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”.

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Why the Rule of Law is fundamental

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We used to take the Rule of Law for granted in Britain – although we were aware that it was a privilege unknown to billions of people throug...

Challenge to Rule of Law in Europe

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2004 saw 10 new member countries admitted to the European Union. Just 2 countries were judged not sufficiently ready – Bulgaria and Romania ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Rule of Law under attack

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One thing I know – ALL POWER CORRUPTS. I know that because I was a senior politician for 22 years and could feel and see its effects on both...
Thursday, November 4, 2021

Cultivating Change

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Hanno Burmester is an interesting young German, a disappointed activist in the mainstream SDP before working at his own organisational cons...
Thursday, October 28, 2021

Know Thyself

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The last post was a bit of a confessional one – which still managed to conceal something.  What I was really trying to get off my chest was...
Monday, October 25, 2021

Mea Culpa

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OK – message received! Readership figures have this month plummeted – despite posts continuing to come in every second day or so.  I admit t...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2021

The Triumph of the Spectacle

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The United States of America prides itself on being the “leader of the free world”. In reality it is a deeply sick society whose only freed...
Sunday, October 17, 2021

How our mind works

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It was only yesterday that I noticed that the annotated bibliography on the global economic meltdown which has been included in my draft boo...
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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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