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Odyssey—June 30, 2005 |
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Torture and Democracy
Darius Rejali—Professor of Political Science, Reed College
Corey Robin—Professor of Political Science, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Americans are accused of committing torture at Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, and in cases of "extraordinary rendition." While many are shocked by these practices, other highly respected people defend them. What kind of problem does torture pose for democracy?
Political scientists Darius Rejali and Corey Robin join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Rejali is the author of Torture and Modernity: Self, Society and State in Modern Iran and is finishing the book, Torture and Democracy. Robin is author of Fear: The History of a Political Idea and the London Review of Books' essay, "Protocols of Machismo" exploring political and theoretical responses to the use of torture by the United States.
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Odyssey—June 28, 2005 |
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Identity Politics
Kwame Anthony Appiah—Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor Of Philosophy, Princeton University
Kenji Yoshino—Deputy Dean for Intellectual Life and Professor of Law, Yale University
Identity based on race, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation can be seen as both positive and negative. What kind of roles do these identities play in politics?
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah and legal scholar Kenji Yoshino join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Appiah is author of The Ethics of Identity. Yoshino is finishing the book, Covering:The Hidden Assault on our Civil Rights.
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Odyssey—June 28, 2005 |
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Work and Art
Stephen Arata—Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of English, University of Virginia
Timothy Barringer—Associate Professor, Department of the History of Art, Yale University
They can seem like opposites, but art has explored how labor works—on the factory floor and even in the writing process. What's the relationship between art and labor?
Literary scholar Stephen Arata and art historian Timothy Barringer join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Arata has edited an edition of William Morris's utopian novel, News from Nowhere. He's working on a book project that explores the emergence of professional reading in the late Nineteenth Century. Barringer is author of Men at Work: Art and Labor in Victorian Britain. |
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Odyssey—June 27, 2005 |
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Mobility and the Displaced
Akhil Gupta—Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology, Stanford University
Linda Woodbridge—Distinguished Professor of English and Women's Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Today we move about the globe with ease. This provides opportunities for jobs and travel in far away places, but also allows for the movement of refugees and migrant workers. How do we make sense of mobility in an age of globalization?
Anthropologist Akhil Gupta and literary scholar Linda Woodbridge join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Gupta is coediting the book, The Anthropology of The State: A Reader. Woodbridge is author of Vagrancy, Homelessness, and English Renaissance Literature. |
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Odyssey—June 24, 2005 |
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Film Forum: Marriage on Film
Suzanne Leonard—Instructor, Department of English, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Sara Ross—Assistant Professor, Film Studies, University of Hartford
The movies seldom portray marriage as bliss—in Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie play a married couple literally at each other's throats. Why do movies depict marriage as such hard work?
Film scholars Suzanne Leonard and Sara Ross join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Leonard researches and writes on the depiction of marriage in twentieth century women's literature and film. Ross is author of the article, “Good Little Bad Girls: Silent Comediennes and the Performance of Girlish Sexuality,” about the representation of women in romantic comedies of the nineteen teens and twenties. |
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Odyssey—June 23, 2005 |
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Rape and War
R. Charli Carpenter—Assistant Professor of International Affairs, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
Wendy Kozol—Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies, Oberlin College
Whether it is committed by “a few bad apples” who have gone too far or used systematically in a genocide campaign, rape is often viewed as an unfortunate consequence of military conflict. What is the relationship between rape and war?
Political scientist R. Charli Carpenter and women's studies scholar Wendy Kozol join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Carpenter is completing a book on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. Kozol is coeditor of Just Advocacy?: Women's Human Rights, Transnational Feminism, and the Politics of Representation.
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Odyssey—June 22, 2005
Originally broadcast March 11, 2005 |
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Geographic Imagination
Timothy Brennan—Professor of Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies, University of Minnesota
Martin Lewis—Interim Director, Program in International Relations and International Policy Studies, Stanford University
The points on a compass indicate direction, but they also organize our ideas about foreign lands and define our own place in the world. How did geography come to have so many political and social meanings?
Cultural studies scholar Timothy Brennan and geographer Martin Lewis join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Brennan is author of the article, “The Cuts of Language: the East/West of North/South,” from the winter 2001 edition of the journal, Public Culture. Lewis is coauthor of the book, The Myth of Continents: A Critique of Metageography. |
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Odyssey—June 21, 2005 |
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The Politics of Photography
Finis Dunaway—Assistant Professor of History, Trent University; Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Peter Hales—Professor of Art History and Director, American Studies Institute; University of Illinois, Chicago
From environmentalism to civil rights, the power of the camera can have a profound influence on social causes. What role can photography play in social change?
