Peter Turchin, writing in Bloomberg View, blames rich, overeducated elites for the modern fraying of American society.
Pankaj Mishra argues in The Guardian that ISIS is less an ideology competing with Enlightenment values than a byproduct of the thwarted global desire for convergence with the peace and material comfort visible in the West.
Graeme Wood in The Atlantic writes on what ISIS really wants.
Charlotte Faircloth writes in Sociological Research on the scientisation of motherhood and the use of ‘The Science’ as an accountability strategy for mothers.