A new issue of the Journal of Global Social Work Practice is out. From Culture Unbound, a special section on surveillance, including Henry Krips (Claremont): The Politics of the Gaze Foucault, Lacan and Zizek. From Electric Literature, here are five arguments against e-reading. Ever wonder what happens to unclaimed baggage? One place it goes is Scottsboro, Alabama, to the Unclaimed Baggage Center, where previously lost or forgotten items find a new home. A review of Exploring Happiness: From Aristotle to Brain Science by Sissela Bok. A review of Short: Walking Tall When You’re Not Tall at All by John Schwartz. Why can’t anyone take a joke any more? Douglas Murray wants to know. A review of The Management Myth: Debunking Modern Business Philosophy by Matthew Stewart. Bookstore Tourism is a national grassroots effort to support indie bookstores by promoting them as a group travel destination. When did we all turn blond? Now it’s apparently permissible to openly commit tonsorial treason by abandoning one’s roots. A review of Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army By Jeremy Scahill. In fear of fear: This, indeed, is the sort of deadlock that makes for dreadful recessions — demand stays sluggish, while gun-shy firms can’t talk themselves into the same damn-the-torpedoes boosterism that helped sustain prior booms. A review of books on advertising. On HTMLGIANT and networking in the literary scene: An interview with Blake Butler. When narcissism becomes pathological: A certain amount of self-regard is healthy, but when it is characterised by an insatiable need for attention and a chronic lack of empathy, the results can be frightening. An essay on vampires and vampirism and the pathological roots of a myth.