Historian Finis Dunaway and cultural historian and photographer Peter Hales join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Dunaway is author of Natural Visions: The Power of Images in American Environmental Reform. Hales is author of Silver Cities: Photography of American Urbanization. |
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Odyssey—June 20, 2005 |
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Indigenous Politics in Latin America
Alison Brysk—Professor of Political Science, University of California, Irvine
Deborah Yashar—Director, Program in Latin American Studies; Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Around the globe, indigenous populations are struggling to gain recognition. But in Latin America, these groups are reshaping the political landscape. What is giving these indiginous movements such power?
Political scientists Alison Brysk and Deborah Yashar join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Brysk is the author of From Tribal Village to Global Village: Indian Rights and International Relations in Latin America and Human Rights and Private Wrongs: Constructing Global Civil Society. Yashar is the author of Contesting Citizenship in Latin America: The Rise of Indigenous Movements and the Postliberal Challenge. |
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Odyssey—June 17, 2005 |
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Emmett Till and the Civil Rights Era
Jacqueline Goldsby—Assistant Professor, English, Univeristy of Chicago
Renee Romano—Associate Professor, History and African American Studies, Wesleyan University
In 1955 fourteen-year-old Emmett Till was killed in Mississippi. Now his body has been exhumed for autopsy. Till's case is one of many unpunished murders from the civil rights era being revisited. What are we trying to learn by returning to the past?
Literary scholar Jacqueline Goldsby and historian Renee Romano join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Goldsby is finishing the book, A Spectacular Secret : Lynching in American Life and Literature. Romano is coediting the collection, Constant Struggle: The Civil Rights Movement in United States Memory. |
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Odyssey—June 16, 2005 |
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The Origins of Vacation
Cindy Aron—Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia
Phoebe Kropp—Assistant Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania
From camping to catching up on housework to building houses for the poor, different people have different ideas of how to get away from it all. When we plan our time off, what shapes our ideas about vacation?
Historians Phoebe Kropp and Cindy Aron join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Kropp is finishing the book, California Viejo: Memory and Culture in a Modern American Place. Aron is author of Working at Play: A History of Vacations in the United States. |
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Odyssey—June 15, 2005 |
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Loyalty and Politics
Jean Bethke Elshtain—Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Social and Political Ethics, University of Chicago
George Fletcher—Cardozo Professor of Jurisprudence, Columbia Law School
Questions of loyalty are often at the center of politics; from personal commitments to patriotism to our choices at the polls, political debates point to competing claims that loyalty places upon us. What do we learn about loyalty through politics?
Political theorist Jean Bethke Elshtain and legal scholar George Fletcher join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Elshtain is author of the book, Augustine and the Limits of Politics. Fletcher is author of the book, Loyalty: An Essay on the Morality of Relationships. |
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Odyssey—June 14, 2005 |
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The History of the Senses: Vision
Jessica Riskin—Assistant Professor of History, Stanford University
Srdjan Smajic—Professor of English, Furman University
We use all of our senses to navigate and understand the world, but we seem to insist that seeing is believing. Our eyes can play tricks on us—through optical illusions or hallucinations—so what are we to make of the things we see?
Literary scholar Srdjan Smajic and historian of science Jessica Riskin join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Smajic is working on the book, Genres of Sight: Vision and Knowledge in Nineteenth-Century Ghost and Detective Fiction. Riskin is author of Science in the Age of Sensibility: The Sentimental Empiricists of the French Enlightenment, and she's finishing the book, Mind Out of Matter: A History of the Quest for a Conscious Machine.
Learn more about and hear other installments in our series, The History of the Senses >> |
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Odyssey—June 13, 2005 |
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The European Union at a Crossroads
Michael Loriaux—Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
Glyn Morgan—Associate Professor of Government and of Social Studies, Harvard University
Citizens in France and the Netherlands have voted against a proposed EU constitution. European integration has enjoyed broad public support, so why are the voters saying no?
Political scientists Michael Loriaux and Glyn Morgan join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Loriaux is finishing the book, European Union: Myth and Deconstruction of the Rhineland Frontier. Morgan is author of The Idea of a European Superstate: Public Justification and European Integration. |
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Odyssey—June 10, 2005 |
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Film Forum: The Costume Drama
Pamela Church Gibson—Reader, Cultural and Historical Studies, London College of Fashion
Julianne Pidduck—Lecturer, Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster University
Based on classical literary works, the costume drama is a staple of the cinema, featuring fancy gowns, beautiful mansions, and a smidgen of history. What do these films say about nationality and history?
