Democratic experiments
Science affects everyone on the planet, so how and to what extent should the public help set its agenda? Jon Turney looks to the notion of vox populi research for some ideas
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Stranger Magic: Charmed States and The Arabian Nights
A celebrated internationalist's capacity for wonder adds lustre to a literary treasure, says Fred Inglis
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The Price of Civilization: Economics and Ethics after the Fall
Colin Crouch considers a passionate plea to end the corporate lobbyists' stranglehold on the US economy
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Uncreative Writing: Managing Language in the Digital Age
Kenneth Goldsmith thinks literature "is in a rut, tending to hit the same note again and again, confining itself to the narrowest of spectrums, resulting in a practice that has fallen out of step and...
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Plato's Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology
I find it difficult to think about Plato and ecology without recalling Val Plumwood's remarkable 1993 book, Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. For me the chapter entitled "Plato and the philosophy...
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Who Killed Hammarskjöld? The UN, the Cold War and White Supremacy in Africa
Joanna Lewis is intrigued by a forensic study of the crash that claimed a champion of decolonisation
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Sitting in Judgment: The Working Lives of Judges
Penny Darbyshire is a seasoned judge watcher. Since 1971 she has work-shadowed almost every known species of English judge, from overworked district judges trying and sentencing minor miscreants in...
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The Church of Scientology: A History of a New Religion
Although the subtitle refers to it as a "new religion", a central concern of this book is whether the Church of Scientology is indeed a religion - or rather, given that the author says he considers...
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I'll Have What She's Having: Mapping Social Behavior
Camilla Power is frustrated by a du jour model of imitative action that ignores collective creativity
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American Nietzsche: A History of An Icon and His Ideas
Who would have thought it? Who could have imagined in 1900, when Friedrich Nietzsche died, that the philosopher of the aristocratic distance and elitist heights would enjoy a reincarnation of sorts...
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Student review: Debating Social Rights
Authors: Conor Gearty and Virginia MantouvalouEdition: FirstPublisher: HartPages: 201Price: £15.00ISBN 9781849460231Debating Social Rights is part of Hart's Debating Law series, edited by Peter Cane...
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Law round-up
Essential Mental Health Law: A Guide to the Revised Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act 2005Authors: Anthony Maden and Tim Spencer-LaneEdition: FirstPublisher: Hammersmith PressPages:...
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Languages and Linguistics round-up
Introduction to Sociolinguistics: Society and IdentityAuthors: Sharon K. Deckert and Caroline H. VickersEdition: FirstPublisher: ContinuumPages: 256Price: £65.00 and £19.99ISBN 9781441150233 and...
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Psychology and Psychiatry round-up
Group Problem SolvingAuthor: Patrick R. LaughlinEdition: FirstPublisher: Princeton University PressPages: 168Price: £52.00, £20.95 and £25.14ISBN 9780691147901, 9780691147918 and 9781400836673 (e-...
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A difficult tablet to swallow but the prognosis looks good
Teaching with the aid of notebook PCs is given a cautious thumbs up by lecturers. Jack Grove writes