COLUMNS

Pierre Hadot

ISIS HAS NO VEILS
Translated by Michael Chase
Common Knowledge 12(3): 349-353 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-001 [PDF]  

Barry Allen

PROMETHEUS AND THE MUSES: On Art and Technology
Common Knowledge 12(3): 354-378 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-002 [PDF]  

SYMPOSIUM

   Unsocial Thought, Uncommon Lives, Part 2

Jeffrey M. Perl

INTRODUCTION: "A DIRIMENT ANCHORISM"
Common Knowledge 12(3): 379-387 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-003 [PDF]  

Christopher Lane

HOW SHYNESS BECAME AN ILLNESS: A Brief History of Social Phobia
Common Knowledge 12(3): 388-409 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-004 [PDF]  

Clark Davis

OUTSIDE THE CUSTOM-HOUSE?: On the Philosophy of Shyness
Common Knowledge 12(3): 410-419 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-005 [PDF]  

Wayne Andersen

JOSEPH CORNELL'S "HEALTHIER POSSIBILITIES"
Common Knowledge 12(3): 420-442 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-006 [PDF]  

Shira Wolosky

EMILY DICKINSON: RECLUSION AGAINST ITSELF
Common Knowledge 12(3): 443-459 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-007 [PDF]  

Pascal Quignard

IN FRONT OF MY HERMITAGE
Translated by Ann Jefferson
Common Knowledge 12(3): 460-502 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-008 [PDF]  

FICTION AND POETRY

Alan Pauls

FROM THE PAST
Translated by Nick Caistor
Common Knowledge 12(3): 503-507 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-009 [PDF]  

Gunter Eich

EIGHT LATE POEMS
Translated by Michael Hofmann
Common Knowledge 12(3): 508-515 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-2006-010 [PDF]  

LITTLE REVIEWS

Caroline Walker Bynum

Suspended Animation: Pain, Pleasure, and Punishment in Medieval Culture
Robert Mills, Suspended Animation: Pain, Pleasure, and Punishment in Medieval Culture (London: Reaktion, 2005), 248 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 516-517 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-011 [PDF]  

Caroline Walker Bynum

God and the Goddesses: Vision, Poetry, and Belief in the Middle Ages
Barbara Newman, God and the Goddesses: Vision, Poetry, and Belief in the Middle Ages (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003), 432 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 517-518 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-012 [PDF]  

Isabel Colegate

Disciples of the Desert: Monks, Laity, and Spiritual Authority in Sixth-Century Gaza
Jennifer L. Hevelone-Harper, Disciples of the Desert: Monks, Laity, and Spiritual Authority in Sixth-Century Gaza (Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005), 224 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 518 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-013 [PDF]  

Alick Isaacs

A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples
Ilan Pappe, A History of Modern Palestine: One Land, Two Peoples (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003), 356 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 519-520 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-014 [PDF]  

Nabil Matar

André du Ryer and Oriental Studies in Seventeenth-Century France, Arcadian Library Series
Alastair Hamilton and Francis Richard, André du Ryer and Oriental Studies in Seventeenth-Century France, Arcadian Library Series (London: Oxford University Press, 2004), 200 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 520-521 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-015 [PDF]  

William M. Chace

Play and the Politics of Reading: The Social Uses of Modernist Form
Paul Armstrong, Play and the Politics of Reading: The Social Uses of Modernist Form (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2005), 207 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 521-522 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-016 [PDF]  

Stanley N. Katz

Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History
Lawrence J. Friedman and Mark D. McGarvie, eds., Charity, Philanthropy, and Civility in American History (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2002), 480 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 522 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-017 [PDF]  

John Boardman

Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture
Walter Burkert, Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004), 192 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 523 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-018 [PDF]  

J. G. A. Pocock

Atlantic History: Concept and Contours
Bernard Bailyn, Atlantic History: Concept and Contours (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2005), 160 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 524 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-019 [PDF]  

Simone Roberts

The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism
Regina M. Schwartz, The Curse of Cain: The Violent Legacy of Monotheism (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1997), 211 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 524-525 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-020 [PDF]  

Clifford Geertz

Knowledge and Civilization, with a foreword
Barry Allen, Knowledge and Civilization, with a foreword by Richard Rorty (Boulder, CO: Westview, 2004), 342 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 525-526 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-021 [PDF]  

Anton O. Kris

Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen
Jenny Davidson, Hypocrisy and the Politics of Politeness: Manners and Morals from Locke to Austen (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004), 252 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 526 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-022 [PDF]  

Colin Richmond

Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman
Frances Stonor Saunders, Hawkwood: Diabolical Englishman (London: Faber, 2004), 366 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 527 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-023 [PDF]  

Jeffrey M. Perl

Is War Necessary for Economic Growth?
Vernon W. Ruttan, Is War Necessary for Economic Growth? (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), 208 pp.
Common Knowledge 12(3): 527 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754x-2006-024 [PDF]  

Notes on Contributors
Common Knowledge 12(3): 528-530 (2006); DOI:10.1215/0961754X-12-3-528 [PDF]  

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