A Philosophy of Fear
We live in an age of fear. We are confronted daily with headlines proclaiming the dangers of modern life, ranging from paedophilia to natural disasters, terrorism to disease. Lars Svendsen's short...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Nottingham
1. Managing Knowledge and Information in Organizations: A Literacy Approach by Alistair Mutch. Routledge, £26.99. ISBN 97804154172662. Essentials of 16PF Assessment by Heather E. Cattell. Wiley, £21....
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The New Invisible College: Science for Development
Graham Farmelo admires the philosophy of a scientist who advocates cross-border research
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Media and the Making of Modern Germany: Mass Communications, Society and Politics from the Empire to the Third Reich
When we think of culture in the Weimar Republic, we think of experiments in modern aesthetics: Dadaism, expressionism, Bauhaus architecture, "the new woman".Here, Corey Ross reminds us of what we...
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Sacred Gifts, Profane Pleasures: A History of Tobacco and Chocolate in the Atlantic World
Visitors to Seville mindful of Carmen still wend their way past the massive Royal Tobacco Factory, which was once capable of producing three quarters of the cigars smoked in Europe (and is now part...
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Youth Culture in Modern Britain, c.1920-c.1970: From Ivory Tower to Global Movement - A New History
Andrew Blake is not bothered by the eclectic examples but rather by an emphasis on privilege
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Drugs and the World
Written for a wide audience of specialist and non-specialist readers, Axel Klein's book Drugs and the World is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the use and misuse of psychoactive...
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Shakespeare's Ideas: More Things in Heaven and Earth
When my classmates and I were beginning to get to grips with the Shakespeare portion of the A-level syllabus, our teacher shared an already well-worn joke. An elderly woman leaves the theatre after...
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The Better to Eat You With: Fear in the Animal World
A riveting narrative looks at the science behind rebuilding robust ecosystems, says Jessica Flack
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Tracing the Connected Narrative: Arctic Exploration in British Print Culture, 1818-1860
The past decade has witnessed a notable increase in public interest in polar exploration, particularly in figures of the "heroic age", such as Franklin, Shackleton and Peary. Many like to see in such...
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The Aftermath of Feminism: Gender, Culture and Social Change
The main argument of this well-written and readable book advocates that the battles against both patriarchy and social structures that were detrimental to the advancement and equal participation of...
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Suicide: The Hidden Side of Modernity
Martin Anderson considers the personal tragedies (and the alcohol) behind a grim set of statistics
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Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Sixties and the Making of Eighties America
There is something deeply flawed about this book. It's got nothing to do with the author's ability to observe and absorb the facts, nor with his ability to cater to an obvious fan base, nor even with...
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The Plot to Kill God: Findings from the Soviet Experiment in Secularization
According to a new generation of self-avowed atheists such as Richard Dawkins, A.C. Grayling, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, religion is inherently violent, irrational and reactionary. Only...
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Cinesexuality
Catherine Grant explores spectators' desire for the cinema and the new universes that it opens up