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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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Reflections on national cultures - part V

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This series of posts took an interesting turn when I read Howard Wiarda’s “ Political Culture, political science and identity politics – an ...

Sunday, July 10, 2022

What is Culture?

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Culture is a confusing term – covering both artistic pursuits and a set of societal values. A culture is what we grow up in – it’s our pare...

Thursday, July 7, 2022

National Traits??

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If you really want to upset the “politically correct” mob, bring up the subject of political culture and show that you actually believe tha...

Thursday, November 1, 2018

Plus Ca Change,,,,plus c’est la meme chose???

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European countries have experienced massive changes since the end of the war – and yet, I keep on wondering, .”to what extent do national c...

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Why we need to be suspicious of the idea of “political culture”

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We like to think that we are “ masters of our fate ” and it irks us when foreigners, for example, make us realise that our behaviour is oft...

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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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