Yearly Archives: 2020
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Before venturing into a fully-fledged linguistic analysis of ritual behaviour during this time of social distancing, one issue worth discussing is the typological concept of ‘rites of aggression’....
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Many people I know have been out walking more, since COVID-19 upended our routines and transformed our daily lives. For a while, during the first shutdown, the activity of walking was the only way in...
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A corpse is lifted from the back of a wagon during the 1832 cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c. 1832....
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One of the many―arguably lesser attended―effects of the COVID-19 crisis has been the continued exacerbation of the vulnerability of migrants. With borders closed and the threat of the “end of asylum”...
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Imagine it’s the middle of the fourteenth century, and you fall from the sky, landing in the heart of medieval Cairo. I’m assuming we’re all historians of religion, so upon arrival you immediately...
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The rewriting of history to suit a current political agenda is not new. Nor is the creative representation of particular individuals or institutions only a modern phenomenon. The extraordinary serial...
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As the United Kingdom scrambles to find a new place for itself in the world following its withdrawal from the European Union in January 2020, there is much talk in political circles of building a ‘Global...
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One reason why Covidiotism attracts so much attention and strong feeling is that social distancing and its violations are strongly related to what the renowned sociologist Erving Goffman has described...
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Before venturing into a fully-fledged linguistic analysis of ritual behaviour during...
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Many people I know have been out walking more, since COVID-19 upended our routines...
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A corpse is lifted from the back of a wagon during the 1832 cholera epidemic. Coloured lithograph, c...
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One of the many―arguably lesser attended―effects of the COVID-19 crisis has...
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Imagine it’s the middle of the fourteenth century, and you fall from the sky,...
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The rewriting of history to suit a current political agenda is not new. Nor is the...
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As the United Kingdom scrambles to find a new place for itself in the world following...
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One reason why Covidiotism attracts so much attention and strong feeling is that...
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