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Freudian Repression
In Freudian Repression, Michael Billig presents an original reformulation of Freud's concept of repression, showing that in his theory of the unconscious he fails to examine how …
Politics and Rhetoric of Commemoration
In recent years there has been much interest in collective memory and commemoration. It is often assumed that when nations celebrate a historic day, they put aside the divisions of …
Talking of the Royal Family
To talk about royalty is to talk of many things: privilege, equality, nationality, morality, family life, parenting, divorce, the media and more. Important themes and issues flow …
More Examples, Less Theory
In his new book, Michael Billig uses psychology's past to argue that nowadays, when we write about the mind, we should use more examples and less theory. He provides a series of …
Banal Nationalism
Michael Billig presents a major challenge to orthodox conceptions of nationalism in this elegantly written book. While traditional theorizing has tended to the focus on extreme …
Learn to Write Badly
Modern academia is increasingly competitive yet the writing style of social scientists is routinely poor and continues to deteriorate. Are social science postgraduates being taught …
Talking of the Royal Family
Hidden Roots of Critical Psychology
`Billig's is a fascinating work of brilliant scholarship. It is written in an elegant style, spiced with humour, and gives one the feeling that it was a labour of love. It can be …
Laughter and Ridicule
`From Thomas Hobbes' fear of the power of laughter to the compulsory, packaged "e;fun"e; of the contemporary mass media, Billig takes the reader on a stimulating tour of …