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The Promise of Happiness
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Featured · Essays
The Promise of Happiness
2010s
Alexander Nehamas is a Greek-born American philosopher. He is an emeritus professor of philosophy and comparative literature and the emeritus Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1990. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Scie...
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Promises
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Promises
Carries a strong pull into film through after-hours and longing.
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Music
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Carries a strong pull into television through power and after-hours.
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The Promise of Happiness
Essays
The Promise of Happiness
Carries a strong pull into anime through modernity and identity.
The Souls of Black Folk
Essays
The Souls of Black Folk
Carries a strong pull into music through identity and power.
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The Sopranos
Television
The Sopranos
Carries a strong pull into music through power and after-hours.
The Wire
Television
The Wire
Carries a strong pull into music through power and South Asia.
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The Sopranos
Television · Strong bridge
The Sopranos
1990s
A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.
PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
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The Brothers Karamazov
1880s
Three brothers and a murdered father. Faith, reason, and the problem of evil.
MemoryMigrationFolklore
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Music · Strong bridge
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
1990s
Soul, hip-hop, and reggae fused into a deeply personal statement of faith, love, and independence.
LongingIdentityPower
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Anime · Strong bridge
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
2000s
The Place Promised in Our Early Days is a 2004 anime title tied to Makoto Shinkai and Tenmon and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.
FolkloreIdentitySurveillance
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Film 1980s
The Shining
A family winters in an isolated hotel. Madness, isolation, and the Overlook's ghosts.
Urban isolationFolkloreAfter-hoursLonging
The Wire
Television 2000s
The Wire
Baltimore's institutions examined season by season. The novel as television.
PowerSurveillanceNatureUrban isolation
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Books 1960s
The Master and Margarita
The Devil visits Soviet Moscow. Satire, romance, and Pontius Pilate in one impossible novel.
LongingMemoryMigrationFolklore
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Music 1970s
The Dark Side of the Moon
Time, money, madness, and death. The concept album as cultural monolith.
After-hoursLonging
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Anime 2010s
Vinland Saga
A Viking boy seeks revenge, then discovers pacifism. Violence, guilt, and the search for a promised land.
PowerFolkloreIdentitySurveillance
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Film 1920s
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Joan's trial in extreme close-up. The human face as the landscape of silent cinema.
NatureAfter-hoursLongingUrban isolation
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