Academic Capitalism, Conceptualizations of
(2020)
Book Chapter
Findlow, S., Hayes, A., & Sundell, T. (2020). Academic Capitalism, Conceptualizations of. In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Higher Education. SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529714395
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A Defence of Nihilism (2020)
Book
Tartaglia, J., & Llanera, T. (2020). A Defence of Nihilism. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277962This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth, meaning, or morals... Read More about A Defence of Nihilism.
Revaluating Nihilism (2020)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia, J., & Llanera, T. (2020). Revaluating Nihilism. In A Defence of Nihilism. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277962-5The conclusion summarises the implications of the book. Nihilism has been misunderstood. When understood as the view that there is no meaning of life, it is a view that needs to be reclaimed, because the idea of the meaning of life is not helpful wit... Read More about Revaluating Nihilism.
Nil Desperandum (2020)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia, J., & Llanera, T. Nil Desperandum. In A Defence of Nihilism. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277962-3The contemporary extremist views about nihilism, linked to the historical development of pessimism in the works of Leopardi, Schopenhauer, and Hartmann, claim that life is without hope and that the logical end to nihilism is the destruction of humani... Read More about Nil Desperandum.
Nihil Sine Deo (2020)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia, J., & Llanera, T. Nihil Sine Deo. In A Defence of Nihilism. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277962-4Charles Taylor, Hubert Dreyfus, and Sean Kelly address residual fears about nihilism. They represent what we call the moderate view – moderate in the sense that for them, human beings can optimistically hope to overcome the supposedly bad effects of... Read More about Nihil Sine Deo.
Much Ado about Nothing (2020)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia, J., & Llanera, T. Much Ado about Nothing. In A Defence of Nihilism. Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277962-1Popular titles on nihilism in the market today are as bleak as they are catchy. They shock. They scandalise. More importantly, they sell. They appeal to the morbid fascination behind the claims that God is dead, life is meaningless, morality is a sha... Read More about Much Ado about Nothing.
A Brief History of Nihilism (2020)
Book Chapter
Tartaglia, J., & Llanera, T. A Brief History of Nihilism. In A Defence of Nihilism. (1). https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429277962-2This chapter traces the origins of the term ‘nihilism’ (first used by Götze, and then Obereit) and connects it to the historical threat of atheism in the 18th century and the theme of the meaning of life. It shows how the negative status of nihilism... Read More about A Brief History of Nihilism.
Tailored communication methods as key to implementation of evidence-based solutions in primary child health care (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). Tailored communication methods as key to implementation of evidence-based solutions in primary child health care. European Journal of Public Health, 92-99. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa234BACKGROUND: Evidence-based policies should underpin successful implementation of innovations within child health care. The EU-funded Models of Child Health Appraised project enabled research into effective methods to communicate research evidence. Th... Read More about Tailored communication methods as key to implementation of evidence-based solutions in primary child health care.
Menstrual Leave: Good Intention, Poor Solution (2020)
Book Chapter
King, S. (2021). Menstrual Leave: Good Intention, Poor Solution. In Aligning Perspectives on Health, Safety and Well-Being (151-176). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53269-7_9Menstrual leave is an employment policy that allows individuals to take additional paid or unpaid leave from work during menstruation. In recent years, it has been attracting increasing global media and public attention. The motivation behind the pro... Read More about Menstrual Leave: Good Intention, Poor Solution.
Staying with the (research) trouble (2020)
Journal Article
Anuar, A. M. (2020). Staying with the (research) trouble. Excursions Journal, 10(1), 185-186. https://doi.org/10.20919/exs.10.2020.292There are times when I feel like I am reliving the same day over and over. At my family home in the interior of Peninsular Malaysia, I pace indoors, coated by the punishing midday heat. Observing lockdown for more than two months now –... Read More about Staying with the (research) trouble.
