17 research outputs found
School performance and risk of suicide in early adulthood:follow-up of two national cohorts of Swedish schoolchildren
Characteristics of Hypotension Elicited by Electrical Stimulation of the Lateral Hypothalamus in Anaesthetized Dogs
The market as a social space: On the meaningful extraeconomic conversations that can occur in markets
The market, Social space, Swedberg, Lefebvre, Gudeman, Granovetter, B25, B41, 054, Z13,
The Ship of Theseus and the Problem of 'Post-War' Answers to Contemporary Guatemalan Problems
This article considers the problems caused by the ubiquitous use of terms such as “postwar” and “postconflict” in the analysis of contemporary Guatemala. The terms feed a historical reductionism which conflates present-day social problems with the violence of the past while also conflating continuity, change, and historical and analytical categories. Drawing upon Plutarch's thought experiment “The Ship of Theseus”, we explore the paradox at the heart of the use of “postwar” and its synonyms and demonstrate the potentially harmful effects connected to the dominance of the term