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Book Review: The Unruly PhD

By Sin Yee Koh | Published: September 29, 2014

There is a greater world beyond the academia, and that it is OK to pursue alternative paths, Revecca Peabody writes in her new book about negotiating the journey to obtain a PhD and the twisting path to deploy it.

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Book Review: The War on Learning

By Susan Marie Martin | Published: August 14, 2014

In The War on Learning, Elizabeth Losh analyses recent trends in post-secondary education and the rhetoric around them. In an effort to identify educational technologies that might actually work, she looks at strategies such as MOOCs, gaming subject matter and remixing pedagogy, writes Susan Marie Martin.

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Recent Books on Brazil’s Culture and Politics

By LSE Review of Books | Published: June 12, 2014

With the World Cup 2014 kicking off in Brazil today, how much do we know about culture and politics inside the host country? In this Reading List, LSE Review of Books managing editor Amy Mollett pulls together a selection of book reviews covering the highs and lows of the life and history of Brazil, as well as […]

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Book Review: What Use is Sociology?

By Olivia Mena | Published: June 4, 2014

This conversational book with Zygmunt Bauman looks at the usefulness of sociology with an aim to inspire future conversations about the discipline.

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Signs of the Times

By Daniel Nehring | Published: April 24, 2013

Tom Wolfe, Miami, and the shallowness of our image-driven modern life.

Posted in Featured, International Debate | Also tagged Celebrity Culture, Image-obsessed, Literature, Reading, Superficiality, Tome Wolfe | Leave a comment

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Book Review: The Unruly PhD

Book Review: The War on Learning

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