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Let’s Get Physical: Dissociated and Integrated Physicality

John Suler, author of Psychology of the Digital Age: Humans Become Electric (2015) explores 'dissociated physicality' in our ever increasing world of tech dependence.

John Suler | 22 Feb 2016

The history of modern macroeconomics

Author Michel De Vroey gives us an insight into his latest book A History of Macroeconomics from Keynes to Lucas and Beyond (2016).

Michel De Vroey | 19 Feb 2016

Cattle Domestication: from Aurochs to Cow

In author Mario Melletti's previous post he explored the impact of feral water buffalo on Australian ecosystems. Here, he talks about the main steps that have brought us the wide range of modern cattle breeds through the process of domestication of their ancestor, the aurochs.

Mario Melletti | 18 Feb 2016

A disconcerting ambiguity

A disconcerting ambiguity: a note on the Spanish noun escatología, and adjective escatológico Eschatology: Branch of theology concerning the end of the world Scatology: Scientific study of excrement Spanish...

Ronald Batchelor | 17 Feb 2016

Black History Month: Slavery and forced migration in the Deep South

We mark Black History Month with a series of blog articles recalling some of the important people and events in African American history.

Damian Alan Pargas | 16 Feb 2016

Narcissism, Politics and the 2016 US Election

In this age of narcissism, the proliferation of politicians with significant narcissistic personality features is dramatic. In his new book, Narcissism and Politics: Dreams of Glory, Jerrold Post systematically applies the understanding of narcissism to the world of politics.

Jerrold M. Post | 15 Feb 2016

Micro Foundations of Hobbes’ Problem of Social Order

Edward Lawler, Shane Thye and Jeongkoo Yoon, authors of Order on the Edge of Chaos (2015) examine Thomas Hobbes' problem of social order.

Shane Thye, Jeongkoo Yoon, Edward J. Lawler | 12 Feb 2016

The Liberal Uncanny

Uriel Abulof, author of The Mortality and Morality of Nations (2015), explores liberty and death in a time of terror.

Uriel Abulof | 11 Feb 2016

Black History Month: Raymond Gavins on the quest for freedom and equality

We mark Black History Month with a series of blog articles recalling some of the important people and events in African American history.

Raymond Gavins | 9 Feb 2016

Anxious Politics

Bethany Albertson and Shana Kushner Gadarian, co-authors of Anxious Politics: Democratic Citizenship in a Threatening World (2015), discuss the relationship between anxiety, public mood and politics.

Shana Kushner Gadarian, Bethany Albertson | 8 Feb 2016

The gender politics of military service

Author Dorit Geva discusses her novel approach to studying the gender politics of military service in France and the United States.

8 Feb 2016

London Lives Revealed: George Barrington

All this week on fifteeneightyfour we are reconstructing the lives of eighteenth century Londoners who feature in, London Lives a new book which examines the daily lives of the poor and criminal in eighteenth century London, including thieves, paupers, prostitutes and highwaymen, and shows how their actions influenced the pace and direction of change in social policy.

5 Feb 2016