Peter Turchin’s empty prophecies
The social scientist has made a career from predicting global instability. But in the new book End Times, his analysis…
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The social scientist has made a career from predicting global instability. But in the new book End Times, his analysis…
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ByHow the Scottish author drew on music, drugs and violence to lead a new working-class avant-garde
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