Tag Archives: Anthropology
A Debt Crisis…5,000 Years in the Making
by David Graeber, author of Debt: The First 5,000 Years (Melville House, 2011) Debt is all around us. Modern economies run on consumer debt; modern nation-states, on deficit financing; international relations turn on debt. What’s more, for the last three … Continue reading
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Author Response: “The Occult and the Making of American Religion”
by Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation (Bantam hardcover 2009, Bantam trade paperback October 2010). Discussions about the occult tend to stir passions, which is natural … Continue reading
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The Occult and the Making of American Religion
by Mitch Horowitz, author of Occult America: White House Seances, Ouija Circles, Masons, and the Secret Mystic History of Our Nation (Bantam hardcover 2009, Bantam trade paperback October 2010). In 1970, philosopher Jacob Needleman opened a new discussion about religion … Continue reading
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Is Empathy Hardwired?
World-renown primatologist Dr. Frans De Waal’s new book, The Age of Empathy: Nature’s Lessons for a Kinder Society, draws upon decades of research and study, considering such fundamental questions as: Do we have an instinct for compassion? Or is everything … Continue reading
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