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Kicking an addiction? Replace it with joy, UCLA expert advises in new book

By Guest PostJanuary 15, 2016Culture, Healthaddiction, joy, new book, substance abuse, suzette glasner edwards

Bringing pleasure into recovery is the key to turning over a new leaf

People in the midst of alcohol or drug addiction tend to imagine life without those substances as one of deprivation, which can make kicking the habit seem like a joyless and dreary prospect. But recovery from addiction has at least as much to do with rewarding oneself as it does with depriving oneself, according to a new book by a UCLA expert in addiction treatment. (more…)

New book aims to clear up ‘hookup culture’ confusion

By Guest PostFebruary 2, 2015Culturearielle parsons, bullying, confusion, elias hobeika, Facebook, housing density, lektine, michigan state university, new book, sexual assault, social media, weisse blutkoerperchen, winfried roemer

As students return to campus post-holiday break, a Michigan State University professor has released an e-book she hopes will demystify the “hookup culture” that often accompanies the college social scene. (more…)

Chute goes ‘Outside the Box’ in new book on contemporary comics

By Guest PostSeptember 9, 2014Culture, Generalanamol pundle, brett bejcek, cruising index, eisfreie arktis, english language, field of sexting, geoffrey luurs, hochdruckexperiment, hubert huppertz, kristallstruktur, martin schmitt, measures of sexting, Media, michael vlah, Mo2B4O9, new book, practice, steve barham, substanzklasse, theory, university of chicago, urban analytics, zunehmende schifffahrt

Since joining the University of Chicago faculty in 2010, Hillary Chute quickly established herself as the campus’ resident comics expert. In addition to co-teaching a course on comics and autobiography with famed cartoonist Alison Bechdel, Chute organized a conference through the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry, which brought together the world’s leading cartoonists for three days of public conversation. The events of that conference are documented in a special issue of the journal Critical Inquiry, which Chute co-edited with colleague Patrick Jagoda, assistant professor in English Language and Literature and the College. (more…)

When grassroots activism becomes a commodity

By Guest PostJuly 5, 2014Economy, Politicsamerican politics, auge um auge, ben white, blog, cambridge university press, commerce, extremer, george, grenze, internet, loukas balafoutas, muell, needs your help, new book, protecting rhinos, rechtsphilosophie, sozialverhalten, wal-mart, weapon

UCLA sociologist investigates ‘astroturf’ campaigns in new book

Coming at the height of public opposition to Wal-Mart’s labor practices and expansion into urban markets, the founding in 2005 of Working Families for Wal-Mart appeared to reflect a spontaneous groundswell of public support for the retail giant.

In fact, it was no conventional grassroots campaign. A newspaper reporter later discovered that the group’s lone founder was Wal-Mart and the campaign originated with a consultant hired by the company. (more…)

New book explores ‘frontier’ metaphor in science

By Guest PostMay 1, 2014Sciencebiologist, boris stromar, cyverse, dunkle materie, endangered species, erin fuller, exploitation, exploration, gopherus evgoodei, kiesgepraegter strom, new book, taylor edwards, thornscrub tortoise, vermessung des weltalls, weltraum

Leah Ceccarelli is a professor of communication and author of the book “On the Frontier of Science: An American Rhetoric of Exploration and Exploitation.” She answered a few questions about the book for UW Today.

Q: What’s the concept behind this book? Why did you write it?

A: I kept seeing appeals to the American frontier spirit in the public arguments of scientists. That rhetoric was often inspiring, giving scientists an exciting image of their work across the metaphorical “boundaries” of knowledge. But it was also troubling in the expectations it set out about the manifest destiny of scientists to push forward at all costs, and in the way it reinforced their separation from a public that funds their endeavors. (more…)

New book explores challenges for democracy in North Africa

By Guest PostFebruary 16, 2014Politicsalgeria, arab spring, arab world, ben ali, challenges for democracy, democracy, explore, Facebook, islam, islamist ennahda, jacopo granci, libya, lise storm, maghreb region, mauritania, middle east expert, morocco, new book, north africa, party politics, president bouteflika, regime, tunisia, Twitter, university of exeter

The uncertainties surrounding the long-term prospect of democracy being fully embraced by North African nations embroiled in the Arab Spring rebellions are the focus of a fascinating new book.

The book, called ‘Party Politics and the Prospects for democracy in North Africa’, explores whether traditional political parties have adapted in response to growing demands for democracy in the region in recent years.

Author Dr Lise Storm, a Middle East expert from the University of Exeter examines whether a less authoritarian approach has been integrated, or whether existing parties have simply reinvented themselves to meet today’s expectations. (more…)

New book explores mixed success of China’s ‘Emperor Huizong’

By Guest PostFebruary 2, 2014General, Politics12th century, chinese history, court culture, daoist classics, daoist priests, emperor huizong, jurchen invasion, jurchens, new book, patricia ebrey, self indulgent, song china, song dynasty, success of china

Patricia Ebrey is a UW professor of history and the author of a number of books about Chinese history and culture. She answered a few questions about her new book, “Emperor Huizong,” about the Chinese emperor who lived from 1082 to 1135 and ruled for 26 years during China’s Song Dynasty.

Q: Would you describe the book?

A: “Emperor Huizong”is organized into four parts. The first part traces his orphaned childhood, his accession to the throne at age 17 and the men he worked with during his first three years as emperor as he learned how to perform the rituals and customs of his role. (more…)

The long game: New book probes the uneasy future of China’s relationship with the United States

By Guest PostDecember 23, 2013Politicscanadian ambassador, China, global financial crisis, hexun, joseph caron, new book, paftad, post cold war, relationship, rival, rotman ut publishing, the long game, uneasy future, united states, university of toronto, us china relationship, wendy dobson, world economy

TORONTO, ON – The global financial crisis accelerated China’s rise in the world economy, disrupting a post-cold war status quo in which the United States was the world’s largest and most dynamic economy and undisputed super power. The world economic order is shifting. Can those who manage international commercial, cultural or political exchanges afford to ignore this shift? (more…)

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