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...unique global reach of the 2005 controversy surrounding 12 caricatures of the prophet Muhammad published in a Danish newspaper reflected mounting religious and ethnic tensions in Europe and the Muslim world, said the author of a new book on the subject at a Barker Center talk last night...
...addition to the uproar surrounding the 2005 editorial cartoons, Klausen’s book, titled “The Cartoons That Shook the World,” has itself emerged as a point of controversy. Yale University Press, the book’s publisher, decided this August to omit the original cartoons for fear of provoking a resurgence in violence. The move drew the ire of the editorial boards of The Washington Post and The New York Post among others. “In effect, Yale University Press is allowing violent extremists to set the terms of free speech...
Sunstein, who is on leave to head the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, shared the ranking with economist Richard H. Thaler of the University of Chicago’s business school. The two co-authored “Nudge,” a book arguing how public and private organizations can help people make better choices in their daily lives in 2008. Sunstein served as an assistant professor and full professor at the University of Chicago before coming to the Harvard Law School last fall...
Speaking to an audience with a background in the humanities and social sciences, Voorhoeve, a former fellow at the University’s Center for Ethics, focused primarily on issues raised in his new book, “Conversations on Ethics...
...Voorhoeve acknowledged the natural advantages of writing—namely the opportunity to craft a well-formed argument in advance—and argued that the hybrid of written dialogue is most effective, citing his interviews with notable philosophers in his book...