What’s Going On With The Labour Party? Ten Propositions
Medium
Publication Date: July 23, 2015
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Writings
Here you can find a record of almost all my publications – from scholarly journal articles to newspaper articles – listed with the most recent first. In most cases there is either a downloadable pdf or a link to the publication itself. You can search by publication type (academic, non-academic, book reviews etc), by theme and by keyword. Enjoy!
A Book Of Very Very Very Short Walks
My Impossible Books: 20
Publication Date: July 21, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Soft Drink Planet: A Non-Alcoholic Odyssey
My Impossible Books: 19
Publication Date: July 15, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
The Dark Side of the Sabbath: When Rest Becomes Work
My Impossible Books: 18
Publication Date: July 8, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Small Worlds: The Struggle for Diversity
My Impossible Books: 17
Publication Date: July 1, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
Landfill Metal: The Ironies of Mediocrity
Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures. Helsinki: Aalto University.
This paper continues my previous explorations into how metal aesthetics and scene-making might be rethought in the face of what I have called a ‘crisis of abundance’ in metal. Drawing on my own attempts to understand a particular metal text – Morgul’s Lost in Shadows Grey (1997) – I explore the nature of ‘mediocrity’ in metal. The paper develops a typology of mediocrity and applies it to the case of metal. Building on this, I discuss how mediocrity might be valorized as a source of aesthetic pleasure. In doing so, a number of ironic or paradoxical elements of mediocrity are highlighted
Publication Date: July 1, 2015
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Book chapters
Why I love tax havens And why you should too
The Absurdist
Publication Date: July 1, 2015
Theme: Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
The World In A Grain Of Sand: How handrails, wafers and other trivial things explain everything
My Impossible Books: 16
Publication Date: June 25, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
The superfluous percussionist
My Impossible Books: 15
Publication Date: June 20, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Music
Category: Journalism and essays
Stories Matter
Souciant
Reflections on TV serials as social science fiction
Publication Date: June 12, 2015
Theme: Culture
Category: Journalism and essays
Tony Blair’s latest role in tolerance and reconciliation is no joke
The Guardian
The European council of which he is now chairman has a serious agenda. Let’s hope the former PM and his cohorts are up to the job
Publication Date: June 4, 2015
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Too Hot or Too Cold: A History of Inappropriate Dressing
My Impossible Books: 14
Publication Date: June 2, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Jewish Journal of Sociology 57(1-2) 2015
Edited by and with an introduction by Keith Kahn-Harris
Publication Date: 2015
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Edited issues and publications
Touch the World: The Pleasures of Handball
My Impossible Books: 13
Publication Date: May 21, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Neither One Thing Nor The Other: The Problems and Potentials of The Medium
My Impossible Books: 12
Publication Date: May 13, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Book Review: European Muslim Antisemitism by Günther Jikeli
Jewish Chronicle
Publication Date: May 8, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate
Category: Book reviews
Glimpsed: The Irresistible Lure of the Ephemeral
My Impossible Books: 11
Publication Date: May 7, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Is the Sun’s ‘save our bacon’ election front page antisemitic?
The Guardian
It’s hard to say whether the whiff of antisemitism in the image of Ed Miliband eating a bacon sandwich is intentional, but if he becomes PM we’ll need to keep a careful eye on this kind of thing
Publication Date: May 6, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays