Stanley Kubrick is one of our most brilliant, innovative and difficult filmmakers. Norman Kagan's analysis cuts a lucid path through those difficulties. He summarizes the plots of each of Kubrick's fi
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This new offering from the popular and important philosopher, film maker and social thinker examines simulated systems in a variety of contexts from the atomic to the technological, to the social and
Debates and discussion about the use of technology in education seem to generally focus on whether a technology is good or bad. Selwyn (education, U. of London, UK) argues that such an approach is woe
Holderness (English, University of Hertsfordshire, UK) presents nine scenarios of Shakespeare's possible 'lives' and his various roles and identities, such as writer, actor, business man, and Catholic
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Evelyn Ayrault is a clinical psychologist who was born with cerebral palsy. Her message and book are unique: to alert the general public, as well as anyone in the health care field, to the psychologic
