us. Do come back next week for more!
FiveBooks News
[5]Nigel Warburton on Introductions to Philosophy
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
Friday September 2
How should we live? What is the nature of reality? Should pro golfers be
allowed to use carts? The philosophy lecturer sets us off down the road of
philosophical enquiry with an intriguing reading list [6]Continue reading…
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
[7]Simon Pirani on Putin’s Russia
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-pirani-on-putin’s-russia
Thursday September 1
Vladimir Putin has crafted a careful narrative about his rise to power and
rescuing of Russia. The trouble, says author and academic Simon Pirani, is
it isn’t true [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-pirani-on-putin’s-russia
[9]Andrew Exum on Understanding the War in Afghanistan
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-exum-on-understanding-war-afghanistan
Wednesday August 31
The US has repeatedly misdiagnosed the conflict in Afghanistan. The former
soldier tells us about flawed policy, unhappy outcomes and what could and
should have been different [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-exum-on-understanding-war-afghanistan
[11]George Ayittey on Africa through African Eyes
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/george-ayittey-on-africa-through-african-eyes
Tuesday August 30
The Ghanaian economist denounces the failure of leadership and Western
policy in Africa and explains what “African solutions to African problems”
would mean in practice [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/george-ayittey-on-africa-through-african-eyes
[13]Helen Castor on Queens and Power
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/helen-castor-on-queens-and-power
Monday August 29
Women’s historical role in politics wasn’t always as limited as we might
assume. The historian tells us about powerful women in British history and
how they were constrained or conspired against [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/helen-castor-on-queens-and-power
[15]Shahidul Alam on World Photography
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/shahidul-alam-on-world-photography
Sunday August 28
The Bangladeshi photojournalist tells us about the power of images and
offers some striking examples of the photographer as artist, witness or
activist [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/shahidul-alam-on-world-photography
[17]Day's End
Links:
17. http://b.rw/oFwXEM
Frank Rich | New York | 27 August 2011
The 9/11 decade is now over. It was supposed to bequeath Americans a
stronger nation, not a busted one. Civic virtue, bi-partisanship. A finer
legacy than Gitmo and the Patriot Act. But it was hijacked, ideologically,
commercially [18]More like this
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[19]Steve Jobs's Legacy
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/steve-jobss-legacy
The great man has retired. Here's what we should remember him for and what
his departure means for Apple [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/steve-jobss-legacy
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[21]Matters of Life and Death by Tobias Wolff (editor)
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/matters-life-and-death-by-tobias-wolff-editor
[22]Jim Shepard says: “ This was a hugely influential anthology in the early
80s. It’s a snapshot of the very best storywriters of an entire decade”
[23]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jim-shepard-on-short-stories
23. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[24]Dan Ariely: Beware Conflicts Of Interest
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/videos/dan-ariely-beware-conflicts-interest
Particularly when it involves someone wanting to tattoo your face. Typically
engaging, 5-1/2 minute talk
[25]More videos
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[26]Sina Weibo commenter, on apples
Links:
26. http://www.chinasmack.com/2011/stories/steve-jobs-resigns-looking-sick-chinese-netizen-reactions.html
"Three apples have changed the world. One seduced Eve, one awakened
Newton, the third is in the hands of Steve Jobs"
[27]More quotes
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
@[28]andyguess MT @[29]JustinWolfers: Hiding in plain sight: WikiLeaks comes
unhinged, in six dramatic acts. Compelling read. [30]t.co/AEVoIMm
[31]#browsings [32]More like this
Links:
28. http://twitter.com/#!/andyguess
29. http://twitter.com/#!/JustinWolfers
30. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,783778,00.html
31. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
32. http://thebrowser.com/browsings