Hans Kundnani’s Forward-Looking ‘Eurowhiteness’ Suffers Blind Spots
Hans Kundnani’s Eurowhiteness is a take on racism from a European perspective, which is as forward-looking as it is occasionally short-sighted.
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The British ‘Idea of Europe’ Is Still a Mess
Shane Weller’s The Idea of Europe, hampered by an unconscious form of Euroscepticism, suggests that British critics are still not ready to listen to their neighbors.
Vuillard’s ‘The War of the Poor’ and Historical Storytelling
Éric Vuillard's engaging The War of the Poor takes a literary approach that is more art than history, but that is a wonderful way to convey important historical events and their long reach into our troubled times.
The Art of Advertising (excerpt)
The Art of Advertising invites us to consider both the intended and unintended messages of the advertisements of the past.
Not All Werewolves Are Like “Twilight’s” Jacob Black
The White Devil: The Werewolf in European Culture gives you what you wish your teachers taught you in school: Werewolf History.