Daniel J. Henderson and Christopher F. Parmeter, the co-authors of Applied Nonparametric Econometrics, discuss their new book and how their new approaches to nonparametric methods will benefit students...
To wrap up their weekly series on Emotive Language in Argumentation, authors Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno address the way carefully constructed argumentative language influences the debate over abortion.
In this adaptation of Ciraj Rassool's chapter "Human Remains, the Disciplines of the Dead, and the South African Memorial Complex" from The Politics of Heritage in Africa, go behind the scenes of anthropological work in Southern Africa.
Andrew Sturdy discusses his recent book Management as Consultancy, and explains why managers within organizations are becoming more like management consultants. Read More ?
Take a look at the life and achievements of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. To learn more about Ginsburg’s accomplishments and her lasting impact on American law, check out The Legacy...
Deana A. Rohlinger, the author of Abortion Politics, Mass Media, and Social Movements in America, examines the recent national news to demonstrate why the debate on abortion is changing, but certainly isn't gone for good.
Last Friday, Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno, wrote about arguing with language in their book Emotive Language in Argumentation. This week, they delve into the way definitions raise the argumentative stakes--particularly at trial.
If you've been enjoying our recent posts on Chopsticks, you'll remember that the rise of those ubiquitous utensils owes a lot to the prominence of rice. The new book Rice: Global Networks and New Histories has more insights to offer about the popular grain that shaped ancient and modern cuisine.
The Nazi era stands as an exceptionally horrific period of global history. But in recent years the perception of Hitler and the Third Reich has changed. In Internet culture, where irony rules supreme,...
Alissa M. Ardito, the author of Machiavelli and the Modern State, compares two famous politicians who could not have been more different--but whose commitment to modernizing their republican governments grants them more in common than we thought.
Sarah Bush, the author of The Taming of Democracy Assistance, discusses the complexities of Tunisia's transition to democracy and what role democracy assistance can play.
In the first of a series of three posts, Douglas Walton and Fabrizio Macagno, the authors of Emotive Language in Argumentation, discuss how language can have a specific effect by influencing emotions in an argument.