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# Eric Oliver

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- [Home](https://jericoliver.com/) - What if the “you” you’ve been carrying around isn’t the real you at all? Drawing on science, philosophy, and the unexpected places they overlap, J Eric Oliver unpacks the hidden forces that shape our identity. Understanding them can change how you move through the world in profound ways.ARRIVING JAN 6, 2025 LEARN MORE What if
- [Writings](https://jericoliver.com/writings/) - Subscribe to the J. Eric Oliver Substack Recent WritingsThe Real Threat of AIGrowing alarms suggest that the rapid development of “generative” artificial intelligence (AI) systems, which program themselves autonomously, could lead to super-intelligent machines eradicating humanity; however, these terrifying claims echo dystopian anxieties and require strong skepticism against industry hype. Intelligence is fundamentally about processing
- [Events](https://jericoliver.com/events/) - Upcoming EventsJanuary 14, 2026, 7 p.m.The Nature of All Things Book Club.Theodore’s Books17 Audrey Avenue,Oyster Bay, NY, 11771more infoJanuary 15, 2023, 7 p.m.Conversation with Amanda Stern,McNally Jackson Books134 Prince St,New York, NY 10012more infoJanuary 28, 2026, 7-9 p.m.Conversation with Dr. Elizabeth KieffPrinter’s Row Wine Bar719 South DearbornChicago, IL more infoThursday, April 2, 2026, 7 p.m.Conversation with
- [About](https://jericoliver.com/about/) - J. Eric Oliver is a professor of political science at the University of Chicago and host of the Knowing with Eric Oliver podcast. He has published six books, including Fat Politics: The Hidden Sources of America’s Obesity Epidemic, The Paradoxes of Segregation, and Enchanted America: How Intuition and Reason Divide Our Politics. His newest book
- [The Paradoxes of Integration](https://jericoliver.com/the-paradoxes-of-integration/) - amazon bookshop barnes & noble books-a-million The United States is rapidly changing from a country monochromatically divided between black and white into a multiethnic society. The Paradoxes of Integration helps us to understand America’s racial future by revealing the complex relationships among integration, racial attitudes, and neighborhood life.J. Eric Oliver demonstrates that the effects of
- [Media](https://jericoliver.com/media/) - How Can We Know Our Selves?The introductory lecture to Eric Oliver’s popular class “The Intelligible Self” that he has been teaching at the University of Chicago for the past 20 years. The class seeks understand what the self is, why it malfunctions, and what we can do to make it work better. The Science of
- [How To Know Your Self](https://jericoliver.com/how-to-know-your-self/) - amazon bookshop barnes & noble books-a-million What if everything you thought you knew about yourself was an illusion?For more than twenty years, University of Chicago professor J. Eric Oliver has taught a legendary course—The Intelligible Self—that students routinely describe as life-changing. Now, in How to Know Your Self, he brings the best of that classroom
- [Fat Politics](https://jericoliver.com/fat-politics/) - amazon bookshop barnes & noble It seems almost daily we read newspaper articles and watch news reports exposing the growing epidemic of obesity in America. Our government tells us we are experiencing a major health crisis, with sixty percent of Americans classified as overweight, and one in four as obese. But how valid are these
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- [Local Elections and The Politics of Small Scale Democracy](https://jericoliver.com/local-elections-and-the-politics-of-small-scale-democracy/) - amazon bookshop barnes & noble Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a tenth of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on Americans’ daily lives. Yet political scientists have few explanations for how people
- [Enchanted America](https://jericoliver.com/enchanted-america/) - amazon bookshop barnes & noble America is in civic chaos, its politics rife with conspiracy theories and false information. Nationalism and authoritarianism are on the rise, while scientists, universities, and news organizations are viewed with increasing mistrust. Its citizens reject scientific evidence on climate change and vaccinations while embracing myths of impending apocalypse. And then
- [Democracy in Suburbia](https://jericoliver.com/democracy-in-suburbia/) - amazon bookshop barnes & noble Suburbanization is often blamed for a loss of civic engagement in contemporary America. How justified is this claim? Just what is a suburb? How do social environments shape civic life? Looking beyond popular stereotypes, Democracy in Suburbiaanswers these questions by examining how suburbs influence citizen participation in community and public

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