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

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Curated Essays for the

Week of July 21

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