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A marketplace of outrage

Kenan Malik — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:28:44 GMT

British Muslims took to the streets and burned copies of Salman Rushdie�s The Satanic Verses. Here was an expression of Islamic fury and a portent of a new kind of conflict.

Man and beast. One of our most cherished beliefs is that we are fundamentally different from animals. But modern scientists are increasingly questioning the concept of human exceptionalism. Can we still be certain about what it is that makes us human?

Kenan Malik — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 12:00:00 GMT

So You Think You're Human? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Oxford University Press, 190pp, �14.99 ISBN 0192804170

Return of the history man. What will it mean to be human in the new genetic future? Kenan Malik takes issue with the messianic pessimism of one of the world's great controversialists

Kenan Malik — Mon, 20 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Our Posthuman Future: consequences of the biotechnology revolution Francis Fukuyama Profile Books, 256pp, �17.99 ISBN 1861972970

The death of ideas. The transformation of the intellectual from dangerous outsider to safe expert is a sign of our sceptical age, argues Kenan Malik

Kenan Malik — Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline Richard A Posner Harvard University Press, 408pp, �20.50 ISBN 067400633X

The closing of the mind. The American civil war was about more than the preservation of the Union. It was a battle of ideas. By Kenan Malik

Kenan Malik — Mon, 22 Oct 2001 12:00:00 GMT

The Metaphysical Club: a story of ideas in America Louis Menand Flamingo, 480pp, �19.99 ISBN 0007126891

Don't panic: it's safer than you think

Kenan Malik — Mon, 08 Oct 2001 12:00:00 GMT

War on Terror: The Biological Threat - The biological terrorist has replaced the nuclear warrior as our worst bogeyman. Yet the facts don't bear out our fears

Protect the freedom to shock

Kenan Malik — Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:00:00 GMT

From Galileo to Darwin, heretics who offend have taken society forward, teaching us that free speech is for all, regardless of their views

Beyond a boundary. His writings on race, cricket and colonial rebellion turned C L R James into an icon of black radicalism. So why today is he so misunderstood? By Kenan Malik

Kenan Malik — Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:00:00 GMT

C L R James: Cricket, the Caribbean and World Revolution Farrukh Dhondy Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 190pp, �20 ISBN 0297646133

Why the Victorians were colour blind. In the 19th century, race mattered far less than social distinction: a West African tribal chief was unquestionably superior to an East End costermonger. By Kenan Malik

Kenan Malik — Mon, 07 May 2001 12:00:00 GMT

Ornamentalism: how the British saw their empire David Cannadine Allen Lane, 264pp, �16.99 ISBN 0713995068

Inventing allies in the sky. Stephen Jay Gould has written his most disappointing book, a wrong-headed attempt to equate religion with morality. By Kenan Malik

Kenan Malik — Mon, 19 Feb 2001 12:00:00 GMT

Rocks of Ages: science and religion in the fullness of life Stephen Jay Gould Jonathan Cape, 241pp, �14.99 ISBN 0224060929