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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Saturday, May 17, 2014

Collapse of a Continent

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I have mentioned Perry Anderson several times on this blog. Although his reputation is based on his work as an historian and political ...

Monday, March 17, 2014

Indifference to our European differences - part I

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Three years ago, to the day, I was expressing my concern about the absence of good writing on specific european societies and systems ...

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Britain and Europe

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A year ago, my blog rose to a challenge to name the 50 books to keep in one’s library if forced to reduce it to 50 books My basic criteria...

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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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