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British Academy Review
The latest issue of the British Academy Review is now available on the Academy’s website.
It includes articles on the credit crunch, passive smoking, the role of the imagination in human interaction, and the challenges faced by museums and galleries today. The full contents list can be found at http://www.britac.ac.uk/pubs/review/11/index.html
- A modern and a historical take on today’s credit crunch are provided by Geoffrey Hosking and Ross Alloway, respectively.
- Jérôme Adda & Francesca Cornaglia offer a counter-intuitive perspective on the impact of smoking bans.
- Robin Dunbar discusses the social significance of the human capacity to live in the virtual world of the mind, while Ilona Roth looks at the complex relationship between autism and imagination.
- Duncan Robinson considers how modern museums need to meet the expectations of both their paymasters and the public.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Published:
21 July 2008
- The British Academy Review exists to promote the British Academy, and the disciplines it supports, to a wide public. It is intended to showcase the work of individual scholars, to demonstrate the range of activity supported by the Academy, and to illustrate the value of the humanities and the social sciences to the community at large - including the academic constituency, government funders, policy-makers, and the general public.