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”.

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...

Saturday, July 9, 2022

The Debate about Political Culture

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Last year the blog had three posts on this issue – identifying a range of material I needed to get my head around and which is summarised in...

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, June 30, 2022

The Truth about privatisation

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I get so fed up with the propaganda we are constantly being fed about the need for yet more privatisation of this or that part of our public...

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Managers take all

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More than 60 years after I first started studying economics, I still find myself utterly confused about a subject I actually taught for a fe...

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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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