Eros, Magic, and the Murder of Professor Culianu
Autor Ted Antonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 iun 2013
Winner
of
1997
Carl
Sandburg
Award
On May 21, 1991, University of Chicago professor Ioan Culianu was murdered execution-style on campus. The crime stunned the school, terrified students, and mystified the FBI. The case remains unsolved. InEros, Magic, and the Murder of Professor Culianu,award-winning investigative reporter Ted Anton shows that the murder is what Culianu's friends suspected all along: the first political assassination of a professor on American soil.
On May 21, 1991, University of Chicago professor Ioan Culianu was murdered execution-style on campus. The crime stunned the school, terrified students, and mystified the FBI. The case remains unsolved. InEros, Magic, and the Murder of Professor Culianu,award-winning investigative reporter Ted Anton shows that the murder is what Culianu's friends suspected all along: the first political assassination of a professor on American soil.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780810129740
ISBN-10: 0810129744
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
ISBN-10: 0810129744
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 140 x 235 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Northwestern University Press
Colecția Northwestern University Press
Recenzii
"Fascinating
and
excellent
.
.
.
important
not
just
because
it
illuminates
history,
but
because
at
the
center
of
the
story
is
Ioan
Culianu,
a
figure
so
interesting
no
novelist
could
invent
him.
[In
this
murder]
fiction
and
fact
change
places
in
a
deadly
game
of
masks
and
illusions."
—Andrei
Codrescu
"Reveals
both
a
fascinating
individual's
twenty-year-long
life-and-death
struggle
with
his
conscience,
and
a
violent
underground
war
in
Eastern
Europe.
This
is
a
story
not
only
about
the
power
of
freedom
of
speech
and
press,
but
also
about
the
explosive
convergence
of
scholarship
and
politics,
and
the
very
real
risks
of
the
unencumbered
life
of
the
mind."
—Jeffrey
Kittay,
publisher, Lingua
Franca
Notă biografică
TED
ANTONis
an
associate
professor
of
nonfiction
writing
in
the
English
department
at
DePaul
University.
His
book,Eros,
Magic,
and
the
Murder
of
Professor
Culianu(1996)
received
the
Carl
Sandburg
Award
for
Nonfiction
from
the
Friends
of
the
Chicago
Public
Library
and
was
an
Investigative
Reporters
and
Editors
National
Book
Award
finalist.
Anton
was
the
co-editor
of
"The
New
Science
Journalists"
(1995).
His
magazine
work,
forThe
Sciences,Publishers
Weekly,Lingua
Franca,Chicago,the
Chicago
Tribune,
and
other
publications,
has
been
cited
three
consecutive
times
inBest
American
Essaysand
was
nominated
for
a
National
Magazine
Award
in
Reporting
in
1993.
A
former
Fulbright
Research
Fellow,
Anton
speaks
about
science
on
radio
and
to
university
and
industry
groups.
Cuprins
Acknowledgments
Note on Method
Prologue
Book One: The Crime, May 21, 1991
1. Religion as a System
2. The Aftermath
Book Two: Youth, 1950-1972
3. The Art of Memory
4. University Days, 1967-1971
5. "Dark People, Very Clever"
6. A Dream of Paradise
Book Three: Arriviste, 1972-1986
7. The Myth of the West: Italy, 1972-1975
8. Chicago, Paris, and Mircea Eliade
9. Holland: A Rising Young Intellectual, 1976-1983
10. 1484 and 1984
11. Abuses of interpretation
12. Pursuit, 1985
13. The Emerald Game, 1986
14. The Book of Life
Book Four: "Like Being Famous," 1987-1991
15. "All the World Is Mystery Again," 1987
16. Religion and Science: The Fourth Dimension, 1988
17. Divination, 1989
18. "Revolution," Christmas 1989
19. Free World, 1990
20. Scoptophilia
21. A Forking Path
22. Memories of the Future
23. "Dr. Faust: Great Sodomite and Necromancer"
24. Roses at the Door
Book Five: Games of the Mind, 1991-1996
25. After-death Journeys
26. Under the Sign of Capricorn: Suspects
27. The Investigation
28. Games of the Mind
Endnote
Works by Ioan Culianu
Index
Note on Method
Prologue
Book One: The Crime, May 21, 1991
1. Religion as a System
2. The Aftermath
Book Two: Youth, 1950-1972
3. The Art of Memory
4. University Days, 1967-1971
5. "Dark People, Very Clever"
6. A Dream of Paradise
Book Three: Arriviste, 1972-1986
7. The Myth of the West: Italy, 1972-1975
8. Chicago, Paris, and Mircea Eliade
9. Holland: A Rising Young Intellectual, 1976-1983
10. 1484 and 1984
11. Abuses of interpretation
12. Pursuit, 1985
13. The Emerald Game, 1986
14. The Book of Life
Book Four: "Like Being Famous," 1987-1991
15. "All the World Is Mystery Again," 1987
16. Religion and Science: The Fourth Dimension, 1988
17. Divination, 1989
18. "Revolution," Christmas 1989
19. Free World, 1990
20. Scoptophilia
21. A Forking Path
22. Memories of the Future
23. "Dr. Faust: Great Sodomite and Necromancer"
24. Roses at the Door
Book Five: Games of the Mind, 1991-1996
25. After-death Journeys
26. Under the Sign of Capricorn: Suspects
27. The Investigation
28. Games of the Mind
Endnote
Works by Ioan Culianu
Index
Descriere
On
May
21,
1991,
University
of
Chicago
professor
Ioan
Culianu
was
murdered
execution-style
on
campus.
The
crime
stunned
the
school,
terrified
students,
and
mystified
the
FBI.
The
case
remains
unsolved.
In Eros,
Magic,
and
the
Murder
of
Professor
Culianu, award-winning
investigative
reporter
Ted
Anton
shows
that
the
murder
is
what
Culianu's
friends
suspected
all
along:
the
first
political
assassination
of
a
professor
on
American
soil.