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Cultural History

Ghost Stories in the Post-Truth Age – A Dialogue

posted by Carla Hepburn January 31, 20206 min read842 Views

Charlie Pidcock interviews Catherine Belsey about her latest book, Tales of the Troubled Dead, which traces examples of ghost stories from Homer to present.

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Philosophy

What Electricity Has Done to Thought: an excerpt from The Life Intense by Tristan Garcia

posted by Naomi Farmer October 23, 201810 min read1991 Views

What Electricity Has Done to Thought: an excerpt from The Life Intense by Tristan Garcia.

Wonder was eclipsed by the Sublime in paintings such as The Great Day of His Wrath
Philosophy

Rediscovering the Wonder of Philosophy

posted by Naomi Farmer April 19, 20185 min read2074 Views

Wonder is largely absent as a topic of concern to contemporary philosophers. Yet ancient philosophers saw it as the source…

The Temptation of Graves in Salafi Islam
Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

7 things you should know about the destruction of graves in the Islamic world

posted by Emma at EUP January 23, 20189 min read2820 Views

By Ondrej Beranek and Pavel Tupek 1) Over the past years and decades, various parts of the Islamic world –…

Atlantic Literature

6 Books for TV Lovers

posted by Carla Hepburn December 14, 20176 min read2724 Views

By Jennifer J. Smith It is a truth universally acknowledged that there is so much great television. From limited streaming…

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Philosophy

For F’s Sake: Theresa May, Falling Letters and the Philosophy of Signs

posted by Naomi Farmer October 12, 20175 min read2573 Views

At the recent Conservative Party conference in Manchester, Theresa May’s speech turned into the stuff of every presenter’s nightmares, something…

Politics, Philosophy and Religion

Muslims in Scotland: Demographic, social and cultural characteristics

posted by Emma at EUP November 23, 201611 min read3091 Views

By Stefano Bonino First published on the LSE Religion and the Public Sphere blog – read the original article Far…

Cultural Studies

Brain Candy – My Top 6 Best First Person Zombie Narratives

posted by Emma at EUP October 28, 20169 min read4672 Views

By Stacey Abbott As the evenings draw in and the temperature drops, my mind turns toward the ghostly, the ghoulish…

Cover image for A Process Philosophy of Signs by James Williams
Philosophy

Behind Red Doors – Signs, Process and the Political

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 31, 20165 min read2564 Views

In January 2016, a scandal broke out in the UK when the Times reported that asylum seekers’ homes could be identified by distinctive red doors, making them vulnerable to attacks. Coincidentally – but not where signs and the political are concerned – A Process Philosophy of Signs opens with an account of threatening identification on doors.

Publishing

Which book brings a smile to your face?

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 20, 20164 min read2285 Views

Here at Edinburgh University Press it’s safe to say that we love books. And we love books that make us…

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