John Burn-Murdoch (the FT's Chief Data Reporter) and I discuss gendered ideological polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is there a rise in hostile sexism?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
Read John's weekly columns at https://www.ft.com/john-burn-murdoch
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John Burn-Murdoch (the FT's Chief Data Reporter) and I discuss gendered ideological polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is there a rise in hostile sexism?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
Read John's weekly columns at https://www.ft.com/john-burn-murdoch
Michael Cook's "A History of the Muslim World" is my favourite book of 2024. Together, we discussed:
- Did Islamic science weaken due to religious authoritarianism?
- Why, in the Middle East and North Africa, were there so few peasant rebellions?
- Theologically, how important was Ghazali?
- What determined the rate at which people converted to Islam?
- Why was there so much religious syncretism and diversity in the Ottoman Empire?
- Why did the Muslim world fall behind economically?
- Did the Ottoman Empire ban the printing press?
- Why is South Asia the only place where Muslims ruled for hundreds of years yet remained a minority?
- When you study the global history of Islam, what is the best indicator of how Muslim they really were?
- Did colonialism trigger an Islamic backlash?
- Why do Muslim countries often have weak state capacity? Timur Kuran blames waqfs. Do you agree?
"A History of the Muslim World": https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691236575/a-history-of-the-muslim-world
On my Substack, you can see my earlier reviews: https://www.ggd.world/p/a-history-of-the-muslim-world-by
ROCKING OUR PRIORS
John Burn-Murdoch (the FT's Chief Data Reporter) and I discuss gendered ideological polarisation.
- Does this hold worldwide?
- Which groups are most polarised?
- Is there a rise in hostile sexism?
- Is this due to economic frustrations or online persuasion?
- What are the possible solutions?
Read John's weekly columns at https://www.ft.com/john-burn-murdoch
