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A Deleuzian Conversion
Read more: A Deleuzian ConversionClaire Colebrook was dragged to Deleuze kicking and screaming, but she came to appreciate his difficult and disruptive work. Discover how.
The Football Pitch, England and the First World War
At the start of September 1914, less than a month after the outbreak of the First World War, the Football…
The Political and/or Politics
By Jean-Luc Nancy “As an opening, a quick overview: if our politics [la politique] is no longer simply and strictly…
Sports and the Commodification of Scottish Identity
Glasgow 2014 opened with a celebration of Scottish folklore and identity, themes intrinsically associated with Highland Games. Read: Manly Games,…
Scotland’s Referendum
By Michael Rosie, Special Editor for Scottish Affairs, Volume 23.3 (2014) Scotland does not stand still. The last 15 years…
Scottish Philosophy: Mind and Society
By Gordon Graham The tradition of Scottish philosophy had always had twin foci – the working of the human mind,…
Christian Healing and Christian Dying
Fascinating insight into how Christian societies in the non-western world respond to sickness and death is given in the latest…
Doing History in the Digital World
Historians have used printed media such as books, letters, diaries, newspapers and magazines for centuries, yet now that the web…
Brendan Behan – A bit of a writer
Before his tragic death by self-destructive alcoholism at age 41, Brendan Behan was a celebrated Irish poet, short story writer,…
Scottish Philosophy: Neglect and Renewal
By Gordon Graham Philosophy played a key role in the curriculum of the Scottish universities from their foundation in the…