Scientific American8d
The Myth that Musicians Die at 27 Shows How Superstitions Are Made
Famous people who die at age 27, such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse, get even more famous because of the ...
The 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality
Famous musicians and artists aren’t necessarily more likely to die at 27. But the story that they do shapes how we perceive ...
The Australian Financial Review10h
Six signs that you are charismatic
Ever since 1947, when German sociologist Max Weber defined charisma as “exceptional ... Don Dunstan was the urbane premier of ...
The Business Journals19d
Five things: Campus construction, workplace etiquette, Hasbro, Keurig and a monument to W.E.B. Dubois
Here are the five things you need to know today, including campus construction projects, workplace etiquette, Hasbro, Keurig and a new monument Good morning, Boston. Here are the five things you ...
Connecticut Post9d
The 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality
The initial cluster of high-profile deaths at age 27 was statistically improbable – we estimate that one in 100,000 timelines would have four such famous deaths at age 27 – but it established ...
The Express Tribune24d
Leviathan that we need
Famous sociologist Max Weber explains that it is rationalisation that distinguishes the primitive and the past world from the modern world. Keeping in mind logical thought and intellectual honesty ...
Mint10d
Book review: The many facets and contradictions of Irawati Karve
The anthropologist, sociologist, Indologist and essayist Irawati ... She did not wear a mangalsutra, was famous for zipping around 1940s Pune on a scooter, but also dedicated one of her books ...