Author: Guest Author

Peter Winch on political legitimacy

28 August 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Lynette Reid, editor of Political Authority: Contract and Critique   I was a student (along with Olli Lagerspetz and others) of the British philosopher Peter Winch (1926–1997) in the last years of his life – the 1990s in Illinois. This was an era when...

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Fashion Auteurs book series: a new way of looking at Fashion Legends who changed fashion forever

20 August 2025 Call for Proposal

The Fashion Auteurs is an important, fresh and exciting book series dedicated to fashion designers who have made a lasting impact on fashion history. Written by experts in the field, these concise titles explore the unique contributions of each designer, placing them in the context of their times and peers,...

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When it comes to songs, there’s more than meets the ear

18 August 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Glenn Fosbraey, author of Reading Song Lyrics: An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach In today’s world, where streaming services allow us instant access to pretty much every song ever recorded, I like to keep certain ‘hard copy’ traditions alive. One of these, which stretches back...

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Why politicians moralise and citizens follow suit: the moral dimensions of politics

28 July 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Ulf Hedetoft, author of The Morality of Politics: States, Honour and War   Today everyone is a moralist. Citizens as well as politicians routinely draw lines between good and bad, between who they side with and who they regard as enemies. They know –...

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The gothic western on screen

21 July 2025 Author Interviews

This is an author interview by Keith McDonald and Wayne Johnson, authors of The Spectral West: Super-Nature and the Gothic and the Western Film   Q1. What was the importance of writing this book now? The Western has always been cyclical in terms of its popularity and the ways that...

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Mourning the dissolution of the monasteries

6 July 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Lisa Hopkins, author of Bare Ruined Choirs: Sacred Spaces in Four Early Modern Plays When Shakespeare writes in Sonnet 73 of ‘Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang’, he was referring to the Dissolution of the Monasteries, begun in 1536 by King...

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Why did Russell abandon his 1913 theory of knowledge manuscript?

29 June 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by James R. Connelly, author of Wittgenstein’s Critique of Russell’s Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement   In May–June 1913, Bertrand Russell wrote roughly 350 pages of a draft manuscript provisionally titled Theory of Knowledge. His goal was to apply logical methods developed in Principia Mathematica...

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A strong, stable and prosperous Africa benefits the entire world

25 May 2025 Guest Post

This is a guest post by Loic De Canniere, author of The Future of Employment in Africa: Demography, Labour Markets and Welfare   In 2025, eleven of the world’s twenty fastest-growing economies are in sub-Saharan Africa – including South Sudan and Senegal, which both rank in the top five. Since...

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Engaging the citizenry

15 May 2025 Author Interviews

This is an interview with Sarah Murray and Lachlan Umbers, editors of Civic Engagement in Australian Democracy   What inspired this edited collection on Civic Engagement in Australian Democracy? Australian democracy depends fundamentally upon an active, engaged citizenry. In this respect, however, Australian democracy appears to be in decline. The...

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The silent scene of reading: four moments of aesthetic experience

27 April 2025 Author Interviews

Nathan Wainstein interviews Bryan Counter, author of Four Moments of Aesthetic Experience Nathan Wainstein: At the outset of the book, you say that it ‘will approach aesthetic experience with a focus on life’. I find this interest in immediate or actual life, as opposed to the more curated encounters that...

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