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Lasse S. Andersen
When the intellectual historian István Hont (1947-2013) defected to the United Kingdom in 1975, he knew that he would likely never see his native country or much of his family ever again. He also knew, however, that communism, which had frustrated his hopes of an academic career in Hungary, was a failed political experiment, one […]
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Jaqueline Mariña
It is a commonplace too often taken for granted that the Enlightenment––in particular Kant’s grounding of morality in reason––was a failure. For some, the Enlightenment’s attempt to clear away all superstition left only an empty subjectivism and materialism culminating in atomistic nihilism. For others, the Enlightenment was just one more mask in the European will […]
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Sebastian Sobecki
What did it mean to travel in the premodern world – long before passports, maps, or reliable roads? Countless surviving yet often overlooked accounts open a window onto a time when people from Asia, Africa, and Europe journeyed immense distances on foot, by caravan, or across unpredictable seas. Their stories reveal not only the physical […]
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Lucia Motolinia
On March 4, Mexico took a remarkable step backward: Congress approved a new electoral reform that will, once again, ban consecutive reelection for all elected officials starting in 2030, with the stated goal of “preventing political entrenchment and nepotism.” After only a few election cycles with reelection, with the original ban on consecutive reelection just […]
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Zeynep Ozgen
In 2002, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), a group with deep roots in religious politics, won a decisive electoral victory in Turkey. The party secured a majority of the national vote, formed a single party government, and subsequently remained in power for more than two decades. To longtime observers of Turkish politics, the idea […]
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Emanuel J. Drechsel
My book, Wilhelm von Humboldt and Early American Linguistics, addresses an audience of interested scholars and potential readers with the following concentrations: My book may also be of interest to a broader audience wishing to learn about the intricacies of nineteenth-century comparative studies in linguistics, the social sciences, and other disciplines, foremost natural history. In […]
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Daniel Gunnar Kressel
During the 1960s and 1970s, most Latin American republics saw their democratic systems ousted by ruthless military dictatorships. Whether in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, or Uruguay, these regimes alleged to purge society from communism – thus averting an imminent “civil war” – only thereafter to enact profound neo-liberal reforms in their economies. “Bureaucratic Authoritarianism” is how […]
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Vered Shwartz
Imagine waking up in the morning. You read your emails with the morning coffee and use Gmail’s autocomplete feature to compile the answers. Before leaving the house, you ask Siri for the weather forecast, to decide whether you need to bring your jacket. Later in the day, you interact with a customer service chatbot about […]
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Lasse S. Andersen
When the intellectual historian István Hont (1947-2013) defected to the United Kingdom in 1975, he knew that he would likely never see his native country or much of his family ever again. He also knew, however, that communism, which had frustrated his hopes of an academic career in Hungary, was a failed political experiment, one […]
Read More
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Jaqueline Mariña
It is a commonplace too often taken for granted that the Enlightenment––in particular Kant’s grounding of morality in reason––was a failure. For some, the Enlightenment’s attempt to clear away all superstition left only an empty subjectivism and materialism culminating in atomistic nihilism. For others, the Enlightenment was just one more mask in the European will […]
Read More
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Sebastian Sobecki
What did it mean to travel in the premodern world – long before passports, maps, or reliable roads? Countless surviving yet often overlooked accounts open a window onto a time when people from Asia, Africa, and Europe journeyed immense distances on foot, by caravan, or across unpredictable seas. Their stories reveal not only the physical […]
Read More
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Lucia Motolinia
On March 4, Mexico took a remarkable step backward: Congress approved a new electoral reform that will, once again, ban consecutive reelection for all elected officials starting in 2030, with the stated goal of “preventing political entrenchment and nepotism.” After only a few election cycles with reelection, with the original ban on consecutive reelection just […]
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Zeynep Ozgen
In 2002, the Justice and Development Party (AKP), a group with deep roots in religious politics, won a decisive electoral victory in Turkey. The party secured a majority of the national vote, formed a single party government, and subsequently remained in power for more than two decades. To longtime observers of Turkish politics, the idea […]
Read More
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Emanuel J. Drechsel
My book, Wilhelm von Humboldt and Early American Linguistics, addresses an audience of interested scholars and potential readers with the following concentrations: My book may also be of interest to a broader audience wishing to learn about the intricacies of nineteenth-century comparative studies in linguistics, the social sciences, and other disciplines, foremost natural history. In […]
Read More
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Daniel Gunnar Kressel
During the 1960s and 1970s, most Latin American republics saw their democratic systems ousted by ruthless military dictatorships. Whether in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, or Uruguay, these regimes alleged to purge society from communism – thus averting an imminent “civil war” – only thereafter to enact profound neo-liberal reforms in their economies. “Bureaucratic Authoritarianism” is how […]
Read More
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Vered Shwartz
Imagine waking up in the morning. You read your emails with the morning coffee and use Gmail’s autocomplete feature to compile the answers. Before leaving the house, you ask Siri for the weather forecast, to decide whether you need to bring your jacket. Later in the day, you interact with a customer service chatbot about […]
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