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Being a Greek captive in the medieval Mediterranean
Read more: Being a Greek captive in the medieval MediterraneanI would like to introduce you to two people. The first of these was called Iohannes Glafchyrno. Glafchyrno appears in the historical record...
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Alienation Reconsidered: Fischbach on Marx and Spinoza
How can reading Spinoza help us to understand Marx's concept of alienation under capitalism?
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Remembering the history of Scottish land reform
By Ewen Cameron I was delighted to publish Freshness, Freedom, and Peace?: Land Settlement in Scotland after the Great War in Northern Scotland, 2nd series, 11.2 (2020), 161–75. This was a special issue arising from a stimulating conference held at…
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On Wasting Time
By Claire White In France, the turn of the millennium ushered in a bold, and controversial, act of legal reform that sought to reshape the French citizen’s working life: the introduction of a 35-hour working week. For many, the law…
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The Post-Mortem of Labour Scotland
Three years ago, Gerry Hassan and I published a book entitled ‘The Strange Death of Labour Scotland’. We envisaged that, unless radical steps were taken, Labour’s influence in Scotland would steadily decline. Speaking personally, I did not envisage a total…