British Academy Lectures, 2015-16
Published on 23. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
262 pages
978-0-19-726604-5 (ISBN)
Description
This volume publishes lectures from the 2015 and 2016 programmes, which were posted to the Journal in 2016.
The subjects covered include: Islam and the Great War in the Middle East, economic impossibilities for our grandchildren, social class mobility, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, 'no religion' as the new religion, Shakespeare, feminine poetics.
The subjects covered include: Islam and the Great War in the Middle East, economic impossibilities for our grandchildren, social class mobility, the philosopher Thomas Hobbes, 'no religion' as the new religion, Shakespeare, feminine poetics.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
50 B&W figures
Dimensions
Height: 247 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726604-5 (9780197266045)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Rival jihads: Islam and the Great War in the Middle East, 1914-18
Economic impossibilities for our grandchildren?
Reinventing the corporation
Food globalisation in prehistory: The agrarian foundations of an interconnected continent
Social class mobility in modern Britain: Changing structure, constant process
Thomas Hobbes: Liberal illiberal
The Shakespearean Unscene: Sexual phantasies in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cuchulain in the General Post Office: Gaelic revival, Irish rising
Why No Religion is the new religion
Passionate, eloquent, and determined: Heroines' tales and feminine poetics
The Inner Eye: Journeys around the museum
Modernist perambulations through time and space: From enlightened walking to crawling, stalking, modelling, and street-walking
Economic impossibilities for our grandchildren?
Reinventing the corporation
Food globalisation in prehistory: The agrarian foundations of an interconnected continent
Social class mobility in modern Britain: Changing structure, constant process
Thomas Hobbes: Liberal illiberal
The Shakespearean Unscene: Sexual phantasies in A Midsummer Night's Dream
Cuchulain in the General Post Office: Gaelic revival, Irish rising
Why No Religion is the new religion
Passionate, eloquent, and determined: Heroines' tales and feminine poetics
The Inner Eye: Journeys around the museum
Modernist perambulations through time and space: From enlightened walking to crawling, stalking, modelling, and street-walking