A dystopian novel, thought-provoking poetry, and a study of Hegel make up this month's alumni-penned offerings. 1. Author Tom Duke Degree Mechanical Engineering Book Ethereal Sky Technology is great. Until it tries to kill you. Rose lives in a brutal world. Like the rest of The Clan, her life is a continuous battle for survival. Her primary concerns are gathering food and avoiding detection by the implacable death which stalks the countryside. The Old way of life is a distant memory. Andrew thinks that he has things to worry about, but he is about to learn that today’s concerns count for nothing in tomorrow’s world. Ethereal Sky is a dark and compelling dystopian novel.. It explores how human nature, both the uplifting and the horrific, reveals itself under intolerable pressure. Ethereal Sky 2. Author Aislinn Hunter Degree Writing and Cultural Politics, PhD English Literature Book Linger, Still Aislinn Hunter writes of impossibilities that somehow function; of the tenuous interrelations that comprise our experience. Grounded by the questions "how to be good, how to be,"Hunter's field of inquiry ranges across domestic, ecological, literary and philosophical subjects. Her poems are exclamations of recognition in the midst of caginess. This collection reaches for, and grasps, "what lists under every pose: the hope / that someone will love us". Linger, Still 3. Author Evangelia Sembou Degree Social and Political Theory Book The Young Hegel and Religion This edited collection of essays aims to acquaint the reader with different aspects and readings of Hegel’s Early Theological Writings. These writings consist of five essays plus some unfinished manuscripts, unpublished by Hegel himself during his lifetime and compiled by Herman Nohl as Hegels Theologische Jugendschriften in 1907. This is the first such edited collection on these writings and will make an important contribution to Hegel scholarship. The volume begins with an introduction on the intellectual background and an account of the Early Theological Writings. This is followed by a number of essays by both emerging and established scholars working in an international context. The essays offer a critical and/or interpretative approach to the aforesaid writings The Young Hegel and Religion Your book If you are a member of the alumni community and have recently published a book, we would be delighted to include it in the Alumni Bookshelf. Email the details, along with your degree details, to Brian Campbell: Email Brian Campbell Please note All of the further information links listed are the external websites of the book publisher, the author, or the bookseller. The University of Edinburgh is not responsible for the content and functionality of these sites. This article was published on 2024-10-28
