Ziauddin Sardar
Ziauddin Sardar, writer and broadcaster, describes himself as a ‘critical polymath’. He is the author of over 40 books, including the highly acclaimed ‘Desperately Seeking Paradise’. He is Visiting Professor, School of Arts, the City University, London and editor of ‘Futures’, the monthly journal of planning, policy and futures studies.
Articles by Ziauddin Sardar
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Politics
So close and yet so despised
- 11 December 2000
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It took Unesco to recognise the contribution a town in Gwent made to history. Ziauddin Sardar on how the Welsh were the first victims of English racism
Ideas
The New Statesman Essay - The rise of the voyeur
- 06 November 2000
Forget about television as education, writes Ziauddin Sardar, the name of the game is reality TV and it has made us all barbarians
Politics
Put blame for BSE where it belongs
- 23 October 2000
Ziauddin Sardarexposes the persistent failures and habitual secrecy of a government ministry
Ideas
The New Statesman Essay - Our fetish for fake smells
- 11 September 2000
We are surrounded by chemically induced perfumes, but we would be healthier if we got back to real, natural odours
Prudent avoidance
- 28 August 2000
Science - Ziauddin Sardar suggests that we use common sense more than our mobile phones
Culture
Ad infinitum
- 31 July 2000
Advertising - Ziauddin Sardar says that life is now just one long commercial
Ideas
The New Statesman Essay - Professionals who lost their virtue
- 10 July 2000
Doctors and lawyers base their right to self-regulation on their moral superiority. The claim no longer stands up, argues Ziauddin Sardar
