Minutes to Midnight

Minutes to MidnightThe book examines the evolution of the predicament symbolised by the setting of the Doomsday Clock at a few minutes to midnight in the context of the Anthropocene Era from 1763, making special reference to the study of history.

the contemporary socio-political scene

contrasting representations of such spaces within contemporary discourse with analysis of the evidence of actual interiors and the social practices there engendered

It is made up largely of conversations conducted by the author with members of these organizations that provide insight into the circumstances of artistic production during the decade leading up to the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989

economic interdependence

the cards were produced for mass audiences in China

The book explores how the prizes have influenced understandings of Scottish literature over eight decades and explores what they reveal about the wider mechanisms of how literary prize culture functions in the UK today

and point to grounds for greater optimism for its future prospects

Through the work of this particular 'agency'

control and resistance across the planet

religious fundamentalism

whereas this book traces the emergence of norms from the OAU through to the AU arguing that they emerged from within Africa

most innovative and most documented society of the European Middle Ages