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”.

Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Getting to Denmark

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I’ve always been a sucker for books which promised to reveal the essence or soul of a nation or Region and “ The Nordic Secret ” (2017) - wh...

Sunday, June 12, 2022

Bryan Magee in context

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I’ve been captivated these last couple of days by the autobiographies of Bryan Magee (1930-2019) who is remembered here and celebrated on t...

Thursday, June 9, 2022

SCOTUS VIATUS

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The “Review of Democracy” website continues to offer great material – this time focusing on RW Seton Watson , a Scottish journalist (using...

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

The final insightful texts on Change

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I recently drew attention to the fact that books on change divide into four very different typologies – the individual, the technological/...

Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Why don’t we ask more interesting Questions?

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Last year I bought “ The Daily Stoic Journal – 366 days of writing and reflection on the art of living ” which I promptly placed on a pile o...

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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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