This book examines the deep problems facing the study of culture. Edward Slingerland argues that in order for the humanities to progress, its scholars need to take seriously contributions from the natural sciences, which demonstrate that any separation of the mind and the body is entirely untenable.

This book examines some of the problems facing current approaches to the study of culture.

An intimate and candid biography of Cecilia Bartoli, the thirty year-old 'mezzo-soprano' who has now become 'the' most successful female opera singer of the nineties. 16pp b/w illus.