Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 131, 2004 Lectures - 2004 Lectures

Klappentext 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. 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Robert Graves and The White Goddess Authority and Intertextuality in the Works of Ælfric 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

Product details

• Authors: CBE Marshall
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2005
• EAN: 9780197263518
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726351-8
• No. of pages: 460
• Series: Proceedings of the British Academy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, REFERENCE / Almanacs, Interdisciplinary studies, Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs