Monthly Archives: June 2024

Unanswered Threats: Political Constraints on the Balance of Power

Randall Schweller wrote in 2010: ALTHOUGH THE BRITISH EMPIRE according to J. R. Seeley and Winston Churchill was acquired in a fit of absentmindedness, territorial expansion usually advances through a deliberate and collective will to imperial power, through a single-mindedness … Continue reading

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What Is Religion?: Debating the Academic Study of Religion

Here are some highlights from this 2021 book: Jews who practice Judaism do not necessarily think they are practicing religion, unless they are part of a larger Western society that defines Judaism as such. Many ultra- Orthodox Jews do not, … Continue reading

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Impulse Control Disorders

Here are some highlights from this 2010 book: Pathological Gambling: Promoting Risk, Provoking Ruin * Americans spend more money on gambling than on any other form of entertainment (Volberg 2001). From 1995 to 2006, consumer spending on commercial casino gambling … Continue reading

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