Cultural historian Pamela Church Gibson and film scholar Julianne Pidduck join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Gibson is coeditor of the book, Fashion Cultures: Theories, Explorations, and Analysis. Pidduck is the author of the book, Contemporary Costume Film: Space, Place, and the Past. |
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Odyssey—June 9, 2005 |
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The Blogosphere
Henry Farrell—Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University
Eugene Volokh—Professor of Law, University of California, Los Angeles
Are blogs really revolutionizing communication and the media? They've gained recognition for their rapid exchange of ideas, influence in shaping political debates, and ability to break news stories. But exactly what are they contributing?
Scholar bloggers Eugene Volokh and Henry Farrell join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Volokh has written extensively on free speech and copyright law. You can find his blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, at Volokh.com. Farrell writes and researches on business cooperation, e-commerce, and the European Union. He's cofounder of the blog, Crooked Timber, which is available at Crookedtimber.org. |
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Odyssey—June 8, 2005 |
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The Politics of Fatherhood
Michael Kackman—Assistant Professor, Department of Radio, Television, and Film; University of Texas, Austin
Judith Stacey—Professor, Department of Sociology, New York University
Fatherhood has emerged as both an increasingly visible and contentious subject in American debate, with groups all over the
political spectrum discussing paternal recognition. Why has fatherhood become so politicized?
Media studies scholar Michael Kackman and sociologist Judith Stacey join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the
discussion. Kackman is author of the book, Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (Commerce and Mass
Culture). Stacey is author of the book, In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age. |
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Odyssey—June 7, 2005 |
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The History of the Senses: Touch
Steven Connor—Professor of Modern Literature and Theory, Birkbeck College, London
Elizabeth Harvey—Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
We feel our way around the world using touch. But a poem or movie can be touching. And we try to stay in touch with friends and family. What kind of relationships—physical, emotional, even imaginary—do we establish through touch?
Literary scholars Elizabeth Harvey and Steven Connor join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Harvey is author of Sensible Flesh: On Touch in Early Modern Culture. Connor is author of The Book of Skin and Dumbstruck: A Cultural History of Ventriloquism.
Learn more about and hear other installments in our series, The History of the Senses >> |
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Odyssey—June 6, 2005 |
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The Stem Cell Research Debate
Marcy Darnovsky—Associate Executive Director, Center for Genetics and Society
Glenn McGee—Director, Center for Medical Ethics, Albany Medical College
Polarized by the politics of morality, public debate over stem cell research appears to be stalled. But the science of stem cell research continues to move forward. How can the ethical and political discussions about stem cells catch up with the science?
Bioethicists Marcy Darnovsky and Glenn McGee join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Darnovsky is a contributor to the book, Redesigning Life: The Worldwide Challenge to Genetic Engineering. McGee is author of Beyond Genetics: The User's Guide to DNA and editor in chief of The American Journal of Bioethics. |
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Odyssey—June 3, 2005 |
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Literature and Science Fiction
N. Katherine Hayles—Professor, English Department, University of California, Los Angeles
Lisa Lynch—Assistant Professor, Media Studies Department, Catholic University of America
Acclaimed writers Margaret Atwood and Kazuo Ishiguro have both written works of science fiction. The sci-fi genre is usually thought to be light-years away from distinguished literature. Why are highbrow authors employing the conventions and plot devices of science fiction?
Literary scholar N. Katherine Hayles and media studies scholar Lisa Lynch join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Hayles is author of the book, How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature, and Informatics. |
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Odyssey—June 2, 2005 |
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The Changing Politics of Energy
Judith Layzer—Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William Pizer—Economist, Resources for the Future
Nuclear energy, once the bane of the environmentalist movement, now has support among some Greens. And some conservatives have begun advocating alternative fuel vehicles. What are the pressures driving this shift in energy politics?
Economist William Pizer and political scientist Judith Layzer join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Pizer is a contributor to New Approaches on Energy and the Environment: Policy Advice for the President. Layzer is author of The Environmental Case: Translating Values into Policy. |
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Odyssey—June 1, 2005 |
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Iraq and the Logic of Insurgency
Stathis Kalyvas—Arnold Wolfers Professor of Political Science, Yale University
Matthew Kocher—Political Scientist, Center for Research and Teaching in Economics
Resistance to the American occupation of Iraq may be gaining momentum. History offers many examples of how insurgent movements operate: in Southeast Asia, North Africa, and Central America. How typical is this Iraqi insurgency?
Political scientists Stathis Kalyvas and Matthew Kocher join Chicago Public Radio's Gretchen Helfrich for the discussion. Kalyvas is also director of the Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence at Yale University, and he's finishing the book, The Logic of Violence in Civil Wars. Kocher is working on the book, Human Ecology and Civil War. |
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