2004 Lectures
Published on 22. December 2005
Book
Hardback
460 pages
978-0-19-726351-8 (ISBN)
Description
The topical issues debated in this volume include the patenting of AIDS drugs, the future pensions crisis, Britain's universities, and Pan-Islam.There are studies of Shakespeare, Pope, Montaigne, Robert Graves, and William Faulkner. And there are lectures on the Inquisition, empires in history, and the journey towards spiritual fulfilment.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Adult education
Scholars and students of politics, economics, literature and history.
Illustrations
Numerous halftones, tables, line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
1100 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-726351-8 (9780197263518)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Contributors: Fran Brearton Joyce Hill Michael Pennington David Womersley Terence Cave Lord Moser Alexander Murray Robert Bagley Edwin Cameron Mervyn King Dominic Lieven Joan Oates Timothy Besley Richard Gray Lord Sutherland James Piscatori
Content
Robert Graves and The White Goddess
Authority and Intertextuality in the Works of AElfric
Barnardine's Straw: The Devil in Shakespeare's Detail
Dulness and Pope
Montaigne
The Future of Our Universities
The Inquisition and the Renaissance
The Prehistory of Chinese Music Theory
Patents and Public Health: Principle, Politics and Paradox
What Fates Impose: Facing Up to Uncertainty
Empire, History and the Contemporary Global Order
Archaeology in Mesopotamia: Digging Deeper at Tell Brak
The New Political Economy
'They Worship Death Here': William Faulkner, Sanctuary and Hollywood
Nomad's Progress
Imagining Pan-Islam: Religious Activism and Political Utopias
Authority and Intertextuality in the Works of AElfric
Barnardine's Straw: The Devil in Shakespeare's Detail
Dulness and Pope
Montaigne
The Future of Our Universities
The Inquisition and the Renaissance
The Prehistory of Chinese Music Theory
Patents and Public Health: Principle, Politics and Paradox
What Fates Impose: Facing Up to Uncertainty
Empire, History and the Contemporary Global Order
Archaeology in Mesopotamia: Digging Deeper at Tell Brak
The New Political Economy
'They Worship Death Here': William Faulkner, Sanctuary and Hollywood
Nomad's Progress
Imagining Pan-Islam: Religious Activism and Political Utopias