Tag Archives: Carleton College

Reflecting on Career Paths Not Taken

By Robin Bates | Published: June 29, 2023

In which I reflect on roads not taken in my career.

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A Memorial Service for Old Classmates

By Robin Bates | Published: June 19, 2023

In “Choir Invisible,” George Eliot aspires to have an uplifting impact on others.

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Tolstoy’s Vision of Establishing Dialogue

By Robin Bates | Published: May 1, 2023

Sympathetic listening is key to making society work. We see Kitty advocating for such in “Anna Karenina.”

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Byatt’s Babel Tower and Truth Today

By Robin Bates | Published: September 19, 2022

A.S. Byatt counterposes Fourier and Sade in “Babel Tower.” The novel is influencing a “Truth, Education, and Democracy” session I am helping put together.

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Why I Think the Way I Think

By Robin Bates | Published: March 23, 2021

I survey my intellectual history, especially the evolution of my thinking about literature’s impact on human behavior.

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