Making Sense of the Alt-Right, by George Hawley
Matthew Feldman praises a sharp and clear-sighted examination of the new extreme forms of right-wing politics in the US

Matthew Feldman praises a sharp and clear-sighted examination of the new extreme forms of right-wing politics in the US

The scholar of East European studies and author of Red Hangover on reading for escape, quoting Lenin at the Model United Nations and understanding everyday life ‘behind the Iron Curtain’

An unsettling study of patients in comas reveals that consciousness endures, says Shane O’Mara

A provocative study into a controversial subject is let down by a dense, academic style, says Deborah D. Rogers

Observers say key issue is whether review’s remit is wide-ranging, or set to predetermined objectives

Female lecturers allegedly under pressure to settle legal action after university’s equality charter application rejected

Newer prizes that reward scientific teams are fairer and more representative, says Martin Rees

Book of the week: Elizabeth Cobbs praises a history that argues persuasively against US exceptionalism

With degrees now necessary for entry into more jobs than ever before, John Morgan considers the economic arguments for expanding higher education

A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers

Despite fears of saturation, an ever-growing army of graduates could just counter – rather than heighten – the threat of machines taking all our jobs

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