Fundamental flaws
Daniel Swift's review of Malise Ruthven's Fundamentalism implies, perhaps inadvertently, that Christian fundamentalism is homogeneous and that it leads to religious violence (Books, February 18). Yet...
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'Attack' on liberty
Last week, my colleague and friend Kenneth Good presented a paper, co-written with me, at the University of Botswana titled "Presidential Succession in Botswana: No model for Africa". It was a...
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'Psychocivilised' or a band of neurochemical slaves?
Forget crack - in the Decade of the Mind, legal 'smart drugs' are de rigueur. Steven Rose urges debate on the future of neuroscience We are halfway through what has, somewhat hubristically, been...
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Early careers spent grinding teeth, not cutting them
Young academics are struggling to get work published that can make their name in their field. Chris Bunting takes a look at why it is so hard
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At what point to weight the odds?
Women outnumber men on campus on both sides of the Atlantic. Is such an imbalance a threat to diversity and, if so, is affirmative action the answer? A lack of male students worries US institutions,...
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Too cool for school and it's downhill from there
Women outnumber men on campus on both sides of the Atlantic. Is such an imbalance a threat to diversity and, if so, is affirmative action the answer? UK academics do not lose sleep over a gender gap...
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Visions of life and death on the road to Canterbury
Our monthly guide to some of the conferences taking place around the world Chaucer loved to play with concepts of dead images. Harriet Swain asks the experts about his fascination Viewed through...
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Instant expert
Domestic Encounters: 1400 to the Present. Royal College of Art, London. March 14 (£15, students £5) What's it about?: How the domestic interior has been "experienced, occupied and perceived" in the...
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Conference watch
From Darwin to Dawkins: The Science and Implications of Animal Sentience. The conference will look at how the science of animal sentience affects fields ranging from zoology and farming to veterinary...
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Life and its place across the planet
Freshwater Ecology - Ecology - First Ecology
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A minor marvel in great scale
Introduction to Protein Science - Principles of Proteomics. First edition
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Carers have to be thinkers, too
Social Work and Human Development. First edition - Social Work with Older People. First edition - Social Work and Mental Health. First edition - What is Social Work? Context and Perspectives. First...
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A force to bring out the good
Social Work
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Youthful perspectives shine light on childhood mysteries
An Introduction to Early Childhood Studies. First edition
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A crime, or just a cultural creation?
Criminology