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Against Representation: Death, Desire, and Art in Philip Roth’s The Dying Animal (2012)
Journal Article
Roth, Z. (2012). Against Representation: Death, Desire, and Art in Philip Roth’s The Dying Animal. Philip Roth studies, 8(1), 95-100

In Philip Roth’s The Dying Animal (2001), desire is figured as the revenge of death for the aging libertine David Kepesh. Embodying the object of his desire as a work of art allows him to harmlessly enjoy the volupté of death. The mimesis of art, how... Read More about Against Representation: Death, Desire, and Art in Philip Roth’s The Dying Animal.

Israel and Hizbollah: An Asymmetric Conflict in Historic and Comparative Perspective. (2012)
Book
Jones, C., & Catignani, S. (Eds.). (2012). Israel and Hizbollah: An Asymmetric Conflict in Historic and Comparative Perspective. Routledge

This book examines the local and international dynamics and strategies that have come to define the often violent relationship between Israel and Lebanon. Since the end of the Cold War, academic debate over the nature of war in the contemporary world... Read More about Israel and Hizbollah: An Asymmetric Conflict in Historic and Comparative Perspective..

If You Had Balls, You'd Be One of Us!' Doing Gendered Research: Methodological Reflections on Being a Female Academic Researcher in the Hyper-Masculine Subculture of 'Football Hooliganism (2012)
Journal Article
Poulton, E. (2012). If You Had Balls, You'd Be One of Us!' Doing Gendered Research: Methodological Reflections on Being a Female Academic Researcher in the Hyper-Masculine Subculture of 'Football Hooliganism. Sociological Research Online, 17(4), Article 4. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2717

Conceptual Models of Nature in Pakistan (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Lyon, S., & Bennardo, G. (2012). Conceptual Models of Nature in Pakistan. In Cultural models of nature and the environment : self, space and causality ; proceedings of the workshop (29-34)

Calibrating Queer in the work of Didier Eribon. (2012)
Journal Article
Cairns, L. (2012). Calibrating Queer in the work of Didier Eribon. French Cultural Studies, 23(2), 104-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957155812436530

The first aim of this article is to provide an overview of Didier Eribon’s unique input to lesbian and gay politics and studies in France. The second aim is to examine the contours of his engagement with and critique of queer, bearing in mind that qu... Read More about Calibrating Queer in the work of Didier Eribon..

Ecclesiastes and Scepticism (2012)
Book
Weeks, S. (2012). Ecclesiastes and Scepticism. T&T Clark

By emphasising observation and empiricism as a key influence on human behaviour, this work excludes any consideration of tradition or revelation. Scholars often view the apparent scepticism of Ecclesiastes in terms of a reaction against the more conf... Read More about Ecclesiastes and Scepticism.