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Jean Bethke Elshtain will be delivering a lecture titled “The Myth of the Sovereign Self” at the Institute’s new home, Watson Manor, on Thursday, 2 October. Please join us. More information >>

Prophesies of Godlessness: Predictions of America's Imminent Secularization from the Puritans to the Present Day, a collection of essays that grew out of the Institute’s Friday Fellows Seminar and is edited by Faculty Fellow Charles Mathewes and Postdoctoral Fellow Christopher McKnight Nichols, has been released by Oxford University Press.

“Bowling alone, or online together?” Former IASC fellow Felicia Wu Song, now Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at LSU, will be leading a dinner and discussion on the topic at the UVa Club of New York City on Monday, 22 September. Contact Ashley Berner for details.


The Hedgehog Review

The Hedgehog Review

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Politics and the Media

With essays by Michael Schudson, Kiku Adatto, Paul Freedman, Doris Graber, Thomas Patterson, and Robert McChesney; and an interview with E. J. Dionne, Jr. Order individual essays, single issues, and yearly subscriptions here.

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Culture

Current Issue:

Ambiguous Distinctions

Includes articles on social networking sites and anti-Americanism, book reviews, interviews, and more. Our online version is available here, or use our order form to request a free subscription.

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