Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchJohn Sides and Lynn Vavreck, “The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election” (Princeton UP, 2013)
One of 2013’s most important new books in political science was The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Presidential Election (Princeton UP 2013). …
12 years, 3 months ago
Leora Batnitzky, “How Judaism Became a Religion: An Introduction to Modern Jewish Thought” (Princeton UP, 2011)
From her first book about the Jewish philosopher Franz Rosenzweig, Leora Batnitzky has been heralded as a rising star in contemporary Jewish thought …
12 years, 4 months ago
David Tod Roy, “The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei” (Princeton UP, 1993-2013)
By any measure, David Tod Roy‘s translation The Plum in the Golden Vase or, Chin P’ing Mei, Vol. 1-5 (Princeton University Press, 1993-2013) is a lan…
12 years, 4 months ago
Ken MacLeish, “Fort Hood: Life and Uncertainty in a Military Community” (Princeton UP, 2013)
Ken MacLeish offers an ethnographic look at daily lives and the true costs borne by soldiers, their families, and communities, in his new book Making…
12 years, 5 months ago
Helene Landemore, “Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many” (Princeton UP, 2012)
We’re all familiar with the thought that democracy is merely the rule of the unwise mob. In the hands of Plato and a long line of philosophers since …
12 years, 6 months ago
Simon Keller, “Partiality” (Princeton UP, 2013)
Our moral lives are shaped by a deep commitment to the moral equality of all persons. This thought drives us to think, for example, that each person…
12 years, 7 months ago
Tim Maudlin, “Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time” (Princeton UP, 2012)
Tim Maudlin‘s Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time (Princeton University Press, 2012) is a clear, approachable, and engaging introduction to the phi…
12 years, 7 months ago
Joshua Legg, “Introduction to Modern Dance Techniques” (Princeton Book Company, 2011)
I can still remember being an undergraduate student, going from dance class to dance class and working as hard as I could each day. In the midst of a…
12 years, 8 months ago
Joseph Nye, “Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era” (Princeton UP, 2013)
Joseph Nye‘s latest book is Presidential Leadership and the Creation of the American Era (Princeton University Press, 2013). Professor Nye is Univers…
12 years, 8 months ago
William G. Howell (with David Brent), “Thinking about the Presidency: The Primacy of Power” (Princeton UP, 2013)
William G. Howell (with David Brent) is the author of the new book Thinking about the Presidency: The Primacy of Power (Princeton UP, 2013). Howell i…
12 years, 9 months ago