A study across 18 western countries has found that left-handed people sit on the left of the political spectrum and the data suggests it has more to do with identity than biology.
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The interwar years in Latin America saw a remarkable flourishing of left-wing political thought aiming to challenge US dominance. That could offer lessons for today.
How various factions respond to the Trump administration’s threat to be the de facto ruler of the country could quickly inflame domestic tensions and lead to conflict.
Henry James’ ‘The Princess Casamassima’ tells a story of political radicalism in a time of economic inequality. But even James ran up against the limits of putting himself in the mind of a killer.
Even though France organised the opening ceremony, the country is not immune to the culture war.
Political scientists describe the age we are living in as “post-political”. This controversial concept refers to a noted lack of political alternatives on a global scale.
Some leftists today forget the need for a politics of redistribution alongside one of recognition. But a new book fails to show the left is beholden to a cartoon version of identity politics.
Castillo is a farmer and teacher who has never held national office. Peru is a nation in political turmoil, with the world’s worst COVID-19 death rate. Can this unlikely leader lead it through crisis?
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Doctor Europeus en droit (mention histoire du droit – label européen) / chercheur post-doctoral, Université de Bordeaux
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Mellon Visiting Professor, University of Illinois Chicago
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Associate Professor of Latin American Studies, Sociology and Criminology, University of Florida
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Reader in Postcolonial Studies, Liverpool John Moores University
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Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
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Research Fellow, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of History, Modern Latin America, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professeur d'Economie et de Finance, Université de Strasbourg
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Professeur de finance, LEM-CNRS 9221, IÉSEG School of Management
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