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U.S. Foreign Policy and the American Way of LifeAmericans are unlikely to lose their cherished rights because of a military coup or a foreign conquest, writes Michael Lind. The more plausible and frightening scenario is one in which foreign danger forces Americans themselves to jettison their way of life, sacrificing liberty to ensure security. To...

In a challenge to existing accounts of Romanticism, Murray Pittock provides a        broad re-reading of British Romanticism. Locating Scottish and Irish Romantic        writing in the wider context of the British Isles, he explores the dialogue between        national traditions through a detailed consideration of a range of Scottish,...

How the Social Brain Creates IdentityThe Self Illusion explores where the self comes from, why we have it, why it is incoherent, and why research in neuroscience has shown it to be fundamentally- an illusion. By revealing the developmental origins of the self in early childhood, Bruce Hood shows what this means in our daily lives because just about...

Everywhere stealing, lying and killing are considered wrong. But in some contexts, in war for example, these codes can differ. Robert Hinde argues that understanding the evolutionary origins of our morality and how we bend the rules can help guide us away from global catastrophe and towards a more ethical world....

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From The Lone Ranger to Lonesome Dove, the Texas Rangers have been celebrated in        fact and fiction for their daring exploits in bringing justice to the Old West. In        Lone Star Justice, best-selling author Robert M. Utley captures the first hundred        years of Ranger history, in a narrative packed with adventures worthy of Zane...