Book Matters closely analyses these questions and others. Alan Sica surmises that the concentration span required for studying and discussing complex texts has slipped away, as undergraduate classes are becoming inundated by shorter, easier-to-teach scholarly and literary works.
Book Matters closely analyses these questions and others. Alan Sica surmises that the concentration span required for studying and discussing complex texts has slipped away, as undergraduate classes are becoming inundated by shorter, easier-to-teach scholarly and literary works.
Introduction: Distractions from the Printed Word Printed Books and Electronic Gear Connecting Past and Present Virtuoso Reading Part One. The Art of Reading and Reviewing 1. Speaking One's Mind Being Unafraid Nice Nellyism Triumphant "Teasing Out" the "Richly Embedded Nuance" Overseeing a Book Review Journal 2. For the (Printed) Book Defining the Academic Library Saving the Scholarly Book Reviewing Books Online Real Ink on Real Paper Globalized Book Publishing 3. Expressing Oneself A New Categorical Imperative Friends and Acquaintances Pigeonholes of Content Another Note about Categories Behind the Scenes: What and Who Counts Looking Back to Understand the Future Part Two. Past Masters Reconsidered 4. Origin of the Public Sphere: Addison and Steele 5. The Masses Meet Social Science: Everyman and The Modern Library 6. Noble Muckraking: David Graham Phillips 7. Integrated Scholarship: Booker T. Washington, Robert E. Park, and W. E. B. Du Bois 8. The Textbook that Codified a School: Robert Park and Ernest Burgess 9. The Maddening University: Upton Sinclair and Ben Ginsberg 10. The Journalist as Social Scientist: Walter Lippmann 11. Facing the Irrational Fearlessly: Vilfredo Pareto 12. The Necessary Big Picture: Lewis Mumford 13. Unsurpassable Greatness: Max Weber 14. Founding Feminism for Intellectuals: Simone de Beauvoir 15. Micro Meets Macro: Hans Gerth and C. Wright Mills 16. Sociological Psychiatry: Harry Stack Sullivan 17. Post-war America Defined Again: Max Lerner 18. When Theory Tipped the Scales: Talcott Parsons and Associates 19. "Living Theory"?: A Pedagogical Debate 20. Virtuoso Reviewing Today: Andrew Abbott Coda: Tribute to Irving Louis Horowitz References Index
Introduction: Distractions from the Printed Word Printed Books and Electronic Gear Connecting Past and Present Virtuoso Reading Part One. The Art of Reading and Reviewing 1. Speaking One's Mind Being Unafraid Nice Nellyism Triumphant "Teasing Out" the "Richly Embedded Nuance" Overseeing a Book Review Journal 2. For the (Printed) Book Defining the Academic Library Saving the Scholarly Book Reviewing Books Online Real Ink on Real Paper Globalized Book Publishing 3. Expressing Oneself A New Categorical Imperative Friends and Acquaintances Pigeonholes of Content Another Note about Categories Behind the Scenes: What and Who Counts Looking Back to Understand the Future Part Two. Past Masters Reconsidered 4. Origin of the Public Sphere: Addison and Steele 5. The Masses Meet Social Science: Everyman and The Modern Library 6. Noble Muckraking: David Graham Phillips 7. Integrated Scholarship: Booker T. Washington, Robert E. Park, and W. E. B. Du Bois 8. The Textbook that Codified a School: Robert Park and Ernest Burgess 9. The Maddening University: Upton Sinclair and Ben Ginsberg 10. The Journalist as Social Scientist: Walter Lippmann 11. Facing the Irrational Fearlessly: Vilfredo Pareto 12. The Necessary Big Picture: Lewis Mumford 13. Unsurpassable Greatness: Max Weber 14. Founding Feminism for Intellectuals: Simone de Beauvoir 15. Micro Meets Macro: Hans Gerth and C. Wright Mills 16. Sociological Psychiatry: Harry Stack Sullivan 17. Post-war America Defined Again: Max Lerner 18. When Theory Tipped the Scales: Talcott Parsons and Associates 19. "Living Theory"?: A Pedagogical Debate 20. Virtuoso Reviewing Today: Andrew Abbott Coda: Tribute to Irving Louis Horowitz References Index
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