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Christiana Spens | |
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| Education | University of Cambridge, University of St. Andrews |
Christiana Spens is a writer and academic.
Christiana Spens was born in Melbourne, Australia and grew up in Fife, Scotland. She was educated at the University of Cambridge [1] in Philosophy, followed by the University of St. Andrews for her master's degree and doctorate. [1] [2] She is the author of The Fear (Repeater Books, [3] 2023), The Portrayal and Punishment of Terrorists in Western Media (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019), [4] and Shooting Hipsters: Rethinking Dissent in the Age of PR (Repeater Books, [5] 2017). Her academic work looks at terrorism, ritual, visuality and Neo-orientalism. She has written for The New Statesman , The Irish Times , Byline Times , Glamour , Stylist , Prospect Magazine , Studio International and The Quietus on culture, psychology and politics. [6] [7] [8]
Martha Nussbaum is an American philosopher and the current Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago, where she is jointly appointed in the law school and the philosophy department.
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