Kurt Andersen
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Kawaii Kurt
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The motto of a fictional character of mine was All Cliches Are True. As I was reminded twice, spectacularly, during my first full day in Tokyo.
Of course I knew about the (cliche of the) Japanese schoolgirl subculture, and its devotion to cuteness, uniformity, pinkness, intense girl-to-girl friendliness, technology, and ...
Mohammed In Denmark
Thursday, February 09, 2006
This week, throughout the Islamic world, embassies were attacked, flags burned, and journalists threatened over a series of satirical cartoons published by a Danish newspaper. Kurt Andersen and Professor Azar Nafisi discuss why the row is less about the power of an image than ...
Freud
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Kurt Andersen and Jonathan Lear look at how Sigmund Freud and his theories still pervade our culture.
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In medical school i was never taught the 'art' of medicine or given the opportunity as a resident to write ...
One more aspect to admire about Sendak - in addition to his refined draftsmanship, his tone that mixes humor, irony, ...