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Posts Tagged ‘methodology’


The Genetics of Politics

By Matthew Lymburner — February 11th, 2008
Some political scientists and psychologists believe that there is a close relationship between the politics that we practice and our genetic makeup. While not entirely disregarding the “non-natural” world in the formation of our political values, they posit that genes may play an important …


Response: On Realism and Environmental Advocacy

By Matthew Lymburner — November 24th, 2007
A debate has been brewing over the last few weeks between myself and a colleague of mine on the nature of ‘truth’ and reality and its extension to environmental advocacy strategies. This debate has been especially interesting, picking up from my post on Manuel …


On the Realism of Manuel DeLanda (and Gilles Deleuze)

By Matthew Lymburner — November 24th, 2007
Manuel DeLanda has often spoke at the European Graduate School as part of the Gilles Deleuze chair he holds there. The EGS publishes many of its lectures online, and a 2007 lecture DeLanda gave there dealing with Chapter 3 of Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand …