Trauma: A Social Theory
"Human beings are storytelling animals," sociologist Jeffrey Alexander tells us halfway through this treatise on the nature of trauma in Western societies. The type of stories we tell ourselves and...
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The Harm in Hate Speech
This is a wonderful book. It conveys complex ideas in an accessible and convincing way. Perhaps I was easy to convince, being one of those who fall on the pro hate-speech laws side of the debate to...
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When Biometrics Fail: Gender, Race, and the Technology of Identity
State security blankets fail to make us safe and do many of us harm, argues Irma van der Ploeg
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The Roots of Radicalism: Tradition, the Public Sphere, and Early Nineteenth-Century Social Movements
Radicalism characteristically runs in cycles, and after the post-1991 quiescence, the pursuit of democracy has re-emerged in the Arab Spring, in Tibet, Rangoon and Moscow, in the Occupy Wall Street...
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How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain
Halfway through reading this monograph I instinctively did what Leah Price says people do with books: I used it as a prop to fend off the unwanted overtures of a friendly tourist on a train. That is...
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THE 100 Under 50: All hail the new breed
Phil Baty celebrates the universities that have reached the top of the global academy in decades, not centuries
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THE 100 Under 50: Speed from a standing start
Free from tradition and baggage, a wave of upstarts are challenging their elders. Phil Baty investigates
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THE 100 Under 50: From zero to hero
Achieving world-class status is a marathon, not a sprint, but notes Jamil Salmi, rapid progress can be made with the right regimen - particularly when starting from scratch
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THE 100 Under 50: Youth ventures
Phil Baty explains how the 100 Under 50 ranking was created and emphasises the dynamism of the table
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THE 100 Under 50: methodology
The 100 Under 50 table is built on the criteria used for the World University Rankings, but with a twist
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THE 100 Under 50: Power flowers
The 1960s universities rose to prominence on the back of savvy leadership and a firm commitment to research, argues Paul Wellings
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THE 100 Under 50: This is just the start
Tony Chan discusses the key factors behind HKUST's rapid rise, and adds: you ain't seen nothing yet
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THE 100 Under 50: International bright young thing
Confidence is the hallmark of Warwick, a habitual innovator that has made a global splash, says Nigel Thrift
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THE 100 Under 50: Acelerando!
Marcelo Knobel and Renato H.L. Pedrosa discuss Unicamp's past and what the future has in store
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THE 100 Under 50: Prefabs sprout so distinctively
The University of York has always been unafraid to go its own way, Laurie Taylor recalls