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Giulio Ongaro and Megan Laws: Towards a Progressive Theory of Myth: Turner and Graeber on Social Creativity

David Graeber’s work is often described as ‘myth-busting’. His most recent scholarly work with David Wengrow is explicitly so – a weeding out (excuse the farming pun) of…

Post date 24th January 2022
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Is Life What You Make of It?

The Familiar Strange

In regard to how much pre-determined ‘luck’ compares to perceptions of social mobility, it is useful to remember that both luck and feelings of free-will play into social…

Post date 5th September 2018
Post author By Julia Brown
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Structure & Agency In Contemporary Social Theory

Decolonize ALL The Things

One of the main concerns of theorists of society in the 20th century has been the question of the relation between structure and agency. Describe three different schools…

Post date 1st February 2017
Post author By Shay-Akil
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