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From Tehran Review, the consolation of philosophy: Nima Emami on Hannah Arendt and the Green Movement. From The University Bookman, a review of Immigration and the American Future by Chilton Williamson, Jr.; and a review of Democratic Capitalism and Its Discontents by Brian C. Anderson. The introduction to The Symptom and the Subject: The Emergence of the Physical Body in Ancient Greece by Brooke Holmes. More on Elissa Stein and Susan Kim's Flow: The Cultural Story of Menstruation. Matthew Shaer reviews The Silver Hearted by David McConnell. From h+, an article on posthuman politics in the USA. An essay on the modernist project of post-humanism. Board Games: The gruff, boastful art of claiming Indonesia’s surf as your own. An article on Jesus in Britain: Did those feet walk to Stonehenge? The introduction to Alabama in Africa: Booker T. Washington, the German Empire, and the Globalization of the New South by Andrew Zimmerman. Sculptures from Luxor prove the "Boy King" was the scourge of Egypt's foes. King Tut is only one in a growing list of ancient humans forced to reveal their secrets through high-tech prodding; by rushing into such studies, we may be opening a historical Pandora's Box. A review of Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women by Leila J. Rupp. How can we ensure our MPs don’t abandon the freedoms won by Milton, Wilkes and Paine? Geoffrey Robertson reviews Bonfire of the Liberties: New Labour, Human Rights and the Rule of Law by K D Ewing. Rehab: Harold Pollack on how America's drug policies just got a whole lot better. Gutenberg 2.0: Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change. A review of The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace. A review of Engineers of the Soul: In the Footsteps of Stalin’s Writers by Frank Westerman.