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This October, the third volume of the celebrated Letters of Samuel Beckett will hit shelves, reigniting our passion here at fifteeneightyfour for one of the greatest modern writers. Written at the height of Beckett’s international fame, these letters capture the writer struggling for a balance between the demands of his new celebrity and the need for peace and silence […]
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This book reconsiders the views of Leo Strauss on the relationship between philosophy, law and political violence—the aspect of Strauss’s philosophical scholarship that has been most publicly controversial, and where his intentions have been most vehemently disputed. Around the time of the Iraq War, a bevy of books and articles appeared claiming Strauss and his […]
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What concerns arise as to the EU and US agreeing a new trade deal? How should we understand the NSA/ Snowdon affair? What makes judges want to learn from each other across the Atlantic? How can the EU and US integrate their legal orders most optimally in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)? A […]
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We don't think of the Middle Ages as particularly humorous, but it turns out we've been wrong all along! Jamie Kreiner, the author of The Social Life of Hagiography in the Merovingian Kingdom, explores early (and unfamiliar) comedy, with some jokes along the way.
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If you enjoyed last week's post from Brian Jeffrey Maxson on humanisim in Florence, check out his piece this week as he takes you behind the scenes conducting research in the Florence state archives for his book The Humanist World of Renaissance Florence.
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Recent years have seen the political prominence of Mormons taken to a new level – including the presidential candidacy of Republican Mitt Romney, the prominent involvement of Mormons in the campaign for California's Proposition 8, and the ascendancy of Democrat Harry Reid to the position of Senate Majority Leader. In this excerpt from Seeking the Promised Land, three scholars consider the legacy and future of Mormons in American politics.
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In this interview with Tony Hey, the author of this fall’s The Computing Universe ruminates on the fascinating and uncertain future of our increasingly digital world. What is the future of artificial intelligence, and what do we have to fear from cyberwarfare? How quickly will our world change? One thing is certain—a thrilling journey lies ahead.
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Maartje Abbenhuis, the author of An Age of Neutrals: Great Power Politics, 1815–1914, studies neutrality and internationalism, including the history of The Netherlands during the First World War to explain the power of a nation that declined to take sides.
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