Kenan Malik
Articles by Kenan Malik
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Religion
A marketplace of outrage
- 12 March 2009
- 4 comments
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.
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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?
- 05 April 2004
So You Think You're Human? Felipe Fernandez-Armesto Oxford University Press, 190pp, £14.99 ISBN 0192804170
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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
- 20 May 2002
Our Posthuman Future: consequences of the biotechnology revolution Francis Fukuyama Profile Books, 256pp, £17.99 ISBN 1861972970
Ideas
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
- 22 April 2002
Public Intellectuals: A Study of Decline Richard A Posner Harvard University Press, 408pp, £20.50 ISBN 067400633X
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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
- 22 October 2001
The Metaphysical Club: a story of ideas in America Louis Menand Flamingo, 480pp, £19.99 ISBN 0007126891
Politics
Don't panic: it's safer than you think
- 08 October 2001
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
Politics
Protect the freedom to shock
- 13 August 2001
From Galileo to Darwin, heretics who offend have taken society forward, teaching us that free speech is for all, regardless of their views
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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
- 30 July 2001
C L R James: Cricket, the Caribbean and World Revolution Farrukh Dhondy Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 190pp, £20 ISBN 0297646133
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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
- 07 May 2001
Ornamentalism: how the British saw their empire David Cannadine Allen Lane, 264pp, £16.99 ISBN 0713995068
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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
- 19 February 2001
Rocks of Ages: science and religion in the fullness of life Stephen Jay Gould Jonathan Cape, 241pp, £14.99 ISBN 0224060929
