Word: esotericism
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WHEN A LITERARY CRITIC sets out to write a novel of fantasy, he'd better be sure of his inspiration. The profession has had its share of success in the genre; C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are only the most celebrated of a long line of academics to turn their...
The satirical target of Real Life is rather fetchingly esoteric. Inspired by PBS's series about the Louds, An American Family, Brooks has staged his own confrontation between show-biz folk and so-called real people. In Real Life, the comedian plays himself, an entertainer who is making a...
(12 of 12) is, to some extent, true, although work by Physicists Steven Weinberg of Harvard and Abdus Salam of London's Imperial College of Science and Technology suggests that Einstein's dream of a unified field theory may some day be realized. There is also a glimmer in the...
On entering, the pilgrims quickly learn that what they may not receive from the voices on stage they can probably buy from the vendors whose stands and tables jam the lobby and adjacent corridors. They are hustling a cornucopia of aids to selfdiscovery, self-actualization, self-service, self-enhancement, self...
The major problem historians face in the non-academic world is that few have the skills needed to "sell themselves" to prospective employers, despite their research, writing and information skills. "The fact that they have a Ph.D. and have taught esoteric courses is worthless," from the businessman's point of...