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Professor Jared Rubin has authored two superb books, “Rulers, Religion and Riches” and “How the World Became Rich”. He joined my podcast, to discuss:

- Why did the Middle East Fall Behind?
- What caused the shift to Scriptural Literalism?
- What explains the Rise and Decline of Sufism?
- How important was Wahhabism and Saudi Petrodollars?
- Why were Liberalising Reforms Short-Lived?
- Why has Digital Technology been More Disruptive in MENA?
- What’s Constraining Middle East Economic Growth?

What caused the Islamic Revival? Professor Jared Rubin

The Making of the Modern Muslim State: Professor Malika Zeghal

Our ancestors, who relied on their understanding of the land for their survival, held a worldview that acknowledged and celebrated their fundamental interconnection with the natural world. The industrial revolution and our post-industrial society have severed that link and our disconnection is reflected in our agricultural, pharmaceutical, energy and business practices. Maddy introduces permaculture design and grounds the ideas behind it with examples from around the world. These projects demonstrate how we can once again embrace our profound ecological connection and become a “communion of subjects, not a collection of objects”. Maddy also suggests that we need to become transformational heretics and explains how we can actively say “No” to our ecological, social economic disconnection.

Maddy Harland is editor and co-founder of Permaculture, an international quarterly magazine that covers all aspects of sustainable living, from permaculture gardening and small scale sustainable agriculture to green building, low-impact transport and community action. Maddy Harland also co-founded Permanent Publications in 1990, a company dedicated to publishing environmental books and digital media. The company is based at the Sustainability Centre in Hampshire, UK, a former Naval Base and now a thriving educational centre that Maddy helped set up.

Maddy Harland: Transformational Heresy - permaculture & beyond

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

Are Men & Women Scrolling Apart? John Burn-Murdoch

What are 'affects' and emotional 'atmospheres'?
Why are Geographers so enraptured by them?
How do they help us understand neoliberalism?
Might affects and emotions be mobilised to erode neoliberalism?

This interview relates to Professor Anderson's paper in Progress in Human Geography. You can read it here: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0309132515613167

Read more about him here: https://www.dur.ac.uk/geography/staff/geogstaffhidden/?id=985
And follow him on Twitter: @BenAndersonGeog 

[illustrative painting by Paolo Troilo https://www.troilo54.com/]

'Neoliberal Affects': Professor Ben Anderson

Dr Alice Evans and leading experts discuss growth, governance, & gender inequalities.

Alice is a Senior Lecturer at King's College London, and Faculty Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School.

internet connoisseur. likes a bit of everything.
I seem to be very into music from France recently - from Parisian pop to Occitan a capella folk.

'Neoliberal Affects': Professor Ben Anderson

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