The following is a list of books recently or soon-to-be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions are based on material provided by the publishers.
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This new book by Louis Dupré provides an analysis of the guiding ideas of the Enlightenment from 1648 to 1789. Contrary to the views of some scholars who claim the thinking of the cultural movement was abstract and its art and poetry uninspiring, Dupré maintains that the Enlightenment germinated important ideas: mainly the principle that things ought to be justified rather than blindly accepted from habit and custom. He claims that the Enlightenment was a more complex phenomenon than most of its detractors and advocates assume, noting that it included rationalist as well as anti-rationalist tendencies, a critique of traditional morality and religion as well as an attempt to establish them on new foundations, and even the beginning of a moral renewal and spiritual revival.
This volume is the first collection of the writings of Peter Eisenman, who is considered one of the most important contemporary architects and architectural theorists. It includes 19 essays written over a 25-year period by the architect, educator and founder and director of the Institute for Architecture and Urbanism. The collection ranges from comprehensive theoretical analyses to close readings of Eisenman's own work and that of such architects as Andrea Palladio, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Le Corbusier, Alison and Peter Smithson, James Stirling, Philip Johnson and John Hedjuk. The book includes numerous illustrations and a new introduction by Eisenman, whose most recent projects include the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin; the City of Culture of Galicia in Santiago
de Compostela, Spain; and a stadium
for the Arizona Cardinals in Glendale, Arizona.
"John Dryden" features the proceedings of a conference held at Yale in October 2000 in commemoration of the tercentenary of Dryden's death. Dedicated to the eminent Yale scholar Louis Martz, it includes essays and papers by Yale scholars and others that reassess Dryden's position in the literary tradition. In Part One of the volume, scholars reconsider Dryden's interaction with the London of his day and how that interaction shaped his drama. Part Two sets Dryden alongside those poets who influenced him (Virgil, Persius, Juvenal and Shakespeare), those he influenced (Pope and Swift) and contemporary poetic rivals (Milton and Marvell). Contributors include Louis Martz, Annabel Patterson, Lawrence Manley, Harold Love, Steven Zwicker, Emrys Jones, Susanna Morton Braund and Howard Erskine-Hill, among others.
"Get Out the Vote!" is a practical guide to mobilizing voters. Green and Gerber conducted randomized experiments in political campaigns in a dozen states since 1998, and found that not all popular get-out-the-vote tactics are as effective as once believed. Using rigorous methodology that gauge the impact of each mobilization as it happens, Green and Gerber also estimated the financial cost for each vote produced by door-to-door canvassing, distribution of leaflets, direct mail, phone banks and e-mail. They concluded that old-fashioned one-on-one politicking is surprisingly successful and affordable. Personal outreach to potential voters, they contend, involving longer and more engaged conversations, produces better results than more impersonal efforts, such as recorded phone messages and leaflets.
Although it is often considered unprofessional to express emotion while on the job, David R. Caruso and Peter Salovey assert in their new book that this view is not correct. The emotional centers of the brain, they argue, are an integral part of what it means to think, reason and to be intelligent. They show that emotion is necessary to make good decisions, take action to solve problems, cope with change and succeed. The authors detail a practical four-part hierarchy of emotional skills: identifying emotions, using emotions to facilitate thinking, understanding emotions and managing emotions. They also show how people can measure, learn and develop each skill and employ them in an integrated way to solve difficult work-related problems.
This book examines the history of the Yale Law School and its impact on the development of legal education in the United States. The essays in this collection originated as a lecture series commemorating the tercentenary of Yale, in which a group of scholars assembled to explore the history of the school, from the earliest days to modern times. This volume preserves the format of the original lectures, supported with full scholarly citations.
T H I S
The Enlightenment & the
Intellectual Foundations
of Modern Culture
Louis Dupré, the T. L. Riggs Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Religion
(Yale University Press)
Eisenman Inside Out:
Selected Writings 1963-1988
Peter Eisenman, the Louis I. Kahn
Visiting Professor of Architecture
(Yale University Press)
John Dryden: His Politics, His Plays and His Poets
Edited by Claude Rawson, the Maynard Mack Professor of English, and
Aaron Santesso
(University of Delaware Press)
Get Out the Vote!
Donald Green, the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Political Science and director of the Institute for Social & Policy Studies, and Alan S. Gerber, professor
of political science
(Brookings Institution)
The Emotionally Intelligent
Manager: How To Develop and
Use the Four Key Emotional Skills
of Leadership
David R. Caruso, research affiliate
in psychology, and Peter Salovey, dean
of Yale College and the Chris Argyris Professor of Psychology
(Jossey-Bass)
History of the Yale Law School:
The Tercentennial Lectures
Edited by Anthony T. Kronman,
Sterling Professor of Law
(Yale University Press)
W E E K ' SS T O R I E S
Gift from alumnus helps fund new home for F&ES
Team learns how bacteria evades body's defenses
Grants will advance research on important health issuesPreventing HIV infection in India's at-risk populations
Understanding the causes of autism in infants
Treating patients with MS and spinal cord injuries
Brain power
ENDOWED PROFESSORSHIPSJohn Hartwig is Irénée duPont Professor of Chemistry
Shelly Kagan named Clark Professor of Philosophy
Jay Winter designated as the Stille Professor of History
Keith Wrightson is the Townsend Jr. Professor of History
Wimbledon winner, future Olympians to compete in Pilot Pen tournament
IN FOCUS: Yale Health Plan
Works by Cuban artists on view in 'Intersections/Intersecciones' exhibit
Bouchet Award recognizes scientist's effort to promote diversity
F&ES hosts delegation from China
Deserts, rainforests equally productive during drought, says study
EPA certificate of recognition awarded to Yale power plant
IN MEMORIAM: Edmund Slocum Crelin Jr.: newborn anatomy expert
CANCER CENTER APPOINTMENTSDr. Ira Mellman, new scientific director, will enhance partnership
Dr. Edward Chu will oversee the medical oncology section
Researchers receive grants for studies on women's health issues
New 'advocates' for theater are named to council
Genetics professor wins award to study prostate cancer . . .
Nursing professor Kathleen Knafl to chair group . . .
Art Gallery's new development director to head . . .
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