FiveBooks Newsletter 96
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
Don't miss any of another stellar week of FiveBooks interviews.
Economics professor [5]Barry Eichengreen discusses the Euro crisis;
bestselling author [6]Carl Honoré considers the art of living slowly;
gender theorist and self-professed "tranny dyke" [7]Kate Bornstein
talks about gender outlaws; [8]David Edmonds ponders ethical problems;
and more.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-eichengreen-on-euro
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-honoré-on-slow-living
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kate-bornstein-on-gender
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-edmonds-on-ethical-problems
Next week, look out for philosophy writer Jules Evans on ancient
philosophy in modern life, and renowned author Ma Jian on Chinese
dissident fiction.
Thanks for reading us!
FiveBooks News
[9]Barry Eichengreen on the Euro
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-eichengreen-on-euro
Friday April 27
With hindsight, was the euro a good idea? Will it come through the
present crisis intact or will any country decide to leave? And what
happens if they do? All this and more answered by the economics
professor [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/barry-eichengreen-on-euro
[11]Kate Bornstein on Gender Outlaws
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kate-bornstein-on-gender
Thursday April 26
The author, gender theorist and self-described “SM femme tranny dyke”
tells us why gender isn’t binary, and recommends books that give
long-suppressed voice to the transgender community [12]Continue
reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kate-bornstein-on-gender
[13]Carl Honoré on Slow Living
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-honoré-on-slow-living
Wednesday April 25
In a culture obsessed with speed, the author of In Praise of Slow asks
us to take a step back, from slower eating to unhurried thinking – and
traces the leisurely history of the slow movement [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-honoré-on-slow-living
[15]David Edmonds on Ethical Problems
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-edmonds-on-ethical-problems
Tuesday April 24
Given the choice between allowing five people to die, and killing one
person, what would you do? What is the utilitarian argument for
vegetarianism? Should we be able to sell our kidneys? The philosopher
suggests some answers [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-edmonds-on-ethical-problems
[17]Kenneth Mack on Race and the Law
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenneth-mack-on-race-and-law
Monday April 23
The American law scholar discusses the warring ideals of egalitarianism
and exclusion at the heart of US politics and law, from the founding of
the nation up to the present day [18]Continue reading…
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/kenneth-mack-on-race-and-law
[19]On The Origins Of The Arts
Links:
19. http://b.rw/I8JcAZ
EO Wilson | Harvard | 20 April 2012
Harvard biologist tackles evolution of culture in a monumental essay.
Captivating throughout. "Rich and seemingly boundless as the creative
arts seem to be, each is filtered through the narrow biological
channels of human cognition" [20]More like this
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[21]How To Die
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/how-die
How to face the end? Peacefully? Still fighting? With all of medicine's
help? Or naturally? [22]Read on
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/reports/how-die
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[23]Slowness by Milan Kundera
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/slowness-by-milan-kundera
[24]Carl Honoré says: "For anyone wanting to delve into the
meta-physical underpinnings of the slow revolution, this is the perfect
primer"
[25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/carl-honoré-on-slow-living
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[26]Tyranny Of The New Yorker
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/tyranny-new-yorker
No periodicals were harmed in the making of this video [27]More videos
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[28]Andy Borowitz, on free speech
Links:
28. http://twitter.com/BorowitzReport/status/194573180189421568
"I may not agree with you, but I'll defend to the death my right to
tell you to shut up"
[29]More quotes
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
@prospect_uk From Faust to Frankenstein: The Archbishop of Canterbury
on money, markets and morals http://t.co/O8Wny53f #browsings
[31]More like this
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/browsings