New Statesman - <![CDATA[Edward Skidelsky]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/edward_skidelsky en <![CDATA[Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2009/10/moral-philosophy-sandel http://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2009/10/moral-philosophy-sandel Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:13:02 GMT Edward Skidelsky This year’s Reith lecturer, Michael Sandel, transforms moral philosophy by putting it at the heart of civic debate.

]]> <![CDATA[An affair of the masses]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2008/02/chinese-junqing-shanghai-bangs http://www.newstatesman.com/opera/2008/02/chinese-junqing-shanghai-bangs Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky Chinese opera is not all shrieks and bangs, as Edward Skidelsky discovers on a visit to Shanghai

]]> <![CDATA[A matter of perspective]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200608210044 http://www.newstatesman.com/200608210044 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky The Objective Eye: colour, form and reality in the theory of art John Hyman University of Chicago Press, 286pp, £20 ISBN 0226365530

]]> <![CDATA[The ideas corner: A less than perfect world]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200607310046 http://www.newstatesman.com/200607310046 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky The green cause has had some unlikely advocates, finds Edward Skidelsky

]]> <![CDATA[ Objects of veneration]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200606260045 http://www.newstatesman.com/200606260045 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky Edward Skidelsky finds that aesthetic appreciation is a surprisingly modern idea

]]> <![CDATA[Out on a limb]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200602060041 http://www.newstatesman.com/200602060041 Mon, 06 Feb 2006 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky White on Black Ruben Gallego John Murray, 160pp, £10 ISBN 0719561361

]]> <![CDATA[Animal kindness]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200511210043 http://www.newstatesman.com/200511210043 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky Our Inner Ape: the best and worst of human nature Frans de Waal Granta Books, 272pp, £17.99 ISBN 1862077959

]]> <![CDATA[Far from heaven. As political leaders lost their fear of hellfire in the 19th century, so the churches lost their ability to restrain them. In Europe, religion became an instrument of state power, paving the way for the horrors of the 20th century]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200510100046 http://www.newstatesman.com/200510100046 Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky Earthly Powers: religion and politics in Europe from the French revolution to the Great War Michael Burleigh HarperCollins, 530pp, £25 ISBN 0007195729

]]> <![CDATA[Total recall]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200508080035 http://www.newstatesman.com/200508080035 Mon, 08 Aug 2005 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky Almost a Childhood: growing up among the Nazis Hans-Georg Behr; translated by Anthea Bell Granta Books, 324pp, £14.99 ISBN 1862077819

]]> <![CDATA[Why practice doesn't make perfect . Simon Blackburn claims the foundations of truth lie in our everyday practices of judging and criticising. Edward Skidelsky is unconvinced by a very British assumption]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/200505230042 http://www.newstatesman.com/200505230042 Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 GMT Edward Skidelsky Truth: a guide for the perplexed Simon Blackburn Allen Lane, the Penguin Press, 238pp, £14.99 ISBN 0713997184

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