Egyptian Antiquities, Slavoj Zizek, and More

In the early 1960s, Egyptian antiquities were about to be drowned to create a dam.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 [Open in app]( or [online]() [Egyptian Antiquities, Slavoj Zizek, and More]( In the early 1960s, Egyptian antiquities were about to be drowned to create a dam. Mar 31   [Save]( [▷  Listen](   In the early 1960s, Egyptian antiquities were about to be drowned to create a dam. In stepped an unlikely Parisian with a persuasive personality... [more »]( Like other provincial jesters, Slavoj Zizek expresses a studied naïveté toward culture and society. That may be a good thing... [more »]( The “blood race” between England and France culminated in the 1667 transfusion of lamb's blood into a feverish boy, who made a “startling” recovery... [more »]( Listen, dear reader, to Jonathan GPT Swift on satire, economics, religion, and his fascination with scatalogical themes... [more »]( An essential part of bookselling is cataloging. But it’s a decentralized, unstandardized carnival fire... [more »]( [Upgrade to paid](   [Like]( [Comment]( [Share](   Read Arts & Letters Daily in the app Listen to posts, join subscriber chats, and never miss an update from Arts & Letters Daily. [Get the iOS app]( the Android app]( © 2023 The Chronicle of Higher Education 1255 23rd St. NW, St. 700, Washington, DC 20010 [Unsubscribe]() [Start writing]()