Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity by Daniel Stolzenberg
James Stevens Curl on a summary of Kircher鈥檚 hieroglyphic studies in the context of 17th-century scholarship on paganism and oriental languages
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The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots from Deep Time by Lance Grande
Euan Clarkson is inspired by a detailed history and guide to the richest cluster of fossilised remains
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German Europe by Ulrich Beck, translated by Rodney Livingstone
Roger Morgan on Germany鈥檚 economic domination of the European Union and the need for a sociological approach to redress the balance
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On Love: A Philosophy for the Twenty-first Century by Luc Ferry, translated by Andrew Brown
Luc Ferry, the French political philosopher and minister of education under Jacques Chirac, here proclaims 鈥渢he revolution of love鈥 and 鈥渢he re- enchantment of the world鈥. This is not a replay of the...
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German Europe by Ulrich Beck, translated by Rodney Livingstone
Ulrich Beck, a sociologist, begins this book with Thomas Mann鈥檚 well-known injunction to a student audience in Hamburg in 1953 to strive for 鈥渘ot a German Europe, but a European Germany鈥. One measure...
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Bones with plenty of meat
Euan Clarkson is inspired by a detailed history and guide to a rich cluster of fossilised remains
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Egyptian Oedipus: Athanasius Kircher and the Secrets of Antiquity by Daniel Stolzenberg
The German Jesuit, Athanasius Kircher (1601/2-80), was one of the most prolific authors of the Baroque period. His Oedipus Aegyptiacus (1652-54) and celebrated Museum of Antiquities (the justly...
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Tocqueville: The Aristocratic Sources of Liberty by Lucien Jaume, translated by Arthur Goldhammer
One of the most interesting features of Alexis de Tocqueville鈥檚 Democracy in America is the author鈥檚 ambivalent attitude to the political model he so greatly assisted in popularising, through his...
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Fascism out of focus
Philip Kemp on how the US movie industry mostly ignored the rise of Fascism in Germany
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Spam with everything
John Gilbey on a sharp account of the increasingly complex business of preventing unwanted emails
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Notes on a scandal: the black experience depicted
African American artist talks back to race and gender history in a dazzling jazz-tempo series in mixed media and Afrylics
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Doctoral integrity springs a聽leak along the Danube
PhDs are valuable political capital in Germany, Eastern Europe and beyond, but the currency has been devalued by a string of high-profile plagiarism cases at the very heart of government. Paul Jump...
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Jeepers creepers
Somewhere, in a class past or future, sits someone absolutely unforgettable - your worst student. Ever. John Kaag confronts the existential terror of a pedagogical puzzle
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San Jos茅 faces fight from guardians of the gateway
Institution鈥檚 experiment aims to clear gridlocked 鈥榞ateway鈥. Jon Marcus reports from California