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Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditionsCreative Commons Image Loren Javier under CC-BY-ND licence

By Dr Paula James (The Open University)

11 May 2011

She might have been a modern California girl, but Buffy's relationships with creatures of the dark is a tale as old as Slayers themselves... Read more : Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditions

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Introducing Richard SennettCreative Commons Image Ars Electronica under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Matt Staples (The Open University)

26 April 2011

The polymath Richard Sennett offers new ways of thinking about how society produces, consumes and the way we work now. Read more : Introducing Richard Sennett

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Gardens of the digital mind of tomorrowRobin Hall under CC-BY-SA licence

By Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

25 February 2011

The predictions of a hyper-connected world might crumble in the same way the dream of Garden Cities fell, warns Leslie Budd. Read more : Gardens of the digital mind of tomorrow

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Commodifying our feelings into raw materialsCreative Commons Image SF Brit under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

26 October 2010

If you can treat Starship's pride in their city as a commodity, is there nothing that can't have a price put on it? Read more : Commodifying our feelings into raw materials

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Property of the Leisured Classes or Leisure of the Propertied Classes?Creative Commons Image Michael Foley Photography under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Leslie Budd (The Open University)

30 June 2010

If property is theft, does owning a second home make you a repeat offender? Read more : Property of the Leisured Classes or Leisure of the Propertied Classes?

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OU Lecture 2007: 50 Years of Space Exploration - Meet Professor ZarneckiThe Open University

By Professor John Zarnecki (The Open University)

26 June 2007

John Zarnecki has had an astonishing career. We profile the man chosen to give the 2007 Open University Lecture. Read more : OU Lecture 2007: 50 Years of Space Exploration - Meet Professor Zarnecki

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Yuri and me Featuring: video,audio, Getty Images

By Professor John Zarnecki (The Open University)

26 June 2007

When the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin came to visit Karl Marx's tomb in Highgate, local schoolchildren turned out to see him, among them young... Read more : Yuri and me

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Fifty Years In Space: Listen to the lecture Featuring: audio, The Open University

By Professor John Zarnecki (The Open University)

26 June 2007

The Open University's 2007 Annual Lecture by John Zarnecki reviews some nail-biting moments from the first 50 years of mankind's journey into space Read more : Fifty Years In Space: Listen to the lecture

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On trust and philosophyBBC

By Professor Tom Bailey (Guest)

30 August 2006

On a journey from Plato's Republic to the Mitchell Brothers' Walford, can we use philosophy to understand trust? Read more : On trust and philosophy

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Marx: BiographyMary Evans Picture Library

By Jonathan Ree (Guest)

21 November 2005

Karl Marx spent only a few years in Paris (1843-1845) but it was a defiining period in his life. Jonathan Rée explains why. Read more : Marx: Biography

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Pages tagged as Karl Marx

Heart of a heartless world, soul of soulless conditionsCreative Commons Image Loren Javier under CC-BY-ND licence

Introducing Richard SennettCreative Commons Image Ars Electronica under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

Gardens of the digital mind of tomorrowRobin Hall under CC-BY-SA licence

Commodifying our feelings into raw materialsCreative Commons Image SF Brit under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

Property of the Leisured Classes or Leisure of the Propertied Classes?Creative Commons Image Michael Foley Photography under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

OU Lecture 2007: 50 Years of Space Exploration - Meet Professor ZarneckiThe Open University

Yuri and me Featuring: video,audio, Getty Images

Fifty Years In Space: Listen to the lecture Featuring: audio, The Open University

On trust and philosophyBBC

Marx: BiographyMary Evans Picture Library