Word: professionalism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...continent. But Moyers makes virtually no attempt to place the poet in a larger social context--to view poetry as a profession (or, perhaps more to the point, to analyze what it means that ours is a culture where it's all but impossible to be a professional poet). Ezra Pound once pointed out that history without economics is bunk. To which one might add that poetry without economics--without some sense of the ebb and flow of the megamercantile society surrounding the poet--is bunk too. Behind Moyers' many questions lurks one that goes unasked: Are we "celebrating...
The charm of De Botton's books comes from his ability to regard the oldest profession in the world (the words "I love you") with a youthful sense of playfulness and discovery. Here he offers disquisitions on the "love right angle," "psychological hypochondria" and "jollyism" and likens the self, in...
The author of many works, including Bombed, Buzzed, Smashed or...Sober: A Book about Alcohol and Like, Love, Lust: A view of Sex & Sexuality, Langone has exposed the human drama behind the gleaming facade of the "marble white palace" of Harvard's Longwood campus. In doing so, he is perhaps...
While the structure may be a little disorienting at times, it does add some unpredictability that medical historical texts often lack. And Langone effectively ties together past and present, discussing the consistent lower status of women in the profession while romanticizing the "coarse" general-care, small-town practitioner who knew...
The HLSA award is the highest honor given by the Association, and "recognizes sustained or extraordinary service to the legal profession and Harvard Law School, as well as contributions to the public welfare that exemplify the value of Harvard Law School," a press release said.