Summer Syllabi: Books!
Reckoning with race, AI and law enforcement, feminism and hierarchies, and more of what we've read in 2022... so far
August 25, 2022
In this week’s issue of Public Seminar, we feature the fourth and final installment of our Summer Syllabi series: Books!
We Are a Reckoning
Deva Woodly introduces her new book, Reckoning: Black Lives Matter and the Democratic Necessity of Social Movements.
Anarchafeminism
Chiara Bottici on the urgent need for a feminism that does not create further hierarchies.
Let the People Decide What Counts as Public Goods
Donald Cohen and Allen Mikaelian write on why government spending should be defined by our democratic process, not by market forces.
AI Spy With My Little Eye: Facial Recognition
Patrick K. Lin’s book warns against the increased use of AI in law enforcement.
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The Experiment
Stephen G. Bloom presents his book Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes: A Cautionary Tale of Race and Brutality.
The Blast
Joseph Matthew’s new novel takes us inside the radical Left in 1916 San Francisco.
Something Like Freedom
Ana-Maurine Lara and drea brown on the craft of teaching Black literature.
The Color of Abolition
Linda Hirshman introduces her new book on Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, and Maria Weston Chapman.
The End of Burnout
Jonathan Malesic on the history and psychology of burnout and the origins of the high ideals we bring to our dismal jobs.