[ecrea] Public Sphere updates from the SSRC - September 2010

>September 2010
>NEW at publicsphere.ssrc.org
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>Historians in Public
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>By Thomas Bender
>http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/bender-historians-in-public/
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>Historians must bring the state back into relation to society, and
>along the way they need to rediscover the public - and be ready with
>a relevant narrative when a public emerges, Thomas Bender argues
>in his essay. History is a mode of scholarship and thinking that
>can construct narratives that are themselves actors in public life.
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>Read the earlier essays in the ACADEMIA & the PUBLIC SPHERE ESSAY
>SERIES by Herbert Gans, Craig Calhoun, Rogers Smith, Jürgen Habermas
>and Michael Burawoy:
>http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/category/all/academia-public-sphere/
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>In Memoriam: Tony Judt (1948­2010)
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>http://itemsandissues.ssrc.org/in-memoriam-tony-judt-1948-2010
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>Tony Judt, renowned historian and public intellectual and a recent
>contributor to our essay forum, passed away on August 6. Read the
>article in the SSRC's "Items and Issues" in his memory and his
>recent contribution to the SSRC's Public Institutions & the Public
>Good Essay Series, published only a few months ago:
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>The Disintegration of the Public Sector: Recasting Public Conversation
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>By Tony Judt
>http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/judt-the-disintegration-of-the-public-sector/
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>Read the other essays in the PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS & the PUBLIC
>GOOD ESSAY SERIES by Craig Calhoun and Michael Burawoy:
>http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/category/all/public-institutions-public-good/
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>PUBLIC SPHERE GUIDE:
>http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/guide/
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>Recently Updated Sections:
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>Academia and the Public Sphere: http://wp.me/PBeCl-1x
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>SSRC PROGRAMS: http://publicsphere.ssrc.org/guide/ssrc-programs/
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>RELIGION and the PUBLIC SPHERE at The Immanent Frame
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>http://blogs.ssrc.org/tif/category/politics-of-spirituality/
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>Discussion on "The Politics of Spirituality" in conjunction with the
>SSRC's project on Spirituality, Political Engagement, and Public Life.
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>NEW PUBLICATIONS
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>Law and Public Finance Program:
>Obama's Bank: Financing a Durable New Deal (Cambridge University Press)
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>By Michael Likosky
>http://www.ssrc.org/publications/view/35CB008D-19C0-DF11-A822-001CC477EC84/
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>Drawing lessons from US foreign affairs, this book investigates
>the Obama administration's plan for a new public infrastructure
>bank. The idea is to partner with the private sector to produce
>public goods, such as high-speed rail, clean energy, information
>technology, drinking water, and other vital infrastructures.
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>The Public Sphere and Comparative Historical Research:
>Special Section of Social Science History, Vol. 34, No. 3, Fall 2010.
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>Guest Edited by Andreas Koller, with contributions by Charles
>Tilly, Craig Calhoun, Andrew Abbott, and Elisabeth S. Clemens.
>http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/social_science_history/toc/ssh.34.3.html
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>Special section on "History and the Social Sciences: Taking Stock
>and Moving Ahead," addressing the absence of the study of the
>public sphere in comparative historical research.
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