In his recently published book, Singular Listlessness, Timothy Barrett, Professor of the Department of History at London University's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), traces the tradition in Britain back to its source with some surprising conclusions.
倫敦大學亞非學院歷史系教授提摩太．巴若（Prof. Timothy Barrett）在他的近著「Singular Listlessness」中追本溯源，探究的結果，令他自己和同儕、讀者，都「十分震驚」。