Discoveries, ideas and people to watch
Gavin Jones, a professor of English, discusses how literature can
provide us with an emotionally resonant and complex understanding of
poverty, and David Grusky, a professor of sociology, discusses why
reducing poverty is in the collective interest.
Tagged: economics, literature, poverty, Arts & Creativity, International Issues, Humanities & Sciences
The story goes like this: In 2004, Jean-Pierre Dupuy, a professor of French at Stanford, is attending a conference in Berlin when he is confronted by a man in a café who asks, "Why did you become a Girardian?" Dupuy replies in a beat: "Because it's cheaper than psychoanalysis."
Tagged: Girard, literature, Arts & Creativity, Humanities & Sciences