September | 2012

Into the Vegetable Garden

September 30, 2012 by William Eaton

Into the Vegetable Garden Bloch-Dano’s collection of lectures can be like a first stroll in a garden, lingering briefly by each vegetable. By Stephanie Tsank A review of Vegetables: A Biography, by Evelyne Bloch-Dano, trans. Teresa Lavender Fagan (The University of Chicago Press, 2012) Excerpt Bloch-Dano is not simply prodding the private lives and histories of vegetables; she is also prodding our own private lives and histories, and in the process, promoting a very specific lifestyle that is literally rooted […]

Categories: Review • Tags: garden, vegetables

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A Week of Reading: 30 September-6 October 2012

September 30, 2012 by William Eaton

From Maryam Moeini-Meybodi, Zeteo Publicity/Outreach Coordinator 30 September 2012 The first thing I saw this morning was the below quote from Marc and Angel Hack Life‘s website. After a long and busy week, this was the first thing I needed to see: It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you aren’t really living at all – you’re merely existing. You cannot always wait for the perfect time; sometimes you must dare to jump. Sometimes all you need […]

Categories: ZiR • Tags: courage, dreams, poetry, proverb, Rainer Maria Rilke, spirituality, Thoreau, women

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A Week of Reading: 23-30 September 2012

September 24, 2012 by fritztucker

From Fritz Tucker, Zeteo Assistant Editor 23 September 2012 While reading Tyler Anbinder’s book Five Points for a New York history class, I came across a quote from a Chinese-American, from the 1870′s. My eye was caught by the description of America as “the country of the wizards,” and Americans as wealthy “barbarians.” I was reminded of the year I spent in India and Nepal, where America continues to be viewed by many as the land of opportunity. The people I […]

Categories: ZiR • Tags: immigration, orientalism, trans-nationalism

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Mobility: 16-22 Sept 2012 (ZiR)

September 17, 2012 by Alexia Raynal

From Alexia Raynal, Zeteo Assistant Editor 16 September 2012 I would like to begin this week of reading by calling attention to one of Kitty Calavita’s most recent books: Invitation to Law and Society (University of Chicago Press, 2010.) There, Calavita argues that legal constructions shape human behavior, and, in turn, human behavior shapes legal constructions. As I was reading her friendly “invitation,” I came to wonder if non-legal citizens can also shape the way that a country creates legal constructions. […]

Categories: Alexia Raynal, ZiR • Tags: beliefs, Hispanic, immigration, journalism, law, objectivity, sociology, war

A (Short) Week of Reading: 11-15 September 2012

September 11, 2012 by William Eaton

From Paul Kelly, Zeteo Chief Copy Editor 11 September 2012 I read in today’s Guardian about proposed UK legislation regarding evidence given in civil trials of those claiming damages against the government for rendition and the abuse suffered in those places of confinement, including but not limited to Guantanamo Bay. The new legislation would allow members of the intelligence services to give evidence in secret, to protect themselves and their political superiors, all in the name of protecting state secrets. […]

Categories: ZiR • Tags: Holocaust, human rights, James Joyce, Northern Ireland, poetry, torture, Ulysses, United Kingdom, United Nations

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A Week of Reading: 4-10 September 2012

September 9, 2012 by William Eaton

Reading 4-10 September 2012 (ZiR) Texts William Eaton has been pleased to spend time with this week [One in an ongoing series of posts. For the full series see Zeteo is Reading.] 4 September 2012 The Summer 2012 issue of The Hedgehog Review, . . . excellent “conceptual history” of “sustainability” by the issue editor, Joshua J. Yates, and an equally engaging piece on “The Historical Production (and Consumption) of Unsustainability,” by Lafayette College professor Benjamin R. Cohen. From the latter: […]

Categories: William Eaton, ZiR • Tags: Catch-22, death, Ezra Pound, Habermas, sexuality, sustainability, technology

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Monthly Archives: September 2012

Into the Vegetable Garden

A Week of Reading: 30 September-6 October 2012

A Week of Reading: 23-30 September 2012

Mobility: 16-22 Sept 2012 (ZiR)

A (Short) Week of Reading: 11-15 September 2012

A Week of Reading: 4-10 September 2012