The great divide
The discipline of anthropology has split firmly into two factions - social anthropologists and evolutionary anthropologists. Hannah Fearn asks whether or not the warring sides can be reconciled
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No awards for equity
Rather than helping poor students through their studies, universities may be using bursaries to give themselves a recruiting advantage, writes Rebecca Attwood
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Book of the Week: Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World
A 'nervous system for humanity'? John Gilbey finds a sting in the tale
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The week in books
Axis of Convenience: Moscow, Beijing and the New Geopolitics by Bobo Lo, head of the Russia and Eurasia Programme, Chatham House. Brookings Institution Press, £18.99, ISBN 9780815753407"Russia did...
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Fear, corruption and lies
David Cesarani on a historiographical landmark that probes Germany's crippled society of ruins
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Fighting for the Cross: Crusading to the Holy Land
In 1267, King Louis IX of France asked his old comrade and biographer John of Joinville to accompany him on another crusade to the East. More than 20 years before, Joinville had gone with Louis to...
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Illness
As a sociologist, not a philosopher, I must admit that I was slightly hesitant about reviewing this book. However, I am glad that I did. I can honestly say that this was one of the most profoundly...
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Ordinary heiress, extraordinary life: Patty's got a gun
Jill Radford is impressed by a study of the kidnap that gripped 1970s America - and the ensuing trial
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Playing with Planets
Gerard 't Hooft is a Nobel laureate (physics, 1999) who made important contributions to particle physics, most notably by refining the mathematical formulism of electroweak theory, an important step...
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Plowshares into Swords: From Zionism to Israel
Any history of the Middle East will have its politics. And it is good for historians to be self-conscious about their own slant, especially in such a contested area. But announcing a political...
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Mindboggling: Preliminaries to a Science of the Mind
Richard Gregory on an introduction to a way of interpreting communication and linguistics
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The Seven Deadly Sins: A Very Partial List
The notion of sin may be unfashionable, but the publication of Susan Emanuel's translation into English (in collaboration with the author) of this short, accessible book is rather timely, since it...
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China's Struggle for Status: The Realignment of International Relations
In 1989, after the Chinese Government cracked down on the pro-democracy movement, China found itself in a serious international crisis. Western powers, led by the US, imposed various sanctions on the...
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Published this week
(J) = Review forthcomingART AND DESIGN- Aesthetics and the Work of Art: Adorno, Kafka, RichterEdited by Peter de Bolla, lecturer in history of art, and Stefan H. Uhlig, lecturer in English literature...
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Education and Leadership
Academics' real-life experiences remind Chris Brink that universities must be grounded in reality