Hugh Gusterson – SAPIENS

Anthropology Magazine

A crowd faces a large outdoor screen showing video of a nuclear missile launching into a blue sky. Several buses are visible in the background.

What Commentators Get Wrong (and Right) About North Korea

durkheim trump - Does a written constitution ensure a more democratic society?

Without Norms, Societies Fall Apart

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Will U.S. University Students Spread COVID-19?

Some protestors address police officers directly in an attempt to engage them as individuals.

Can Protestors Humanize the Police?

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COVID-19 and the Turn to Magical Thinking

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The Problem of Imagining the Real

coronavirus name - In President Donald Trump's notes for a COVID-19 briefing on March 19, the word “corona” was crossed out and replaced with "Chinese" virus.

What’s Wrong With “the Chinese Virus”?

Bosnian cellist Vedran Smailovic plays an elegy in Sarajevo’s blasted and burned library.

Why Targeting Heritage Is a Crime Against Humanity

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Reconsidering How We Honor Those Lost to War

Trump authoritarian - In the era of Vladimir Putin’s rule, Russia has largely moved away from representative democracy toward authoritarian oligarchy.

Trump L’oeil

Power of Rumors

How Rumors Tap and Fuel Anxieties in the Internet Age

Trump foreign policy - Foreign policy for a Donald Trump presidency would include constant threat as diplomacy, and bullying and domination as strategies.

Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy: Bullying, Domination, and Fearmongering

Understanding Mass Killings

Parting Words