Books & Arts Archives - Page 16 of 27 - Harvard Political Review

The Machiavellian Megillah

Author - March 25, 2012

Historical literature and the politics of warning, from Machiavelli to Netanyahu.

The Resexification of War?

Author - March 25, 2012

Grave of the Fireflies and Apocalypse Now showed malnourished toddlers and heads on stakes; Call of Duty shows badass special ops troopers shooting terrorists and riding snowmobiles.

Act of Valor and the Limits of Elitism

Author - March 24, 2012

Even in the military, there are glimmers of the hubris and self-confidence that elite institutions can breed—especially in deep secrecy.

Spring Reads & Flicks: Fresh Takes on the New and Old

Author - March 21, 2012

HPR culture writers share a sampling of insights on Russian literature, high school party movies, and more.

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Author - March 20, 2012

The HPR's first symposium of Café B&A studies the ideas and objectivity of Steven Pinker in his new book.

Once Upon a Car

Author - March 19, 2012

The HPR reviews "Once Upon a Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America’s Big Three Auto Makers" by Bill Vlasic.

A Nation Divided

Author - March 19, 2012

"Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the 'Real' America" by Dante Chinni and James Gimpel

The Figure of Figaro

Author - March 19, 2012

Reviewing the Dunster House Opera

Patient Zero – Margin Call and the 2008 Crash

Author - March 18, 2012

While Margin Call is not a primer for the financial crisis, it is a pity-provoking portrait of a gold-winged Icarus.

HaDag Nahash: Holy Land Funk Comes to Somerville

Author - March 12, 2012

The band HaDag Nahash has been one of Israel’s most eloquent curators of left-wing disillusionment and despair in a post-Rabin era.