Here is a list of various non-scholarly articles, essays and reviews that have been published over the last few years -
for details of my academic publications, click research. These articles represent interventions on various topics
related to my personal, professional and political interests, including education, British society and politics, animal
research, academic freedom. There are also a few reviews of films and stage shows. Please note some external
links are broken due to poorly maintained websites elsewhere.
2009
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Kein Fortschritt ohne Wirtschaftswachstum, Novo Argumente, 11 November 2009, 58-61: German translation
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Historicising the Therapeutic Turn Culture Wars, 7 August 2009: report on the fifth session of 'Changing the
Subject: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Emotional Well-Being and Social Justice'
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Adapting to Alienation Culture Wars, 10 June 2009: report from the fourth session of 'Changing the Subject:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Emotional Well-Being and Social Justice' seminar series)
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IR and the Ivory Tower Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies blog: should academics be policy-relevant?
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Undermining Academic Freedom, Oxford Magazine no. 286 (Hilary Term 2009), 5: critique of ESRC plans for
doctoral training centres
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Report on ‘Lese Majeste in Thailand: The Enemy of Democracy’, New Mandala, 27 February 2009: a talk by
Giles Ji Ungpakorn I hosted and chaired at Oxford
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series on 'Changing the Subject: Emotional Well-Being and Socio-Economic Justice' at which I was a
discussant
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In Memoriam: Samuel P. Huntington Oxonian Review 8:1 (2009), 26 January: obituary of the controversial
scholar
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Community (Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated)
2008
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General Petraeus's Surge has Failed in Every Respect The First Post, 3 November 2008: critique of the Iraq
Surge and a warning about replicating it in Afghanistan
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Therapy Culture and its Critics Culture Wars 2 October 2008: review of The Dangerous Rise of Therapeutic
Education by Kathryn Ecclestone and Dennis Hayes
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Slam Dunk the Funk: Defending Progress in the Age of Environmentalism in Best of the Battles in Print
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government propaganda on alcohol
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Children, Forward to the Glorious Green Future! spiked-online, 12 August 2008: attacking the recruitment of
children to police adults' carbon footprints
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Ideal Growth? Culture Wars, 10 July 2008: review of The Dragon and the Elephant: China, India an the New
World Order by David Smith, and Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the 21st Century, by Giovanni Arrighi.
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March of the Eco-Imperialists The First Post, 4 July 2008: criticises the low horizons of 'sustainable
development'
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Heroes Buried by Development Culture Wars 25 June 2008: review of the Chinese film Ji jie hao (Assembly)
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No Strings Attached Cherwell 23 May 2008: call for unconditional aid to be offered to the victims of Cyclone
Nargis in Burma
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The Most Disappointing Generation Ever Produced? 1968ers, from Barricades to Baghdad Cherwell, 18 May
2007: whatever happened to the '68ers, and why? (as reproduced on Culture Wars, 11 May 2008)
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A Poster-Nun For the West Culture Wars, 21 April 2008: review of the film Mother Teresa: In the Name of
God's Poor
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Is West Papua being eco-colonised? spiked-online, 2 April 2008: critique of green and indigenist notions of
self-determination
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Radical Oxford Blues (with Maria Grasso and George Hoare) Culture Wars, 31 March 2008: report on the
first Oxford Radical Forum
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Rehabilitating Western Meddling spiked-online, 25 March 2008: discussion of the UK government's 'Register
of Risks'
2007
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The Bomb is Not the Problem Culture Wars, 25 November 2007: review of The Politics of Heaven: America
in Fearful Times by Earl Shorris
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Free Speech in Oxford Cherwell 23 November 2007: a call for an end to 'no platform' policies as illiberal and
counter-productive
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Christmas cards on environmental grounds; you can also listen to my follow-up appearance on Ireland’s
NewsTalk radio station
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From Barricades to Baghdad Cherwell, 18 May 2007: how did the anti-imperialists of 1968 end up cheer-
leading the Iraq War?
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Turning Kids Green with Fear spiked-online, 12 March 2007: an attack on green fear-mongering aimed at
children
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If We Want Open Borders, We Need Open Debate (with Maria Grasso), spiked-online, 5 March 2007: a call
for pro-immigrationists to stop trying to silence their opponents and win the argument publicly instead
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Game Over for Mankind? spiked-online, 6 February 2007: review of a misanthropic BBC environmentalist
game
2006
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Student Politics: A Post-Mortem Cherwell, n.d.: what on earth has happened to student politics? [broken link]
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Battlefield: Decisive Conflicts in History by Richard Holmes - reviewed on Culture Wars, 21 September 2006
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Empire in Denial: The Politics of State-building by David Chandler - reviewed on Culture Wars, 21 September
2006
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European Universalism: The Rhetoric of Power by Emmanuel Wallerstein - reviewed on Culture Wars, 5 July
2006
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2005
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Overseas Students: Cared-for, or Cash Cows? Oxford Magazine no. 241 (Trinity Term 2005)
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Feminism: What Have Men Got To Do With It? Opina.nl, November 2005: a call for a focus on gender as a
social construct that oppresses both men and women
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King Cnut and the Tides of Globalization Opina.nl, October 2005: are we really powerless in the face of
globalisation?
2004
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Battling Beloff Cherwell, 29 October 2004, attacks Oxford University leadership for threatening to privatise
the university rather than meet government access targets [broken link]
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You Are What You Watch Cherwell, 19 November 2004: reality TV is degrading to the human spirit [broken
link]
