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Critical theory, science and academia

From Studies in Language & Capitalism, Robert de Beaugrande (Primorskem): Critical Discourse Analysis: History, Ideology, Methodology; Phil Graham (QUT): ‘Capitalism’ as False Consciousness; Panayota Gounari (UMass-Boston): Contesting the Cynicism of Neoliberal Discourse: Moving Towards a Language of Possibility; Marnie Holborow (DCU): Putting The Social Back Into Language: Marx, Volosinov and Vygotsky re-examined; Carmen Luke (Queens;and): Eduscapes: Knowledge Capital and Cultures.

Niamh Hennessy (York): The Janus-Face of Language: Reification in the Work of Habermas and the Bakhtin Circle; Isabela Ietcu-Fairclough (Bucharest): Populism and the Romanian ‘Orange Revolution’; A Discourse-Analytical Perspective on the Presidential Election of December 2004; Lisa Perks (UT-Austin): The Nouveau Reach: Ideologies of Class and Consumerism in Reality-Based Television; Peter Ives (Winnipeg): ‘Global English’: Linguistic Imperialism or Practical Lingua Franca?; Christof Demont-Heinrich (Denver): The Ideological Construction of the Juggernaut of English: A Critical Analysis of American Prestige Press Coverage of the Globalisation of Language;

A scientific socialist: A review of JD Bernal: The Sage of Science by Andrew Brown. In the jungles of Costa Rica, a research team studies the social politics of Capuchin monkeys. They quarrel. They copulate. They stab each other in the back. So do the monkeys. Science and art on the ant heap: A review of Six Legs Better: A cultural history of myrmecology by Charlotte Sleigh. Pollen and the hidden sexuality of flowers: Of stigma, pistils and swollen tubes, and how pollen is optimized for "the sex act".

Scientists have been forced to rethink how the human genome turns a single cell into a complex living being following the most intensive study of our genetic code ever undertaken. Neanderthals bid for human status: New research challenges the view that Neanderthals were incapable of technological or cultural development. Recursion and human thought: An interview with Daniel Everett on why the Piraha don't have numbers. Happy or sad? Emotional cues vary by culture, as Americans and Japanese read faces differently, study shows. More clues in the legend (or is it fact?) of Romulus: New archaeological finds are fueling a heated debate about Rome's founding myth. Reconstructing Petra: Two thousand years ago, it was the capital of a powerful trading empire. Now archaeologists are piecing together a more complete picture of Jordan's compelling rock city.

Barbara Anna Markiewicz (Warsaw): The New Education and Virtual Humankind ("The author presents a new education project connected with Rawls’ model of a well-ordered society"). Where the arts were too liberal: This is an obituary for a great American institution whose death was announced. After 155 years, Antioch College is closing (and more from The Chronicle). The little-known story of how a Harvard president and an aspiring astronaut engineered the return of ROTC to Harvard Yard provides an example of the political confrontation needed to allow every patriot to serve in uniform. Grading on the Guilty-Liberal Standard: A liberal professor of religion at St. Olaf College bent over backward to be fair in grading a conservative student. Now he fears he bent over too far. A College Education: Revolt of the alumni and other good news. Credential Creep: Professional doctorates, which take less time than the Ph.D., are spreading fast — as are concerns about their uneven quality. College graduates flock to Teach for America, but critics say its inexperienced teachers are no help to troubled schools. Every child a math whiz: A review of The End of Ignorance: Multiplying Our Human Potential by John Mighton.