Banu Bargu (New School): Odysseus Unbound: Sovereignty and Sacrifice in Hunger and the Dialectic of Enlightenment. From Boston Review, a symposium on the “Lure of Luxury”, with a lead essay by Paul Bloom on how most people own things they don’t really need, and responses by Virginia Postrel, Shamus Khan, and more. History to order: Neil Gregor on commissioned research, contained pluralism and the limits of criticism. Bitcoin’s creator Satoshi Nakamoto is probably unknown Australian genius Craig Steven Wright. McKay Coppins goes inside the sad, strange family feud that helped sink Rand Paul. Bruce J. Schulman on why it’s still worth being president of the fractious United States. This one anecdote perfectly explains today’s GOP (and another one). Rush Limbaugh claims Obama says “ISIL” to insult Israel.
