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Reassembling the social

From The Open Political Science Journal, Joao Ricardo Faria (NTU): Public Support and Terrorism: The Putin Paradox. From The Nation, a review of books on Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. Michael Kinsley on defining victory downward: No, the surge is not a success. The first chapter from Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy. From The New York Observer, Arianna climbs into the top tier with "that Man", Drudge; and did Rolling Stone tumble down-market with Britney Web teaser, and did they tumble far enough? A review of Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s Journey Through Symmetry by Marcus du Sautoy. Research reveals that viewers can be influenced by exposure to racial bias in the media, even without realizing it. A review of The Metaphysics Within Physics by Tim Maudlin. A review of Bruno Latour's Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Howard Gardner on how reading will never disappear, but it may well change beyond recognition. Where we can read, we don't, but where reading is forbidden, people are willing to suffer just to open a book. A review of 9/11: The Culture of Commemoration by David Simpson. From TBC, the force of Ubuntu: An article on Barack Obama, fractals and momentum in politics; and is Obama on the "down low" with the LGBTQ community?