Lazarus-style comeback
A revival of interest in theology is evident in academic and political debate, and John Milbank and the radical orthodoxy movement are spreading the news, writes Melanie Newman
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View from the basement
Enjoyment or pursuance of a subject does not always depend on knowledge of its foundations. George Watson considers the death of Grand Theory
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Where power lies
The unexpected exits of two vice-chancellors have raised questions about governors and their authority, and about whether new forms of governance are appropriate for universities. Melanie Newman...
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Entrepreneurialism in Universities and the Knowledge Economy
An analysis of how higher education is responding to current challenges impresses Huw Morris
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Political Tourism and Its Texts: Cultural Spaces
The most conspicuous feature of Maureen Moynagh's book on political tourism is its style; conspicuous because she confesses it early, insistently. Page one, paragraph two: "This study speaks to the...
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The Flyer: British Culture and the Royal Air Force 1939-1945
When I first picked up Martin Francis' The Flyer, with its cover portrait of a handsome young airman by Eric Henri Kennington, I expected yet another collection of tales of derring-do by British...
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Darwin's Luck: Chance and Fortune in the Life and Work of Charles Darwin
Stephen Halliday enjoys an unusual book about Darwin, but wonders at its focus on his fortunes
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Exploring Professionalism
As this review is for Times Higher Education, I will confine myself to the question "Are academics professional?"That wisest of all vice-chancellors, Eric Ashby, touched twice in his life on this...
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Zapatismo Beyond Borders: New Imaginations of Political Possibility
Alex Khasnabish's Zapatismo Beyond Borders: New Imaginations of Political Possibility is an ambitious and timely book that examines the resonance of the revolutionary movement Zapatismo, and its...
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Book of the week: Einstein's Telescope
Simon Mitton looks at the cosmos through a lens made of space-time
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The week in books
Getting Off Track: How Government Actions and Interventions Caused, Prolonged, and Worsened the Financial Crisis by John B. Taylor, Mary and Robert Raymond professor of economics, Stanford University...
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Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West
The small support networks and micro-publics that help scholarship flourish intrigue Andreas Hess
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Empress Zenobia: Palmyra's Rebel Queen
I sometimes think that if it were not for her coins, Queen Zenobia would be taken as a legendary figure, at least as fanciful as Semiramis of Babylon, or Shirin, the Armenian princess who became the...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Southampton
1. Carriage of Goods by Sea, Sixth Edition by John F. Wilson Pearson Education, £46.99 ISBN 97814058466912. Research Methods in Lifespan Development by Gary Creasey Pearson Education, £34.99 ISBN...
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Published this week
ART AND DESIGN- Symbolist Art in ContextBy Michelle Facos, associate professor in the history of art, Indiana University. University of California Press, £38.95 and £17.95. ISBN 9780520254992 and...