Peripheral Vision

a celebration of intellectual trespassing by a retired "social scientist" as he tries to make sense of the world..... Gillian Tett puts it rather nicely in her 2021 book “Anthro-Vision” - “We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision”.

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Thursday, September 3, 2020

The most readable Guidebooks to Economics

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I have, I readily admit, a certain fixation about the style of social science books – particularly economic ones . I have at least 5 reaso...

Sunday, February 23, 2020

In Praise of the Outsider

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Universities are a frequent whipping-boy in these posts…….mainly for the compartmentalisation of the social sciences ; the obfuscating nat...

Tuesday, October 15, 2019

Capitalism – what is it? Can it change for the better?

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If character traits are getting more inward and selfish, what does this mean for our ability to create a better future? The recent series...

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nomadron: Bran-Rucar corridor, Carpathian mountains..., Romania; Can be contacted at bakuron2003@yahoo.co.uk Political refugee from Thatcher's Britain (or rather Scotland) who has been on the move since 1991. First in central Europe - then from 1999 Central Asia and Caucasus. Working on EU projects - related to building capacity of local and central government. Home base is an old house in the Carpathian mountains

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