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An illustration featuring the covers of the nine books described in the accompanying essay.
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In the New Year

Scott McLemee looks ahead to select spring 2025 university press releases.

A sign reading "New Books" is displayed at a library.
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Spring Ahead

Social trust is fraying, zombie bugs are on the loose and human ingenuity never fails to surprise—Scott McLemee rounds up select forthcoming titles from university presses.

The cover of Byung-Chul Han's 'Vita Contemplativa: In Praise of Inactivity,' featuring a placid lake with forest and mountains in the background.
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Living the ‘Vita Contemplativa’

Scott McLemee reviews Byung-Chul Han’s Vita Contemplativa: In Praise of Inactivity.

A poster for the 'Stanford Prison Experiment' limited series. A male student acting as a guard gestures with a baton toward a group of peers, dressed as prisoners, lined up and facing the other direction; text at the top states "Six days will last a lifetime." The poster also notes the series is streaming on Hulu and Disney+.
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Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment

An artful new documentary sheds new light even for those familiar with the infamous experiment, Scott McLemee writes.

The cover of Annalee Newitz’s "Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind."
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‘Stories Are Weapons’

Scott McLemee reviews Annalee Newitz’s new book on the evolution of psychological warfare.

A still shot of Robert D. Putnam being interviewed in the film "Join or Die."
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‘Bowling Alone’ (The Movie)

New on Netflix: Scott McLemee reviews a documentary about the life and work of Robert D. Putnam.

The cover of a new English translation of Karl Marx's 'Capital,' Vol. 1, translated by Paul Reitter.
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Marx Redux

Scott McLemee interviews Paul Reitter, translator of a new English edition of Marx’s Capital.

The book cover for Alex Edmans's "May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases—and What We Can Do About It."
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May Contain Lies

Scott McLemee reviews a new book about the human vulnerability to misinformation.