In Defence of the Enlightenment
On what intellectual and moral bases do we wish to construct our communal life? We will not receive any help from politicians (obsessed as they are with political correctness, greed and getting or...
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Exit Capitalism: Literary Culture, Theory, and Post-Secular Modernity
Edward Quipp is provoked by a portrayal of key moments in English literary and cultural history
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Personal Responsibility: Why It Matters
Quite rightly, Alexander Brown appears to think that a book entitled Personal Responsibility: Does It Matter? would be an unnecessary prequel. Here, he is evidently happy to accept the importance of...
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The Empire of Trauma: An Inquiry into the Condition of Victimhood
The stupendous waves of globalisation are, the economic historians tell us, well over a century old, but their terrific riptides - swirling, contradictory, uncontrollable - demand unprecedented new...
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The Universe: Order Without Design
This book tackles a large question in cosmology: Is the Universe designed for life? To which I am tempted to add my own query: is that question posed with sufficient clarity to inform rational...
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The Future of Newspapers
No British scholar has done more than Bob Franklin, of the Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, to make the academic study of journalism relevant to journalists. This collection...
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Published this Week
(J) = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- Painting Harlem Modern: The Art of Jacob LawrenceBy Patricia Hills, professor of art history, Boston University. University of California Press, £34.95. ISBN...
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In search of a good companion
Matthew Reisz weighs up the role of weighty tomes of literary reference in the digital age
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The Passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Shaping of America
Humboldt is unfashionable in our postcolonial age, but it’s time for a renaissance, says Jeremy Jennings
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Our New Year honours list
In a dramatic move, our vice-chancellor has announced that Poppleton will be following in the steps of the University of Cumbria and awarding academic titles to leading university managers.One of...
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Recipe for disaster
Post-Copenhagen, it's clear that logic alone won't save us, writes Kevin Fong
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Research Intelligence - Pragmatic arts
The AHRC's new head is keen to highlight the relevance of research to politicians and public alike. Zoe Corbyn writes
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Get used to life on the edge
As we bid farewell to the old unit of resource and usher in a new reduced one, we anticipate a year of fear, uncertainty and pain
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From where I sit - A real shake-up is still needed
This autumn, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China removed Zhou Ji from the post of Education Minister after a term of six years and shifted him to the position of deputy...