Academics of City University, London - Robin Milner, Ziauddin Sardar, David Willetts, Heather Brooke, Eric Moonman, Roy Bhaskar, Alan Walker (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Robin Milner, Ziauddin Sardar, David Willetts, Heather Brooke, Eric Moonman, Roy Bhaskar, Alan Walker, Charles Arnold-Baker, John Treasure, Phillip Knightley, Robert Hewison, Francis Coleman, Frank Webster, Geoffrey Till, Philip Dawid, Allan Birnbaum, Denis Smalley, Roy Greenslade, George Brock, Marcel Berlins, Adrian Monck, Raoul Franklin, Roger Jowell, Henkjan Honing, Javier Alvarez, Barrie Keeffe, Roy Batchelor, Artur d'Avila Garcez, Eric Clarke, Paul Anderson, Steven Haberman, Stewart Purvis. Excerpt: Ziauddin Sardar (born 31 October 1951, Pakistan) is a London-based scholar, writer and cultural-critic who specializes in the future of Islam, science and cultural relations. Prospect magazine has named him as one of Britain's top 100 public intellectuals and The Independent newspaper calls him: 'Britain's own Muslim polymath'. Sardar, believes that neither interest (riba) nor homosexuality, are forbidden in Islam. Ziauddin Sardar has written or edited 45 books over a period of 30 years, many with his long-time co-author Merryl Wyn Davies. Recent titles include Balti Britain: a Journey Through the British Asian Experience (Granta, 2008); and How Do You Know: Reading Ziauddin Sardar on Islam, Science and Cultural Relations (Pluto, 2006). The first volume of his memoirs is Desperately Seeking Paradise: Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim (Granta, 2006). His recent television work includes a 90-minute documentary for the BBC in 2006 called 'Battle for Islam'. Sardar's online work includes a year-long blog on the Qur'an published in 2008 by The Guardian newspaper. Sardar is a Visiting Professor of Postcolonial Studies in the Department of Arts Policy and Management at City University London and is Editor of the forecasting and planning journal, Futures. He is also a member of the UK Commission on Equality and Human Rights. ...