Man as barbarian

Session title: THE BARBARIAN IN THE HISTORY OF EUROPEAN ARCHAEOLOGY

The concept of the barbarian has been an enduring presence in the antiquarian and archaeological study of European societies. Indeed the idea of the barbarian as an adjective and concept continues to influence both scholarly and popular perceptions of Prehistory, the Ancient World and Early Medieval societies. Moving beyond studies of the shifting attitudes to the barbarian within successive an...

Greatwall kinase protects mitotic phosphosites from barbarian phosphatases.

T he basic outline of the events controlling entry into mitosis has been clear for more than 20 y: the essential mitotic driver Mphase promoting factor [MPF; a cyclindependent kinase (CDK) composed of CDK1 and cyclin B] becomes rapidly activated and phosphorylates a wide variety of targets, creating mitotic phosphoproteins that contribute to nuclear membrane breakdown, chromosome condensation, ...

Man as an Animal

Each of the ten review chapters is succinctly written and a marvel of brevity. The latter is possibly the reason for the omissions and errors occasionally present and obvious to the careful reader. Unfortunately, the rather long interval between submission of the review manuscripts and their publication, as indicated by the paucity of bibliographical material during 1955, has caused those revie...

Man as Microcosm and the Universe as Macrocosm in Mulla Sadra's Transcendent Philosophy

Barbarian thoughts: imperialism in the philosophy of John Stuart Mill

Mill’s political and his international theory rest on a philosophy of history drawn in turn from the experience of nineteenth century imperialism. And yet, this philosophy of history remains unexamined in Political Theory and International Relations (IR) alike, largely because of the peculiar division of labour between the two disciplines. In this article I will argue that this omission results...