 | Benjamin Harshav edited "Sing, Stranger," an anthology of Yiddish poetry. He and his wife, Barbara Harshav, translated the poems into English. |
The following is a list of books recently or soon-to-be published by members of the Yale community. Descriptions designated the designated the
are based on material provided by the publishers.
Using the Genesis story of the Fall as the starting point, Paul Kahn explores in his new book the concept of evil, offering a secular interpretation. Kahn takes issue with Hannah Arendt's theory of the banality of evil, arguing that her view is an instance of the modern world's lost capacity to speak of evil. Psychological, social and political accounts do not explain evil as much as explain it away, he says. Focusing on the existential roots of evil rather than on the occasions for its appearance, he argues that evil originates in man's flight from death and contends that the opposite of evil is not good, but love. Kahn combines political and cultural theory, law and philosophy in his examination of the roots of evil and he explores such modern forms of evil as slavery, torture and genocide.
Kamari Maxine Clarke and Deborah A. Thomas argue that a firm grasp of globalization requires an understanding of how race has constituted, and been constituted by, global transformations. Focusing attention on race as an analytic category, this collection of essays examines the connections between contemporary global processes of racialization and transnational circulations set in motion by imperialism and slavery; between popular culture and global conceptions of blackness; and between the work of anthropologists, policymakers, religious revivalists and activists and the solidification and globalization of racial categories. Contributors explore such topics as the impact of "black America" on racial identity and politics in mid-20th-century Liverpool; the experiences of trafficked Nigerian sex workers in Italy; the persistence of race in the purportedly non-racial language of the "New South Africa"; and concepts of race and space in early 21st-century Harlem.
"Sing, Stranger" is a comprehensive historical anthology of a century of American poetry written in Yiddish and now translated into English. It features the proletarian poets who sympathized with socialist anarchists who were popular with Yiddish audiences at the end of the 19th century; the early 20th-century "Young Generation" poets; post-World War I "Introspectivists"; women poets; samples of epic poetry; and the poetry of the Holocaust and the decline of the Yiddish language. The anthology reveals both the achievement of Jewish creative work and American poetry, written in a minority language, which is unknown to most readers. In these poems, the travails, joys and intimate experiences of the individual in the big metropolis are intertwined with representations of American realities: architecture and alienation in the big city, the migration of blacks, trade unions and the underworld, the immigrant experience and Jewish history.
The first in a series of books from the Yale School of Architecture, "Poetry, Property and Place 01" studies the collaborative process between architects and developers, made possible by the Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Architecture Fellowship. In a Yale advanced studio, students designed projects that would transform Garibaldi Repubblica, a neglected site in central Milan, into a vital urban place. The book includes interviews with Bass Distinguished Visiting Fellow Gerald D. Hines and Saarinen Visiting Professor Stefan Behnisch, as well as those who participated in the studio research process, including Cesar Pelli, Beatrice Trussardi and Gianni Verga. Studio review discussions include commentary by noted architects, including Yale School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern.
Sandy Isenstadt examines in this book how architects, interior designers and landscape designers worked to enhance spatial perception in middle-class houses visually. The desire for spaciousness, he says, reached its pitch where it was most lacking: in the small, single-family homes that came to be the cornerstone of middle-class life in the 19th century. Isenstadt argues that spaciousness was central to the development of modern American domestic architecture, with explicit strategies
for perceiving space being pivotal to modern house design. Through professional endorsement, concern for visual space found its way into discussion of real estate and law.
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Yale Books in Brief
Out of Eden: Adam and Eve designated the designated the
and the Problem of Evil
Paul W. Kahn, the Robert W. Winner designated the designated the
Professor of Law and Humanities and director of the Orville H. Schell Jr. designated the designated the
Center for Human Rights
(Princeton University Press)
Globalization and Race: designated the designated the
Transformations in the Cultural Production of Blackness
Edited by Kamari Maxine Clarke, designated the designated the
associate professor of anthropology, designated the designated the
and Deborah A. Thomas
(Duke University Press)
Sing, Stranger: A Century designated the designated the
of American Yiddish Poetry, designated the designated the
A Historical Anthology
Edited by Benjamin Harshav, professor designated the designated the
of comparative literature and Slavic designated the designated the
languages and literatures and the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew Language and Literature; translated by Benjamin Harshav and Barbara Harshav
(Stanford University Press)
Poetry, Property and Place 01
Edited by Nina Rappaport, with Markus Dochantschi and Jonah Gamblin
(W.W. Norton & Company)
The Modern American House: Spaciousness and Middle Class Identity
Sandy Isenstadt, assistant professor designated the designated the
of the history of art and director of designated the designated the
undergraduate studies in the history designated the designated the
of art and at the School of Architecture
(Cambridge University Press)
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With 31 winners, Yale has most Fulbright recipients this year
Grants to support research on adolescent parents and HIV/STI
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$2.5 million to study role of teen fathers in health decisions
Joint Yale-Chile astronomy program has been renewed
Divinity School exhibit shows human impact of Iraq war
Three Divinity School faculty members appointed to endowed posts
Thomas Ogletree is designated Frederick Marquand Professor of Ethics
Leonora Tubbs Tisdale named the Clement-Muehl Professor
Willis Jenkins joins faculty as the Margaret Farley Assistant Professor
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V.P. Shauna King announces changes in Office of Finance and Administration
Using writing as a creative outlet brings benefits to medical residents
Nobel laureate to discuss the threat of nuclear proliferatio
Yale's Witt will help coach U.S. team at Four Nations Cup
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Study by School of Medicine researchers shows low levels of oxygen . . .
Study shows genes and life stress interact in the brain
New concert series will offer fresh look at chamber music
Yale Cancer Center and YNHH offer free programs on cancer treatmen
Medical school and hospital honored for rapid response team in pediatric
Memorial service for Dr. Paul Beeson
U.N. official's talk rescheduled
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