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Anthropology

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History

Book Review: The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity

Early cities' concentrated populations and burgeoning scale didn't spontaneously summon pharaonic god-kings or bureaucrats.

Charles Johnson | 5.28.2022 6:00 AM

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Alcohol

Why We Drink

The anthropological roots of humanity's love of booze

Katrina Gulliver | 10.30.2021 6:00 AM

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Honor

Lance Armstrong vs. the New Honor Code

Should Americans be tougher on our celebrities—and ourselves? A leading anthropologist says yes.

Nick Gillespie | 2.20.2021 12:00 PM

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Book Reviews

Occult Features of Anarchism

An anthropologist examines secret societies, revolutionary movements, and esoteric ideas.

Jesse Walker | 10.4.2019 6:30 AM

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What If Man Is a Killer Ape Beset by Original Sin?

A new book probes the roots of humans' destructive impulses.

Katrina Gulliver | 8.4.2019 6:00 AM

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Princeton Professor Cancels 'Hate Speech' Class After Backlash from Offended Students

Students yelled expletives at Lawrence Rosen during class.

Robby Soave | 2.14.2018 4:55 PM

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Students Walk Out on Prof Who Teaches 'Hate Speech, Blasphemy, and Pornography' for Using the N-Word

What did you expect?

Robby Soave | 2.12.2018 5:01 PM

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History

Statist Just-So Stories

The author of Seeing Like a State casts a skeptical eye on the conventional wisdom about the cradle of civilization.

Jacob Levy | 11.26.2017 6:00 AM

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Christmas

Christmas Horrors

Jesse Walker | 11.25.2016 12:00 PM

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Slavery

Anarchy, Swamp, and Utopia

Archeologists offer a new look at a secretive settlement of runaway slaves.

Jesse Walker | 9.8.2016 3:20 PM

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ISIS Is Expanding. Should U.S. Military Bases Abroad Expand Too?

Author David Vine says a growth in overseas bases will damage national security and the economy.

Nick Gillespie and Amanda Winkler | 1.21.2016 3:25 PM

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Culture

Is It Unethical for Caucasians to Cook Chinese Food?

The pernicious silliness of cultural appropriation censorship.

Ronald Bailey | 8.26.2015 12:12 PM

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Culture

What I Saw At the Conspiracy Theory Conference

When tribes collide

Jesse Walker | 3.18.2015 2:49 PM

Culture

Five Things They Don't Want You to Know About Conspiracy Theories

Exploding the myths about the paranoid tales we tell.

Jesse Walker | 10.26.2013 5:00 PM

Policy

Edward Snowden, Bradley Manning, and the Intelligence Community's Double Bind

Why one approach to stopping leaks won't work.

Jesse Walker | 8.6.2013 12:13 PM

Culture

Is War Declining - and Why?

Ronald Bailey | 5.28.2013 5:15 PM

Culture

Achieving Privacy in Public

Teenagers and social steganography.

Jesse Walker | 5.23.2013 1:44 PM

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Culture

Are Savages Noble?

Two new books ask whether our ancestors were right about food, sex, war, and trade.

Ronald Bailey | 5.22.2013 1:30 PM

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The Great Penis Robbery

Stolen valor

Jesse Walker | 3.22.2013 12:52 PM

Civil Liberties

Jared Diamond, Imperialist?

A human rights worker takes on The World Until Yesterday

Jesse Walker | 2.4.2013 9:56 AM

Culture

Years Without a Santa Claus

Puritans, pagans, and Christmas

Jesse Walker | 12.21.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Practical Anarchy

James C. Scott's latest book makes a low-key case for a little bit of anarchism.

Lucy Steigerwald | 12.4.2012 7:00 AM

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Culture

How to Have a Good Idea

A unified theory of fantasy football; Eat, Pray, Love; and Burning Man.

Grant McCracken | 11.29.2012 1:30 PM

Culture

Today's Depressing Post-Thanksgiving Metaphor

The fate of the pardoned turkeys

Jesse Walker | 11.26.2012 10:13 AM

Science & Technology

Scientists Uncover Oldest-Known Prehistoric "Town"

Parts of two-story houses, other structures found in Bulgaria

Reason Staff | 10.31.2012 10:00 PM

Politics

The Professors and the Tea Parties

Ten scholars try to explain the Tea Party movement.

Charles Pearson | 10.23.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Vampires and Cannibals in American History

Jesse Walker | 6.22.2012 11:36 AM

Politics

Well, You Wonder Why I Always Dress in Black…

Jesse Walker | 5.25.2012 1:54 PM

Culture

The Facebook Friend in the Plastic Bubble

Are we filtering ourselves to death?

Jesse Walker | 11.4.2011 3:29 PM

Culture

The Facebook Friend in the Plastic Bubble

Are we filtering ourselves to death?

Jesse Walker | 7.14.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

An Anthropologist Looks at Bitcoin

Jesse Walker | 7.8.2011 1:09 PM

Policy

When Anti-Bullying Campaigns Miss the Point

Jesse Walker | 11.22.2010 11:50 AM

Politics

Between Time and Timbuktoo

Jesse Walker | 9.7.2010 3:10 PM

Politics

You've Changed, Man

Jesse Walker | 8.14.2010 12:01 PM

Civil Liberties

Their Eyes Were Watching Movies

Jesse Walker | 8.13.2010 5:02 PM

Politics

My Anti-Heroes Have Always Been Capitalists! Or, Why Everyone Hated Bill Gates Before He Started Giving Away His $$$

Nick Gillespie | 4.2.2010 2:23 PM

Politics

Snark Attack

The New Yorker's David Denby campaigns against "low, teasing, snide, condescending" criticism

Michael Moynihan | 4.6.2009 3:00 PM

Politics

The Southeast Asian Maroons

Jesse Walker | 8.25.2008 7:05 AM

Politics

With His Ballot in His Hand

Anthropologist Margaret Dorsey on music, marketing, and Texas politics

Jesse Walker | 3.3.2008 3:00 PM

Science & Technology

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Cyberspace

Jesse Walker | 6.27.2007 8:00 AM

Culture

I Loathe Paris in the Slammer

The sacrificial heiress

Jesse Walker | 6.18.2007 11:59 AM

Culture

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

The war on Christmas is over. Guess who won?

Jesse Walker | 12.19.2005 12:00 AM

Politics

In a State's Eye

Jesse Walker | 5.1.1999 12:00 AM

Politics

The Politics of Plenitude

The marketplace multiplies cultural identities and creates true diversity. No wonder the right and the left are upset.

Grant McCracken | 8.1.1998 12:00 AM

Sociology

The Imperial Animal

Richard de Mille | 12.1.1973 12:00 PM

Proprietary Communities

REASON Profile: Spencer MacCallum

Reason Staff | 5.1.1973 12:00 PM

Proprietary Communities

The Art of Community

Joseph Gilly | 4.1.1972 12:00 PM

Anthropology

An Anthropological Perspective on Social Change

Lynn Kinsky | 6.1.1971 12:00 PM

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