Political History – Retrospect Journal

by Retrospect Journal 06/06/2021 0

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Masseur, Minister, Showgirl, Spy – Christine Keeler and the Affair That Has It All

Written by Sophie Whitehead. The Profumo scandal has been written about and re-interpreted in dozens of ways throughout the last seventy years, but what do we know about it now? And how can it offer insight into British society in the 1960s?

by Retrospect Journal 09/05/2021 0

Features

Redefining Humanity: Political Philosophy in African British Anti-Slavery Literature

Written by Charlie Horlick. Ottobah Cugoano’s writing has been typically framed as a slave narrative, yet it is perhaps more than that. Part political economy, part meditation on morality, it should be integrated into the canon of eighteenth-century philosophy.

by Retrospect Journal 25/04/2021 0

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The Rise and Fall of Liberal Evangelicalism in the United States

Written by Jess Womack. The evangelical Christian right in US politics holds immense influence today, but there was a time when liberal evangelicalism was similarly influential. Why did evangelical Christians align with the left? And how did this position change so drastically?

by Retrospect Journal 14/03/2021 0

Academic Features

“Hell on wheels”: The Miserable History of the Edinburgh Trams project, 2001 to the Present

Written by Inge Erdal. Anyone who’s been living in Edinburgh for a while is familar with the central tram system. To the ire of many inhabitants, the project was plagued with problems for the start. What can it tell us about local governance, national projects, and the task of creating urban environments in the twenty-first century?