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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Ideas
The New Statesman Essay - A nation that believes it speaks for the world
- 22 January 2001
The US Presidency - What lies behind American arrogance? An ideology that proclaims the country's innocence, argues Ziauddin Sardar
Politics
Thank you for the genes we eat
- 15 January 2001
The biotechnology industry boasts GM foods will be the salvation of humanity. Ziauddin Sardar went to their US laboratories and put their claims to the test
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
