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The Price <strong>of</strong> the TicketFredrick Harris, Political ScienceIn The Price <strong>of</strong> the Ticket, Fredrick Harris examinesPresident Barack Obama’s career in the context <strong>of</strong>decades <strong>of</strong> black activism, arguing that his electionundermined the very movement that made it possible.Governing the WorldMark Mazower, HistoryMark Mazower traces the history <strong>of</strong> globalcooperation between nations <strong>and</strong> peoplesthrough the lens <strong>of</strong> international institutions<strong>and</strong> argues that the current dialectic between ideals<strong>and</strong> power politics in the international arena is justanother stage in an epic two-hundred-year story.Perpetual WarBruce Robbins, English <strong>and</strong> Comparative LiteratureIn Perpetual War Bruce Robbins takes stock <strong>of</strong> the“new cosmopolitanism” movement, rethinking hisown commitment <strong>and</strong> reflecting on the responsibilities<strong>of</strong> American intellectuals today. How will thedeclining economic <strong>and</strong> political hegemony <strong>of</strong> theUnited States affect the notion <strong>of</strong> cosmopolitanism,in which an individual’s primary loyalty is given to thegood <strong>of</strong> humanity as a whole, even if it conflicts withloyalty to the interests <strong>of</strong> one’s own nation?Gravity’s EnginesCaleb Scharf, AstrophysicsIn Gravity’s Engines Caleb Scharf engages with ourdeepest questions about the universe <strong>and</strong> examineshow black holes are not simply “chasms in spacetime”from which no light escapes; instead, they emitbeams <strong>and</strong> clouds <strong>of</strong> matter <strong>and</strong> help to rearrange thecosmos around them.Japan <strong>and</strong> the Culture <strong>of</strong> the Four SeasonsHaruo Shirane, ‘74CC, M.Phil. ’79, Ph.D. ’83,East Asian Languages <strong>and</strong> CulturesElegant representations <strong>of</strong> nature <strong>and</strong> the fourseasons populate a wide range <strong>of</strong> Japanesegenres <strong>and</strong> media, from poetry <strong>and</strong> screenpainting to tea ceremonies, flower arrangements, <strong>and</strong>annual observances. Shirane shows how, when, <strong>and</strong>why this practice developed <strong>and</strong> explicates the richlyencoded social, religious, <strong>and</strong> political meanings <strong>of</strong>this imagery.Superscript 31Link back to contents page

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