Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
Choose a theme from the listing on the left to narrow your search, or view all readings.
Dorothy Nelkin & M. Susan Lindee, University of Michigan Press, 19 July 2004
Simon Baron Cohen, Penguin, 4 March 2004
Uta Frith & Elisabeth Hill (eds.), Oxford University Press, 15 January 2004
Until recently MRI had been used only in clinics, now labaratory insights are being matched to the needs of marketing managers
Jerome Burne, Financial Times, 26 November 2003
A history of the first reaction against modern dams in the UK (and the world).
Harriet Ritvo, Science, 6 June 2003
Steven Pinker, Penguin Books Ltd, 5 June 2003
The global environmental agenda, alongside the broad neoliberal agenda, may be viewed by developing states and societies as a neo-imperialist adventure to be resisted.
Hugh Dyer, University of Leeds, 4 March 2003
David Ashford, Imperial College Press, 5 February 2003
How a Canadian farmer lost his battle with Monsanto - but achieved star status among European environmentalists.
Thomas Deichmann, spiked, 10 October 2002
Lobbyists: the new hidden persuaders?
"The Battle of Ideas gives a forum for the most topical of debates and the healthy exchange of ideas - in our session what interested most was the contributions from the floor, also just the sheer buzz of the crowds in the foyers."
Jeremy Musson, writer and historic buildings consultant; former architectural editor, Country Life