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!
Britain’s former Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks advocates a more complex reading. But do his ideas fit with the modern world?
[Essay review of Jonathan Sacks’s new book Not in God’s Name]
Publication Date: Autumn 2015
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Religion
Category: Book reviews, Journalism and essays
Publication Date: October 19, 2015
Theme: Metal Music and Culture
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: October 8, 2015
Theme: Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Israel/Palestine
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: October 7, 2015
Theme: Denial, Ignorance and Stupidity, Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: September 30, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Also published on Open Democracy website.
Publication Date: September 29, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Community, Conflict Resolution, Civility and Dialogue, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Academic articles & reports, Journalism and essays
I didn't choose the title for this one.
Publication Date: September 17, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
The Labour leader’s passionate support for Palestinian causes has worried many. He now needs to build bridges
Publication Date: September 17, 2015
Theme: Antisemitism, Racism, Hate, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: August 29, 2015
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Book reviews
Why is it so hard for the left, both pro and anti-Corbyn, to resist the logic of "my enemies' enemies are my friends"? Can we learn to cast a plague on the houses of enemies of progress whoever they are?
Publication Date: August 13, 2015
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: August 4, 2015
Theme: Jews, Judaism and Jewishness, What Does A Jew Look Like?
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: July 23, 2015
Theme: Politics
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: July 21, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: July 15, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: July 8, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
Category: Journalism and essays
Publication Date: July 1, 2015
Theme: Impossible Books, Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
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
Publication Date: July 1, 2015
Theme: Small worlds
Category: Journalism and essays
