Brent Nongbri, “Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Religion] We all know that religion is a universal feature of human history, right? Well, maybe not. In Before Religion: A History of a…
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Brent Nongbri, “Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept” (Yale University Press, 2013)
We all know that religion is a universal feature of human history, right? Well, maybe not. In Before Religion: A History of a Modern Concept (Yale University Press,…
Sign Petition opposing additional sanctions against Iran
The United States has opened the first serious talks with Iran in 34 years. Some members of Congress are attempting to sabotage this diplomatic effort by calling for…
The War Bill–Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2013–Gusterson (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
Commentary from William O. Beeman: This excellent article points up the danger of letting ignorant legislators try to micromanage diplomacy. I use the word ignorant in three senses.…
2010 Diggies Featured on Upworthy
The 2010 team of Diggies (Digital Ethnography students) were featured on Upworthy for their “flash mob of kindness” video to support K-State Proud. Under the title, “A Mob…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
A 2014 Challenge for the Social Sciences
Social scientists are living in increasingly challenging times. In states like North Carolina there is a politically driven movement to dump the “irrelevant” and “unproductive” social sciences a…
This year’s Edge question
The new The Edge annual question, and the answers, are now online. The question was: “What scientific idea is ready for retirement?” Here are some answers that could…
Coal is modernity
It has taken us several hundred million years to produce this compressed sunlight, and it has been the driving force of modern civilization for two hundred years. It…
Conflation as Insult (On the Gold Open Access World I Live In)
On Savage Minds, Alex Golub very generously celebrates the recent publication of a large quantity of open access journal articles in anthropology and neighboring fields. I wish to…
Erica Cusi Wortham, “Indigenous Media in Mexico: Indigenous Media in Mexico: Culture, Community, and the State”
[Cross-posted from New Books in Latin American Studies] Videography is a powerful tool for recording and representing aspects of human society and culture, and anthropologists have long used –…
Erica Cusi Wortham, “Indigenous Media in Mexico: Culture, Community, and the State” (Duke University Press, 2013)
Videography is a powerful tool for recording and representing aspects of human society and culture, and anthropologists have long used – and debated the use of – video…
Joint PhD degree in the cognitive science of religion
A new Doctoral programme in the cognitive the science of religion has been established by Aarhus University (Graduate School of Arts/Religion, Cognition and Culture Research Unit–see http://www….
A global crisis of desire?
Elephants clashing with human beings on their paddy fields, people dying from kidney failure, climatic uncertainty, increased jealousy leading to sorcery attacks, and the near…
Books average previous decade of economic misery
This paper has been widely covered by popular and scientific media. Here some examples: Why Wasn’t it ‘Grapes of Glee’? Study of Books Find Economic Link, The New…
Summer course on Morality: Evolutionary Origins and Cognitive Mechanisms, Budapest, June 2014.
The CEU Summer University announces the course: “Morality: Evolutionary Origins and Cognitive Mechanisms”, June 23-30, 2014, Budapest, Hungary . Application deadline: February 14, 2014. What makes hu…
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Moral Psychology, Seoul, March 2014
A conference on “Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Moral Psychology” sponsored by Korea University and the Rutgers University Research Group on Evolution & Cognition will take place at the Korea…