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Christian Olaf Christiansen
Should every human being, regardless of their class, gender, sexuality, race, religion and origin be entitled to certain basic economic, social and cultural human rights such as adequate renumeration for their work, decent housing and access to food? Not everyone seems to think so. In 2007, the liberal journal The Economist asserted that “food, jobs […]
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Yannick I. Pengl, Carl Müller-Crepon, Luc Girardin, Lars-Erik Cederman
Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked many in the West. So did Hamas’s surprise attack on southern Israel in October 2023 and Israel’s response of massive violence and ethnic cleansing. For all the talk in policy circles about a “rules-based order,” most academic observers, liberals as well as realists, were caught […]
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Paolo Santori
What is the right thing to do? You probably find yourself asking this question quite often. Philosophers, both inside and outside academia, have pondered it by exploring its meaning and considering potential answers. To clarify, they have developed or imagined various scenarios that touch on different facets of human existence. Interestingly, the market is one […]
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Professor Andreas Maercker
What will become of those currently experiencing the wars we see in the media? Take the wars in Ukraine, Gaza/Israel and Sudan, for example. Will the children be permanently scarred into adulthood, and will the communities be too? My book Historical Trauma: Psychological Processes, Contexts, and Healing collects evidence from psychology and the social sciences […]
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Peter Fibiger Bang
Roman historians habitually think of the Empire as a precursor of Europe and the West. But most historians of Europe see it differently. They see Europe as a result of the failure of attempts to create a new universal empire after the model of Rome. This is a paradox, barely noticed, that cries out to […]
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Julianne House, Dániel Z. Kádár
1: Overview In this blog series, we will provide an overview of the representative features of Chinese politeness in daily interaction. Instead of discussing conventional topics, such as the use of honorifics in business meetings, the famous concept of ‘face’ and other phenomena typically mentioned regarding Chinese politeness, we intend to draw attention to seemingly […]
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Robert B. Williams
Most Americans (and economists) are clueless regarding the racial wealth gap A recent study asked over a thousand people their perceptions of the wealth gap between White and Black Americans. Respondents were invited to compare the wealth of a typical Black household assuming White households held $100, both currently and in 1963. They could choose […]
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Atinuke O. Adediran
In the summer of 2020, corporate America found its voice on race. Across every sector, from finance to retail to tech, corporations and their executives issued public statements proclaiming solidarity with Black communities and pledging to confront racial inequality. I watched this unfold like many others—partly inspired by the apparent shift. After all, the Business […]
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Christian Olaf Christiansen
Should every human being, regardless of their class, gender, sexuality, race, religion and origin be entitled to certain basic economic, social and cultural human rights such as adequate renumeration for their work, decent housing and access to food? Not everyone seems to think so. In 2007, the liberal journal The Economist asserted that “food, jobs […]
Read More
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Yannick I. Pengl, Carl Müller-Crepon, Luc Girardin, Lars-Erik Cederman
Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked many in the West. So did Hamas’s surprise attack on southern Israel in October 2023 and Israel’s response of massive violence and ethnic cleansing. For all the talk in policy circles about a “rules-based order,” most academic observers, liberals as well as realists, were caught […]
Read More
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Paolo Santori
What is the right thing to do? You probably find yourself asking this question quite often. Philosophers, both inside and outside academia, have pondered it by exploring its meaning and considering potential answers. To clarify, they have developed or imagined various scenarios that touch on different facets of human existence. Interestingly, the market is one […]
Read More
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Professor Andreas Maercker
What will become of those currently experiencing the wars we see in the media? Take the wars in Ukraine, Gaza/Israel and Sudan, for example. Will the children be permanently scarred into adulthood, and will the communities be too? My book Historical Trauma: Psychological Processes, Contexts, and Healing collects evidence from psychology and the social sciences […]
Read More
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Peter Fibiger Bang
Roman historians habitually think of the Empire as a precursor of Europe and the West. But most historians of Europe see it differently. They see Europe as a result of the failure of attempts to create a new universal empire after the model of Rome. This is a paradox, barely noticed, that cries out to […]
Read More
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Julianne House, Dániel Z. Kádár
1: Overview In this blog series, we will provide an overview of the representative features of Chinese politeness in daily interaction. Instead of discussing conventional topics, such as the use of honorifics in business meetings, the famous concept of ‘face’ and other phenomena typically mentioned regarding Chinese politeness, we intend to draw attention to seemingly […]
Read More
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Robert B. Williams
Most Americans (and economists) are clueless regarding the racial wealth gap A recent study asked over a thousand people their perceptions of the wealth gap between White and Black Americans. Respondents were invited to compare the wealth of a typical Black household assuming White households held $100, both currently and in 1963. They could choose […]
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Atinuke O. Adediran
In the summer of 2020, corporate America found its voice on race. Across every sector, from finance to retail to tech, corporations and their executives issued public statements proclaiming solidarity with Black communities and pledging to confront racial inequality. I watched this unfold like many others—partly inspired by the apparent shift. After all, the Business […]
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