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”.

Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Showing posts with label power. Show all posts
Monday, June 26, 2023

Wising up with old age

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Earlier this month I tried to do a post on what I had learned about power – but it rather petered out when I realised how many of the books ...
Monday, November 26, 2018

We need to talk about……..Power

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Oborne’s book was interesting because, rightly or wrongly, it seemed to identify a turning point – that the way the British system of gover...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

What is to be Done?

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Since 2001 I’ve been worrying away at a long essay variously entitled “ What is to be Done? ”, “ Living for Posterity ” and “Draft Guide...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Democratic Discontents

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Warning! This is a long post! Questions about the capacity of government in general and the political system in particular has been promi...
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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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