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Freedom of Speech and Its Discontents
This spring’s offerings from university presses include a bumper crop of books on freedom of expression and its discontents.
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A Discourse on Method
Scott McLemee reviews Isaac Butler’s The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act.
Hoardicultural Studies
Scott McLemee reviews Rebecca R. Falkoff’s Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding.
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Spring Action
Scott McLemee highlights more books upcoming in the new year, with a focus on the pandemic.
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Avenge Charcot!
Scott McLemee reviews Subconsciousness: Automatic Behavior and the Brain by Yves Agid.
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The Story Paradox
Scott McLemee reviews Jonathan Gottschall’s The Story Paradox: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down.
Spring Forward
Scott McLemee offers a preview of next spring’s university press offerings.