Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

New on nybooks.com: The dangers of “hyperparenting,” a history of anti-Judaism, and the campaign for Scotland’s independence. Plus the private tensions behind works of literature, getting the Ukrainian story right, and how nuclear weapons could have made it much worse. THIS ISSUE SPONSORED BY KNOPF DOUBLEDAY PUBLISHING GROUP

The Women at the Top Marcia Angell The most important questions about the new upper-middle class, it seems to me, are these: What are we to make of the new ways of child rearing? How will these children turn out? And what kind of adults will they be?   ADVERTISEMENT   Imaginary Jews Michael Walzer David Nirenberg’s brilliant, fascinating, and deeply depressing book Anti-Judaism is not about Jews at all or, at least, not about real Jews; it deals extensively and almost exclusively with imaginary Jews. Nirenberg has written an intellectual history of Western civilization, seen from a frighteningly revealing perspective.   Will Scotland Go Independent? Jonathan Freedland On September 18, Scots will be asked to say yes or no to the following question: “Should Scotland be an independent country?” At stake is the future of Scotland and Britain. But something else could be decided too, namely the changing shape and meaning of nationhood in the twenty-first century.   Special offer: The New York Review Abroad: Fifty Years of International Reportage   ADVERTISEMENT   To Tell and Not To Tell Tim Parks Can we learn anything about literature by reflecting on the responses of the writer’s family and loved ones? “Serious” critics rarely venture into this territory. Yet ordinary readers find it hard not to wonder about this tension in the writer’s life and how it might relate to the work.   A Nuclear Ukraine Jeremy Bernstein Watching the crisis in Ukraine unfold, it is easy to forget how much worse it could have been. In 1991 Ukraine had the third largest nuclear arsenal in the world. Many of these weapons were stored in the Crimea. What might have happened if Ukraine had not disarmed?   Ukraine: The Haze of Propaganda Timothy Snyder The country was in effect an oligarchy, where much of the wealth was in the hands of people who could fit in one elevator. But even the presence of more than one very rich person was too much for Yanukovych. He wanted to be not only the president but the oligarch-in-chief.