Engages the lengthy debate over the ivory-bill woodpecker’s status by examining reported sightings and extensive efforts to find the rare bird in Louisiana.
Michael P. Steinberg Books
Professor Michael P. Steinberg delves into modern European cultural and intellectual history, German Jewish history, the history and theory of modernity, and politics and the arts. His work explores the cultural history of music and examines the interplay between politics and art, offering readers profound insights into the complexities of the modern European psyche. As Director of the Cogut Center for the Humanities and Professor of History and Music at Brown University, Steinberg brings extensive knowledge and analytical depth to his literary contributions. His approach is grounded in an interdisciplinary examination of cultural phenomena, allowing for a rich and thought-provoking reading experience.
The Afterlife of Moses
- 240 pages
- 9 hours of reading
"In The Afterlife of Moses, Steinberg addresses the story of Moses and the Exodus as a foundational myth of politics, of the formation not of a nation but of a political community grounded in universal law. Motivated in part by this recent period of reactionary insurgency in the US, Europe, and Israel, this work of intellectual history articulates the way in which a critique of myths of origin as a principle of democratic government, affect, and citizenship has equal relevance in these places and equal fragility"--
