Intellectual Affairs https://www.insidehighered.com/ en Fri, 03 Nov 2023 03:00:00 -0400 Is Literary Studies Facing an Extinction Event? https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/11/03/review-jonathan-kramnick-criticism-and-truth Scott McLemee reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s Criticism and Truth: On Method in Literary Studies. Scott McLemee Fri, 11/03/2023 - 03:00 AM Intellectual Affairs Exorcising ‘The Exorcist’ https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/10/06/review-marlena-williamss-book-exorcist Scott McLemee reviews Marlena Williams’s Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of The Exorcist. Scott McLemee Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM Intellectual Affairs True Criminology https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/09/22/review-gregg-barak-criminology-trump Scott McLemee reviews Gregg Barak’s Criminology on Trump. Scott McLemee Fri, 09/22/2023 - 03:00 AM Intellectual Affairs Fear Itself https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/09/08/review-arash-javanbakhts-afraid Scott McLemee reviews Arash Javanbakht’s Afraid: Understanding the Purpose of Fear and Harnessing the Power of Anxiety. Scott McLemee Fri, 09/08/2023 - 03:00 AM Intellectual Affairs World-Wide Weird https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/08/11/roundup-offbeat-fall-books-university-presses Scott McLemee looks ahead to some ‘promisingly weird’ books from university presses due out this fall. Scott McLemee Fri, 08/11/2023 - 03:00 AM Intellectual Affairs Alone, Together https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/08/04/review-daniel-schreibers-alone Scott McLemee reflects on Daniel Schreiber’s Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living. Scott McLemee Fri, 08/04/2023 - 03:00 AM Intellectual Affairs Doing Science With Disabilities https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/07/14/review-book-stem-and-disability Scott McLemee reviews Uncharted: How Scientists Navigate Their Own Health, Research, and Experiences of Bias. Scott McLemee Fri, 07/14/2023 - 03:00 AM Intellectual Affairs Heavy Weather https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/06/30/review-debra-hawhees-sense-urgency Scott McLemee reviews Debra Hawhee’s new book on climate and rhetoric. Scott McLemee Fri, 06/30/2023 - 12:00 AM Intellectual Affairs Symptomatic Reading https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/06/16/review-jacqueline-rose-plague Scott McLemee surveys a psychoanalytic critic’s response to the pandemic. Scott McLemee Fri, 06/16/2023 - 12:00 AM Intellectual Affairs Election-Adjacent https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/intellectual-affairs/2023/06/02/roundup-fall-books-university-presses-opinion Scott McLemee offers an overview of election-adjacent university press titles. Scott McLemee Fri, 06/02/2023 - 12:00 AM Intellectual Affairs