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INSPIRATIONS: PETER TOWNSEND (1928-2009) Peter Townsend was the founding Professor of Sociology at the University of Essex and he has been an [...]
April 27, 2015
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INSPIRATIONS: ERICH FROMM (1900-1980) I first encountered the work of Eric Fromm as a graduate student in the 1960’s [...]
January 11, 2015
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This is the moment. It only takes a moment. The fateful moment. The banal moment. The long moment. Dancing through life. Anything [...]
January 10, 2015
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Imaginations: University of Essex’s sociological half-century Eminent sociologist Ken Plummer captures 50 tales of a groundbreaking department. [...]
October 2, 2014
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Edward Said (1935 – 2003) is best know for his 1978 book Orientalism, a critical analysis of how the west’s cultural biases result in [...]
August 30, 2014
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A dear friend Michael Schofield, the researcher and campaigner, died on Thursday 27th March, aged 94. This “Tribute to [...]
April 16, 2014
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Inspirations- Great Humanists: Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world“ “Tread [...]
January 7, 2014
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Someone who wrote to me recently had this quote attached from Aldous Huxley; and I rather liked it. It reminded me of one by William James. Here [...]
August 22, 2013
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No Other Way There’s no other way. That’s what they say. Economics must put money before people, And medicine must put profit before health. [...]
July 7, 2013
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I am not the greatest fan of Pop Idol (more of a Glee person myself!). But I was pleased to find that the winner of Arab Idol this year not just [...]
June 26, 2013
