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Category Archives: Sociology
Residents of Poorer Nations Find Greater Meaning in Life
Science Daily reports on findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science: Dec. 18, 2013 — While residents of wealthy nations tend to have greater life satisfaction, new research shows that those living in poorer … Continue reading
Posted in Dark Enlightenment, Religion, Sociology, White Identity
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Primo Levi
In The Nation, Vivian Gornick has an exceptionally well written review of Berel Lang’s book Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life. Gornick argues convincing that Primo Levi’s suicide in 1987 was not a direct result, per se, of his … Continue reading
Posted in Existentialism, History, Literature, Sociology
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The Slow Death of Social Capital
In 2007, liberal social theorist Robert Putnam made a discovery so startling that he sat on his research for an unusually long time, thinking he must have overlooked some mitigating factor he had not yet considered. But, alas, the evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Death of the West, Race, Sociology
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Are Millennials Turning Their Backs on the American Dream?
In “Are Millennials Turning Their Backs on the American Dream?”, Joel Kotkin discusses “the perception of a majority of middle class Americans that their children will not do better than them, with as many as pessimistic about the future as … Continue reading
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Which Professions Have The Most Psychopaths?
Here’s the definition of psychopathy via the always-reliable Wikipedia: Psychopathy is a personality disorder that has been variously described as characterized by shallow emotions (in particular reduced fear), stress tolerance, lacking empathy, coldheartedness, lacking guilt, egocentricity, superficial character, manipulativeness, irresponsibility, … Continue reading
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Fifty Ways to Leave Leviathan
In the current issue of The Freeman is “Fifty Ways to Leave Leviathan“, where Max Borders & Jeffrey Tucker discuss some of the bottom-up, libertarian-oriented dynamics rapidly changing society, and with the potential to bypass the State. There’s a brief … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Sociology, Technology
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Charles Murray: Uncommon Knowledge Interview
Here’s the full 47 min Uncommon Knowledge interview with the great Charles Murray, discussing how White America is ‘Coming Apart’.
Anti-Science Teabaggers
Prof Kahan surprises himself: A finding in a study on the relationship between science literacy and political ideology surprised the Yale professor behind it: Tea party members know more science than non-tea partiers. Yale law professor Dan Kahan posted on … Continue reading
Americans’ Declining Reading Proficiency
From the LA Times: The reading skills of American adults are significantly lower than those of adults in most other developed countries, according to a new international survey. What’s more, over the last two decades Americans’ reading proficiency has declined … Continue reading
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Pew: A Portrait of Jewish Americans
Pew Research has a new study on Jews in America, polling their attitudes on jewish identiy among other things. American Jews overwhelmingly say they are proud to be Jewish and have a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people, … Continue reading