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Articles by subject: culture

Mistaken identity (by Kenan Malik, July/August 2008 )
Obsessing about culture traps people in their own history, argues Kenan Malik
Caution, falling moguls (by Michael Bywater, July/August 2008 )
Is he a loser, a kvetcher, a fatalist or a comic genius? Michael Bywater goes in search of the real Woody Allen
Roots (by Caspar Melville, July/August 2008 )
Caspar Melville unravels the rise and fall of dreadlocks
True Norwegian Black Metal by Peter Beste (by Keith Kahn-Harris, July/August 2008 )
In deepest Scandinavia, Keith Kahn-Harris discovers social democratic Satanism
Malls & Mausoleums (by Nina Power, March/April 2008 )
Iran refuses to conform to expectations, finds Nina Power
Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture by Simon Reynolds (by Andrew Mueller, March/April 2008 )
Andrew Mueller travels back in time to Acid House
Meme Wars (part 1) (by Adam Kuper, May/June 2006 )
Evolution cannot explain culture: there are limits to the uses of Darwinism, says Adam Kuper
Meme Wars (part 2) (by Susan Blackmore, May/June 2006 )
Natural selection applies to everything. Ideas evolve just as life does, says Susan Blackmore
Culture of fear (by Judith Vidal-Hall, May/June 2006 )
Judith Vidal-Hall reviews a new collection on censorship
Right to offend? (by Floris van den Berg, Web Exclusive, March 2008)
As the Virtual Museum of Offensive Art opens online, Floris van den Berg ponders the limits of freedom
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