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yakov wrote a new blog post: Cairo 2011, Paris 1871: The Uses and Misuses of History 1 year, 3 months ago
The world’s eyes are glued to Egypt and there are usual comparisons with 1989 and more darkly 1979. Historical comparisons are fun and they are usually where historians are asked to enter public dialogues on contemporary events, however, I am not sure that they are good uses of a historian’s time or history’s potential to help [...] -
yakov wrote a new blog post: Social Networks and Secret Police 1 year, 3 months ago
In light of the protests in Tunisia and now Egypt there is talk about the role of social networks and the spread of democracy and revolution. A few weeks ago Evgeny Morozov, who published a great book called the The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom , gave this interview to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty about [...]