Battle of Ideas | Reading for Battle

In recent decades virtually every sphere of life has become subject to a new emotional culture. Professor Furedi suggests that the recent cultural turn toward the realm of the emotions coincides with a radical redefinition of personhood.

Frank Furedi, Routledge, 2002

Paranoid Parenting: Why Ignoring the Experts May Be Best for Your Child

It seems that every day there is a warning about your children: everything from cots, babysitters, schools, supermarkets and public parks pose a danger. We are told that children's health, safety and welfare and constantly at risk.

Frank Furedi, Continuum, December 2002

Put alternative medicine back in its box
Dr Michael Fitzpatrick, spiked, 25 June 2002

The Imaginary Time Bomb: Why an Ageing Population Is Not a Social Problem

The modern world's growing preoccupation with ageing has little or nothing to do with demography but rather that it is used to justify further reductions in the role of government in the economy and the curbing of the welfare state

Phil Mullan, I B Tauris, 25 January 2002

Alternative medicine: should we swallow it? In this book contributors from a variety of healthcare backgrounds make the case for and against CAM

Various, Hodder Arnold and Stoughton, 2001

Stop stemming the research
For stem cell research to fulfil its potential, US scientists need to develop more backbone.
Stewart Derbyshire, spiked, 29 November 2001

The rise and rise of CAM
Brid Hehir, spiked, 7 March 2001

`Every tradition has its dark side'
The past cannot be romanticised, says noted sociologist, psychologist and writer Ashis Nandy. All talk about traditional systems of knowledge is not honest. For instance, the BJP and Sangh Parivar go on and on about tradition. But why do they discard our traditional systems of knowledge for resistance to external aggression and violence -- expounded by Gautam Buddha or Gandhi -- in favour of ultra-modern nuclear technology?
Parshuram Ray, Centre for environment and food security , January 2001

The measurement and recording of alcohol-related violence and disorder There are no official statistics collected systematically making it impossible to gain a true picture of the role of alcohol in crime at a national level

Social Issues Research Centre, Social Issues Research Centre, 2001

The Tyranny of Health: Doctors and the Regulation of Lifestyle

This book exposes the dangers of the explosion of health awareness for both patients and doctors. The author argues that we need to establish a clear boundary between the worlds of medicine and politics.

Michael Fitzpatrick, Routledge, 11 October 2000

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China: Elizabeth Economy - Urbanising 400 million people

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