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5 Dimensions of Affect in Bergson’s Philosophy
Read more: 5 Dimensions of Affect in Bergson’s PhilosophyHenri Bergson's philosophy reveals time as a continuous and interconnected melody.
Kenneth White on the Breton Coast (The Fundamental Field)
William Sharp evokes ‘those wild Breton coasts of the Tréguier headland’ with the ‘grey, muttering waste’ of the sea. Little did I realise, when I must have read these phrases at the age of 14 on a cliff overlooking the north end of the village of Fairlie, in Ayrshire, Scotland that years later I would be living in that self-same area.
Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution in Five Questions
By Laetitia Nanquette Laetitia Nanquette, author of Iranian Literature after the Islamic Revolution: Production and Circulation in Iran and the…
St. Helen’s, the East India Company and Shakespeare
by Geoffrey Marsh Wednesday 31 December 1600 is one of the pivotal dates in English history. It was not only…
Stars in Cars: A Look at Italian Vehicular Stardom
by Alberto Zambenedetti Sophia Loren relaxing by the side of the road, next to her broken-down Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing.…
Q&A with Mark Mclay, author of ‘The Republican Party and the War on Poverty: 1964–1981’
Tell us a bit about your book. My book is on recent American political history. It examines the Republican Party’s…
The Library of Comfort
by Jürgen Pieters The painting on my new book’s cover was made by the Viennese artist Friedrich Frotzel (1898-1971). Its…
Centering the Victim
Niamh Thornton, co-editor of Legacies of the Past explores the changing role of the victim in discussions of violence. A…
Three ways that human rights impact assessment can improve consistency between economic law and human rights law
By Caroline Dommen It is perplexing to observe how often States ignore their international legal commitments in one area of…
The Lost Splendour of Ghazni: Rediscovering an Islamic Capital in Medieval Afghanistan
By Viola Allegranzi Located in present-day Afghanistan, Ghazni was once a prosperous commercial and cultural centre at the crossroads of…