Roundtable - John Herbert, Trevor McCrisken, and Andrew Wroe, The Ordinary Presidency of Donald J. Trump (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, £22.99, $29.99). Pp. 222. isbn 978 3 0300 4942 3 (2020)
Journal Article
HARRINGTON, C., ASHBEE, E., ANGELO, N., HERBERT, J., MCCRISKEN, T., & WROE, A. (2020). Roundtable - John Herbert, Trevor McCrisken, and Andrew Wroe, The Ordinary Presidency of Donald J. Trump (London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, £22.99, $29.99). Pp. 222. isbn 978 3 0300 4942 3. Journal of American Studies, 54(5), 1032-1048. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021875820001103
China's higher education governance during COVID: a mixed-methods study of policy analysis and student perspectives (2020)
Journal Article
Lawrence, L., & Wu, J. (2021). China's higher education governance during COVID: a mixed-methods study of policy analysis and student perspectives. Asian Education and Development Studies, 10(2), 295-307. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEDS-05-2020-0115
The Philosophy of Anne Conway (2020)
Book
Head, J. (2020). The Philosophy of Anne Conway. Bloomsbury PublishingThe early modern philosopher Anne Conway offers a remarkable synthesis of ideas from differing philosophical traditions that deserve our attention today. Exploring all of the major aspects of Conway's thought, this book presents a valuable guide to h... Read More about The Philosophy of Anne Conway.
Disciplinary Power and Impression Management in the Trials of the Stansted 15 (2020)
Journal Article
Doherty. (2020). Disciplinary Power and Impression Management in the Trials of the Stansted 15. Sociology, 561-581. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038520954318We bring Foucauldian and Goffmanian frameworks into dialogue to show how repressive and disciplinary power operate in the criminal trials of social movement activists. We do so through an ethnographic account of the trials on terrorism-related charge... Read More about Disciplinary Power and Impression Management in the Trials of the Stansted 15.
On Axel Honneth's Cosmopolitanism: The 'Forgetting' of Global Poverty as a Form of Reification (2020)
Journal Article
Mookherjee. (2020). On Axel Honneth's Cosmopolitanism: The 'Forgetting' of Global Poverty as a Form of Reification. Social Theory and Practice, 46(4), https://doi.org/10.5840/soctheorpract20201029105Amid now extensive debates about cosmopolitanism in political theory, this article explores the implications of Axel Honneth’s recognition theory for issues in international justice, not least the dire situation of poverty in the world. In contrast w... Read More about On Axel Honneth's Cosmopolitanism: The 'Forgetting' of Global Poverty as a Form of Reification.
Robin George Collingwood (2020)
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D'Oro. (2020). Robin George Collingwood
Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance (2020)
Journal Article
Corcoran. (2020). Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance. Theoretical Criminology, 651-668. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362480618819796The spectacle of the body in pain has long functioned heuristically in crime and justice. Within this phenomenon sits a counter-cultural tradition of re-enacting outrages in public view to rally against injustices. This article starts from the establ... Read More about Spectacular Suffering: the imprisoned body as an artefact of resistance.
The promised spring: death and neoliberalism in Iraq (2020)
Journal Article
GÖKAY, B., & HAMOURTZIADOU, L. (2020). The promised spring: death and neoliberalism in Iraq. Security Dialogues, 45-60. https://doi.org/10.47054/sd2010045gGlobalisation and modernisation were expected to transform the Middle East, by ending regional conflicts and spreading democracy, freedom, prosperity and peace. However, the oil reserves of the Gulf have been the main stake in Western policies that l... Read More about The promised spring: death and neoliberalism in Iraq.
Can energy empower women? : A case study of the Solar Mamas' programme in rural Rajasthan, India (2020)
Thesis
Mininni, G. M. (2020). Can energy empower women? : A case study of the Solar Mamas' programme in rural Rajasthan, India. (Thesis). Keele UniversityFeminist scholars who have analysed the gender, energy and development (GED) and women’s empowerment nexus, including Clancy et al. (2012), Batliwala, (2015), and Dutta et al. (2017), claim that access to energy is critical in the development process... Read More about Can energy empower women? : A case study of the Solar Mamas' programme in rural Rajasthan, India.
Exploring Serious Incident Investigation Practices in the NHS: towards a patient safety culture in Community Healthcare NHS Trusts (2020)
Thesis
Hulme, A. (2020). Exploring Serious Incident Investigation Practices in the NHS: towards a patient safety culture in Community Healthcare NHS Trusts. (Thesis). Keele UniversityPatient safety is a major challenge in healthcare systems worldwide. In an attempt to make healthcare safer, practices have been adopted from other safety critical industries, accepting the underlying theory of high reliability organisations (HROs).... Read More about Exploring Serious Incident Investigation Practices in the NHS: towards a patient safety culture in Community Healthcare NHS Trusts.