Germaine de Staël: A Political Portrait, by Biancamaria Fontana
Carla Hesse on a lively study examining the French thinker’s first intellectual passion
Carla Hesse on a lively study examining the French thinker’s first intellectual passion
Which books have brought insight or consolation to academics and other university staff in this turbulent year? Our expert readers share their discoveries
Matthew Reisz reflects on a sobering year in academic books that was thankfully enlivened by stories of Barbie dolls, chimpanzees and sex under socialism
An account of the vanquishing of superstition and magic makes some imprudent leaps, says Biancamaria Fontana
Book of the week: Biancamaria Fontana on a masterly defence of the values of modernity against ‘progressophobes’
Book of the week: How far did two thinkers sway each other during a 26-year fellowship? Biancamaria Fontana writes
Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading
Biancamaria Fontana finds out how the telling of fibs went from being a sin to a social skill
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
Members of the higher education community tell us about two books they plan to take on holiday: a new must-read and a classic worthy of a second look