Red Planets: Marxism and Science Fiction
Ask a dozen people at random to describe what science fiction is and you will probably get a dozen different answers. Start a discussion with those 12 people about what, if anything, science fiction...
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Out of the Blue: September 11 and the Novel
Trauma theorists have made much of a simple human reaction: when we are traumatised, we do not know what to say; words literally fail us - a debilitating problem if you happen to be a novelist.As...
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Modernism on Sea
The influence of seaside towns on our culture goes far beyond the kiss-me-quick hat, says Peter Borsay
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Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer
Cosmetic Surgery: A Feminist Primer is worth its cover price for the collection of essays in Part One alone, a grouping of four papers under the heading "Revisiting Feminist Critique". The rest of...
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The Unheard Truth: Poverty and Human Rights
The theme of this book is understanding and tackling worldwide poverty, conceived as the denial of human rights, and more especially the rights to access the resources, services and political...
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Demystifying Syria
Never judge a book by its cover. In this case, the cover shows us a veiled woman on a Syrian street, ignoring a painting of a youthful Hafiz al-Asad, who looks here almost like Omar Sharif. The...
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Pocket Pantheon: Figures of Postwar Philosophy
A gathering of great thinkers convinces David Revill that our modern minds need expanding
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The Italian Way: Food and Social Life
Italians are different from you and me. They eat better. American sociologist and ethno-photographer Douglas Harper discovered this on his first visit to Italy. The food was fresher, the tastes...
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ECONOMICS- Firms' Objectives and Internal Organisation in a Global Economy: Positive and Normative AnalysisEdited by Luca Lambertini, professor of economics, University of Bologna. Palgrave Macmillan...
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Vain? Moi?
Our Head of Very Popular But Tendentious History, Julian Glaze, has hit back at the accusation by a leading Croatian sociologist that those "at the top" in the humanities display "narcissistic traits...
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VIP: very irregular podium
Some speaking engagements discomfort Tim Birkhead, but he is undeterred
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Research intelligence - A measure of humanities?
A European project aims to build a citations approach that works outside the sciences. Zoë Corbyn reports
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What are you reading?
A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers
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Leader: Only the best for the best
Our world rankings are hugely influential but also come under criticism every year, so we have decided to improve them
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From where I sit: 'People power' and the Wall's fall
Memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall on 9 November 1989 are shaped by images: iconic moments that include the crowds gathered around the Brandenburg Gate; daring individuals climbing the barrier;...