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Vol. 13, No. 1, 2014


     
 
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CONTENTS
  1. Essay
THE SPECTACLE OF ILLITERACY AND THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY by Henry Giroux
The new political paradigm: the selfie, self-interest and the culture of shouting.
  2. Islam
PRAYING BY THE RULES by David Solway
Should public money pay for prayer space at universities?
  3. Music
LED ZEPPELIN: AND MAGIC FILLED THE AIR by Roberto Rotondo
Greatest rock band ever?
  4. Book Review
ASSHOLES: A THEORY reviewed by Zack Dorfman
The saddest bastard of them all.
  5. Music
SIX DEGREES OF JAZZ (TIA FULLER)
Sax appeal in the key of life.
  6. Travel
TRANSYLVANIA: A PHOTO ESSAY by Chantal Levesque
It was love at first bite.
  7.

Ultimate Shrink
WHY FREUD MATTERS by George Dvorsky
The Columbus of the mind's deep.


  8. Book Review
MAPPING ARAB WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS reviewed by Marilyn Booth
The long road ahead and the men that won't get out of the way.
  9.

Ecology
ENVIRONMENTALISM AS THE NEXT RELIGION by Ken Layne
Non-denominational, devoted to nature, sacred rite is right.


  10.

Philosophy
IN DEFENSE OF PHILOSOPHY by Santiago Zabala & Robert Sinnerbrink
Spain and Australia's Prime Ministers want to marginalize philosophy.


  11.

Art
VICTOR CARTAGENA'S NON-VIOLENT WAR AGAINST VIOLENCE by Elena Mariakhino
An art exhibition takes on gun culture.


  12.

Music
THE LONG AND WINDING SOLO by Robert J. Lewis
It's Round Midnight and the jazz police have arrived.


  13.

Book Review
A HISTORY OF THE WORLD'S MOST LIBERAL CITY (by Russell Shorto) reviewed by Nick Catalano
Amsterdam -- not just weed and women for hire but a beacon of light for the world.


  14.

Travel
THE HEX & SEX IN SUMATRA by John M. Edwards
Satay, sashay and islands in the stream.


     

 

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