REVENGE OF THE BOXMANCREATIVITY: PRODUCT OR PROCESS?Considering the question of whether there can exist any knowledge independent of experience,[1]the eighteenth century philosopher…May 3, 2019May 3, 2019
REVENGE OF THE BOXMANENTHUSIASM, INCREDULITY, CYNICISM AND APATHY: EVALUATING THE CRITIQUE OF LABOUR’S ELECTORAL VICTORY…‘Enthusiasm; incredulity; cynicism; apathy’. According to Mass-Observation [M-O] this was the ‘contemporary sequence’ that typified public…Sep 13, 2017Sep 13, 2017
REVENGE OF THE BOXMANANDERSON, MEYER AND DELANO: TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING OF STRUCTURES OF GENDER RELATIONSIn The Pursuit of History, John Tosh summarizes the development of the feminist perspective as moving away from ‘consciousness-raising to…Aug 13, 2017Aug 13, 2017
REVENGE OF THE BOXMANBECKETT, ECONOMIC ABSOLUTISM & TOTAL WARUnderlining Ian Beckett’s assertion, that it is, essentially, the ‘control of the economy that lies at the heart of the conception of total…Jul 4, 2017Jul 4, 2017
REVENGE OF THE BOXMANA QUESTION OF DEGREES: CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE-TRADE ON THE POLITICAL…According to Paul E. Lovejoy, the advent of the trans-Atlantic slave trade constituted a ‘radical break’ in the continuity of African…May 3, 2017May 3, 2017
REVENGE OF THE BOXMANDAWSON, LANDES AND POMERANZ ON THE BREAKTHROUGH TO MODERNITYResponding to the charge of “Eurocentrism,” put forward by the postmodern perspective and Edward Said (1978) in his book Orientalism,[i]…Apr 5, 2017Apr 5, 2017
REVENGE OF THE BOXMANFreedom or Death: Maurice Blanchot, Literature and RevolutionIn “Literature and the Right of Death,” Maurice Blanchot asserts that literature begins with a question which it addresses to language. For…Jan 15, 2016Jan 15, 2016
REVENGE OF THE BOXMANMerleau-Ponty, Perception & The Universal BodyMaurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–1961) is generally associated with the philosophical movement that gravitated towards the phenomenological…Jan 15, 2016Jan 15, 2016