The Metamorphosis: A Review of Mario Vargas Llosa in The Nation
A review of Sabers and Utopias, an essay collection by Mario Vargas Llosa, in The Nation. I must say I’m proud of this lede (and the conclusion to the piece […]
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Syllabus Fall 2019: History of Now, advanced seminar
History 600: The History of Now Professor Patrick Iber Fall 2019 / T 1:20pm-4:20pm / 1420 Microbial Sciences Office Hours: [day and time], Mosse Humanities 5123, and by appointment […]
Syllabus Fall 2019: Modern Latin America
{THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SYLLABUS, IT WILL BE UPDATED LATER. PLEASE DON’T ORDER BOOKS YET, I’M STILL DEBATING BETWEEN TWO TEXTBOOKS, WHICH, IN TURN, WILL AFFECT OTHER READINGS.} HIST 242 […]
Review of Wolfe, “Freedom’s Laboratory”
My review of Audra Wolfe’s “Freedom’s Laboratory,” up now at The New Republic. The book extends out understanding of the Cultural Cold War into the world of science. A sample: The […]
Review of Immerwahr, “How to Hide an Empire”
I have reviewed Daniel Immerwahr’s How to Hide an Empire for The New Republic. Good book, surprising controversy, even-more-surprising quantity of guano islands. In February 2003, Al Jazeera broadcast an interview with Donald […]
US foreign policy and Venezuela
This is not an easy subject. Anti-imperialism may be a limited framework in this situation, and the Maduro government needs to be subject to pressure to leave. But I think, […]
After the Pink Tide
The special section in the Winter 2019 edition of Dissent magazine is derived substantially from the work we did at the conference held last October on the Future of the Left in […]
