Issues for the week of July 21, 2022 - Public Seminar

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Curated Essays for the

Week of July 21

Previous Weeks

The Holberg Debate

Identity Politics and Culture Wars

Judith Butler, Glenn Greenwald, Simon Critchley and Cornel West
Political Theater

Donald Trump Must Face Federal Charges

Claudia Koonz

Professor Emeritus of History at Duke University
Self-critical theory

When I Was One-Dimensional

James Miller

Professor of Politics and Liberal Studies and Faculty Director of the MA in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism, New School for Social Research
The Algorithm

Truth, Damned Truth, and Statistics: A Quiet Mathematical Revolution Reshaping our Algorithmically-Mediated World

Lydia Nobbs and Justin Joque
Fast Fashion

Fashion Sustainability Isn’t the Only Story—In Fact, It may Do More Harm Than Good

AJ Morris and Sofi Thanhauser