James Buchan

James Buchan is a freelance writer who lives with his family in Norfolk. His novels have won major literary awards, including the Whitbread First Novel Award for A Parish of Rich Women and the Guardian Fiction Prize for Heart’s Journey in Winter, and have been translated into a dozen foreign languages. His latest novel, The Gate of Air, was nominated for the 2009 Ondaatje Prize.

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What Idea Shapes Our World More Than Adam Smith’s Economics?

Article | Oct 20, 2017

Animal rights, child welfare, social equality are all a direct legacy of the “cult of feeling”