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"Turning Back the Clock: Hot Wars and Media Populism"
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London, UK (Guardian): Come, reader, the game's afoot: another collection of nimble, teasing, brilliant and infuriating little essays and essaylets from Umberto Eco, celebrated semiotician, medievalist and author of The Name of the Rose. Subjects essayed include "Science, Technology and Magic", "The Loss of Privacy", "Kamikazes and Assassins", "Beauty Queens, Fundamentalists and Lepers", "On Political Correctness", "On Private Schools", "The Crucifix, Its Uses and Customs", "On the Soul of the Embryo" and "On the Disadvantages and Advantages of Death".
Translated by Alastair McEwen
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