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Max Fisher
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London, England
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Writer @nytimes for The Interpreter, a column exploring the ideas and context behind major world events.
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Max Fisher
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Oh that sounds really interesting, I’d love to hear more sometime! I’m traveling this week but I’ll shoot you an email.
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The @jaricheson interview on Ezra Klein’s podcast is really really really good. Fascinating insights and research on what political psychology tells us about the consequences of American whites losing majority status. vox.com/ezra-klein-sho…
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Wonder if the effect is stronger/weaker/same for upholding versus breaking commitments
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Great point. We recently talked to @betsylevyp about sorta similar behaviors – hate crimes and school bullying – and she pointed out people justify norm-breaking behavior by framing it as defensive of fellow ingroup members. Speaks to your point maybe.
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Rebecca Wolfe
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Can’t remember the last time a piece in the @nytimes made me think so much. @Max_Fisher hits the nail on the head on how fears related to terrorism & demographic shift fuel the democracy backlash we are seeing. nyti.ms/2mByE4W?smid=n…
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Max Fisher
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Second, for more on what social or psychological effects are triggered by US attacks, this 2013 Lyall et al study from Afghanistan is illuminating IMO. imai.princeton.edu/research/files… pic.twitter.com/iCo9NsoQgd
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To be clear, that’s not to say that these sorts of actions have no effect on group dynamics or identity. Clearly they do. It’s just not clear that they trigger the same particular social or psychological response as terrorist attacks. But maybe research will show that it does.
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You or I may judge, say, US invasion in Iraq or drone strikes in Yemen as targeting people for their identity, but I believe that the research on this so far suggests that Iraqis and Yemenis will not perceive it precisely this way, so the effect won’t be triggered.
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First, the effect described in that paragraph is — I believe — activated only by violence that people perceive as individualized. That tends not to apply in interstate conflicts, where people tend to perceive the violence, even if they abhor it, as having different causes.
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Max Fisher
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@mehdirhasan Very interesting theory – I hope some enterprising social science or political psychologist will find a way to examine it in detail. If it’s helpful, two thoughts from what I’ve seen on the relevant scholarship so far.
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Emma Ashford
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Its easy to dismiss Trump’s bellicose tweets after the North Korea summit. But remember that many of Trump’s advisors have wanted war with Iran for years. twitter.com/kaitlancollins…
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Max Fisher
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Had a good exchange with @dtchimp on exactly this issue this morning. Twitter threading makes it a nightmare to read and only half shows up any given time, but maybe worth a look: twitter.com/dtchimp/status…
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Max Fisher
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It’s not a “critique,” it’s a description of poll results. The full question/answer conveys that respondents say Jews should hold special right to decide certain national matters. Also: Marc has full power of attorney to speak on my behalf in this thread
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Shibley Telhami
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Good piece by @Max_Fisher on identity vs. democracy in Israel. Specifically on identity, as early a 2011, our poll with Israel's Dahaf Institute had shown that Jewish identity had substantially overtaken Israeli identity among Jewish Israelis: nyti.ms/2mByE4W pic.twitter.com/riz169JNpH
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Dara Lind
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This is the journalism I have wanted from this moment in time. Real first-draft-of-history stuff here. Cannot recommend highly enough (and more than a little envious). twitter.com/MarshallProj/s…
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Max Fisher
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23. jul. |
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This book is so good, and for an academic book it’s pretty affordable twitter.com/sstroschein2/s…
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Jane Eisner
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23. jul. |
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Thank you @Max_Fisher for this smart, sobering analysis of Israel's new nation-state law and the decline of belief in democracy. Yet another reason for the distance from the Diaspora. nyti.ms/2mByE4W
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Max Fisher
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23. jul. |
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One thing I love about our morning twitter chats is how light and uplifting we keep it
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Max Fisher
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23. jul. |
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Right – like it or not, we’re all still operating within the nation-state system and are bounded by its constraints and assumptions
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Max Fisher
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23. jul. |
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Makes me think of that apocryphal Zhou Enlai “too soon to say" quote. Has any form of citizenship or government prove that it can reliably work?
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