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Winning without actually cheating

Advantages: "If you're not one-up on the other fellow…
Disadvantages: …then he's one-up on you."

The word “gamesmanship” is often used, and often misused, to describe the little tricks some people play to gain advantage, but not everyone knows where the word originates. Consider, if you please, the opening sentence above. In particular, note: ...

torr 09.05.2003 · Read full review
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Review of Gamesmanship - Stephen Potter

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Postcolonialism in a new key

Advantages: A good encapsulation of a key thinker who is hard to categorise
Disadvantages: Not really for the non-specialist

Stephen Morton's text on Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is part of a recent series put out by the Routledge Press, designed under the general editorial direction of Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway, University of London), to explore the most recent and excit ...

frkurt 24.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Routledge Critical Thinkers) - Stephen Morton

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