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Cairns Craig [a relation to Carol? We're not sure] is one of the constants of Scottish intellectual life over the last 20 years. As editor of the 'Determinations' series published by Polygon in the eighties and nineties, Craig helped to develop - shaped by contemporary critical theory - an autonomous history of Scottish thought, from Duns Scotus to Tom Nairn. His own work - exemplified by The Modern Scottish Novel, Out of History and most recently Intending Scotland - is the first place to stop if you want a rigorous and synoptic view of the internal coherence, and external impact, of Scottish ideas in the 20th/21st century. He is currently head of the Irish and Scottish Studies at Aberdeen University, and part of the excitingly titled Centre for Modern Thought. (Though we must mention Colin McArthur's resounding critique of Craig's work in Scottish Affairs. Available online? Of course not).