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The Paradox of Modern Parenting

How a focus on children’s inner life created a culture of stress.

The Cognitive Turn in Literary Criticism

How the imaginative worlds created in fiction shape human perception, emotions and values.

A Loss of Depth

The declining philosophical, psychological and sociological ambitions of modern fiction.

The Culture of Celebrity

The meaning, history and power of celebrity.

Food for Thought

Food in history, literature and politics.

The Rise of the Self

How individualism transformed Western societies.

Beyond the Text

How high theory reshaped our understanding of power, social structure, cultural dynamics and history.

Threads Across Time

A big-picture approach to the cultural history of the West.