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Patrick Curry

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I hold a B.A. (University of California at Santa Cruz, 1978, in Psychology, with highest honours), M.Sc. (L.S.E., 1980, in Logic and Scientific Method), and Ph.D. (University College London, 1987, in the History and Philosophy of Science).

Since September 2006 I have been a Lecturer (0.5) in Religious Studies at the University of Kent (Canterbury), where I teach in the MA programme on the Cultural Study of Cosmology and Divination. From 2002-06 I was a Lecturer (0.5) at the Sophia Centre, Bath Spa University College, where I co-taught the MA in Cultural Astronomy and Astronomy.

I have reviewed books for History Today, New Statesman, The Guardian, The Independent and (most often) the Times Literary Supplement; appeared on two television prog ...more

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	Introducing Machiavelli 3.69 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 1999 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity – Essential Literary Criticism on Spirit, Ecology, and Ethics for Fans 3.73 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1997 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ecological Ethics: An Introduction: Updated for 2018 3.64 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep Roots in a Time of Frost: Essays on Tolkien 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enchantment: Wonder in Modern Life 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prophecy and Power: Astrology in Early Modern England really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Confusion of Prophets: Victorian and Edwardian Astrology 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divination: Perspectives for a New Millennium 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seeing with Different Eyes: Essays in Astrology and Divination by Patrick Curry (Editor), Angela Voss (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Despair is for people who know, beyond any doubt, what the future is going to bring. Nobody is in that position. So despair is not only a kind of sin, theologically, but also a simple mistake, because nobody actually knows. In that sense there is always hope.”
― Patrick Curry, Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity – Essential Literary Criticism on Spirit, Ecology, and Ethics for Fans

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“Other major challenges include the redefinition of work as a contribution to the good of all, as opposed to merely being a matter of pure self- advancement.”
― Patrick Curry, Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide

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“what size and complexity do … is to multiply the opportunities for citizen involvement and action.”
― Patrick Curry, Introducing Machiavelli: A Graphic Guide

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