A new crop of books keeps the sparks while also dismantling stereotypes and inviting critical discussion about the traditions themselves.
Its scholarly value and main contribution to society consists in its ability to raise people's levels of awareness about taken-for-granted ways of life and thought, inviting critical reflection on humanity's relationships to the earth.
Acknowledging a poor decision in one's personal life may be purely a private matter, involving only one's self-esteem, but in business, a bad decision is often a very public matter, inviting critical comments from colleagues or bosses.
Next, we must go toward the emotions that this generates, inviting the critical voice to speak and committing to listen.
The move comes at a time when civil rights and other liberal groups are becoming increasingly critical, inviting parallels with the kind of bans on information imposed by China and other oppressive governments.
Her typical essay thus functions as a tantalizing biographical sketch, as well as a critical study, inviting us to pursue a deeper exploration.
The Fellowship of Catholic Scholars was critical of Notre Dame for inviting President Obama, who supports abortion rights, to give a commencement address.
In an effort to improve its standing with historians, the Nixon Library had agreed to hold a conference in late April on Mr. Nixon's conduct of the Vietnam War, inviting some scholars who have been critical of his record.
The journal is truly interdisciplinary, inviting contributions across a range of critical methodologies, including musicology and music analysis, film studies, popular music studies, cultural theory, aesthetics, semiotics, sociology, marketing, sound studies, and music psychology.
The show, hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Danny Leigh (above), has smartly avoided critical ire in the film community by inviting most of the nation's critics on to the show at some point (myself included).
The Rat having opened doors, a call came shortly afterwards from the David Letterman Show, inviting New York's most amusingly self-critical group to appear.
