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How Culture Normalises Patriarchy
Norms matter, but how exactly? What are the precise mechanisms of cultural persistence? Drawing on my qualitative research in India, Mexico, Morocco…
Jun 9, 2023
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Alice Evans
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Given ChatGPT, how can professors prevent plagiarism?
Artificial Intelligence is changing the world. ChatGPT and Claude.AI are superb at synthesis and analysis. Students can use these technologies to write…
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Why Modernisation Theory is Wrong
Our world is undergoing a major cultural divergence. Scientific-secularism has become increasingly popular in high-income democracies, while…
May 18
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Alice Evans
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The Cultural Heterogeneity of the Muslim World
Islam spread worldwide, gaining strongholds in Mali, Mindanao, and the Maldives. Far from the Islamic heartland, new converts were remarkably…
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How do Dictators Stay in Power? "Censorship as Reward!"
Authoritarianism is often understood as repression of political dissent. But that’s not all. In her brilliant analysis of Chilean movies, Jane Esberg…
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Warrior Women on the Steppe!
In Hobbes’s state of nature, life is ‘solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short’, with ‘continual fear and danger of violent death’. He may well have…
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Alice Evans
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"A History of the Muslim World" by Michael Cook (Review )
Before the 6th century, Arabia was a peripheral wilderness: lacking resources, rivers and a state. Against the odds, Muhammad unified the Arab tribes…
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Alice Evans
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“The Evolution of Religions” by Lance Grande. Review & Questions
Religions are like species and language. They can be categorised into common clusters, with shared origins, which then fission into sects. By tracing…
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Alice Evans
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Against Rose-Tinted Patriarchy
History isn’t just a study of the past, it’s an ideological battle: eulogising saviours, demonising villains, omitting awkward things we’d rather…
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Alice Evans
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Did Stalinism Weaken Patriarchy?
Which aspect of Stalinism had the most long-lasting effect on gender? Central planners set wages low and productivity targets high. Firms readily hired…
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