Podcast appearances and mentions of William H Mcneill

¿Sabías que en muchas bodas judías hombres y mujeres no bailan juntos? Esta práctica, que sorprende a muchos, tiene raíces en la halajá, la historia y los cambios culturales de las comunidades judías. En este episodio de Judaísmo Picante, exploramos: • ¿Es el baile mixto una prohibición halájica o una costumbre moderna? • ¿Qué dice el Talmud sobre bailar con la novia? • ¿Cómo se vivía el baile en la Edad Media y el Renacimiento judío? • ¿Qué influencia tienen las normas sociales y las interpretaciones contemporáneas? Acompáñame en un viaje a través de textos bíblicos, talmúdicos e históricos para descubrir cómo la danza ha unido y dividido a nuestras comunidades. ¡Este episodio no es solo un análisis, sino una invitación a reflexionar sobre nuestra conexión con la tradición y el futuro que queremos bailar juntos! Fuentes: Ruptura y Reconstrucción: La Transformación de la Ortodoxia Contemporánea; Éxodo 15:20; Eclesiastés 3:4; Jueces 11:34; II Samuel 6:5, 14; Ketubot 17a; Berajot 20a; Sefer HaJinuj, Ley 188; Kiddushin 70a; Hiddushei HaRITVA, Kiddushin; Beit HaBehirah, Ketubot; Shabat 13a; Levush de Mordejai Yaffo; Bayyit Hadash de Yoel ben Shmuel Sirkes; The Jews in the Renaissance de Cecil Roth; A Jewish Dancing Master of the Renaissance: Guglielmo Ebreo de Otto Kinkeldey; Ya'arot Davar de Rabino Yonatan Eyebschutz; Arukh HaShulhan, Orah Hayyim 529:7 de Rabino Yehiel Michel Epstein; Igrot Moshe, Orah Hayyim, Parte 4, No. 35 y Even HaEzer, Parte 2, No. 13 de Rabino Moshe Feinstein; Rabino Ovadiah Yosef; Leyes de Platón; Keeping Together in Time: Dance and Drill in Human History de William H. McNeill; Rab Golinkin. Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/6l3kxIeAgGavsMSvEKDnzd Instagram: /pasionygratitud ¡Te invitamos a suscribirte y dejar tus comentarios! El Rab Diego lee personalmente cada uno de los mensajes.

In this episode of History 102, 'WhatIfAltHist' creator Rudyard Lynch and co-host Austin Padgett talk about the Protestant Reformation, masterfully drawing parallels between historical information technology revolutions (like the printing press) and our current internet age, exploring how such advances fundamentally alter how societies process information and relate to authority. They offer fresh perspectives on well-worn historical territory, suggesting for instance that the Reformation wasn't just about religious doctrine, but represented a quantum leap in human agency and individualism that helped birth the modern world. --

Denis (aka Dionysius) the Great, in the years he was bishop, faced many of the terrors of the ancient world, all while the empire was persecuting Christians to the death. He saw his congregations reduced by death and defection. He saw the ranks of the clergy reduced to just a handful of priests. Yet he lived to see the day when the Church of Alexandria in Egypt revived to become a world leader once again. LINKS Eusebius, Church History Church History (Book VI) https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250106.htm Eusebius, Church History Church History (Book VII) https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250107.htm Kyle Harper The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease, and the End of an Empire https://www.amazon.com/Fate-Rome-Climate-Disease-Empire/dp/0691192065/ William H. McNeill, Plagues and Peoples https://www.amazon.com/Plagues-Peoples-William-H-McNeill/dp/0385121229/ Mike Aquilina's website https://fathersofthechurch.com Mike Aquilina's books https://catholicbooksdirect.com/writer/mike-aquilina/ Theme music: Gaudeamus (Introit for the Feast of All Saints), sung by Jeff Ostrowski. Courtesy of Corpus Christi Watershed http://www.ccwatershed.org Donate at: http://www.catholicculture.org/donate/audio

From one perspective, rituals are pure silliness. They might involve us waving our hands in a certain way and saying these exact words, in this exact order; we might put on a funny costume, or eat specific foods, or even subject ourselves to considerable amounts of pain. And we don't just perform these rituals once either—we tend to do them over and over again, year after year. Seen in this way, rituals are frivolous, expendable, and mind-numbingly repetitive. And yet they're also central. Rituals are found in abundance in all human cultures; they're a fixture of every historical period. So what's the story? How can we reconcile the apparent silliness of rituals with their centrality to our species? My guest today is Dr. Dimitris Xygalatas. He is Associate Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Psychological Sciences at the University of Connecticut. He's also the author of the new book, Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts Make Life Worth Living. In the book, Dimitris makes the case that rituals are far from extraneous sideshows: they're enormously valuable, both for individuals and for groups, and they form a core part of what it means to be human. Here, Dimitris and I talk about some of the extreme rituals that he's studied, in particular, fire walking. We discuss the methods he uses to study these kind of traditions, especially unobtrusive physiological measures like heart rate monitoring. We also touch on: ritual-like behaviors in other species; what OCD behaviors have in common with certain ritual behaviors; why collective traditions often involve pain and synchronized movement; and how rituals serve to strengthen social bonds and enhance our well-being.  If you enjoy this convo, be sure to check out Dimitris's book—I can recommend it heartily. And if you're enjoying Many Minds, perhaps consider posting a review or leaving us a rating. Or maybe telling a friend, or three. Alright folks, on to my chat with Dimitris Xygalatas. Enjoy!   A transcript of this episode will be available soon.   Notes and links 3:30 – Dr. Xygalatas wrote a previous book about firewalking in Greece. For his papers on various aspects of firewalking, see here, here, and here, among others. 14:00 – The website for the Experimental Anthropology lab at UConn. 20:00 – A paper in which Dr. Xygalatas and colleagues examined heart-rate synchrony in the context of a fire-walking ritual. 26:00 – A popular article about the concept of “over-imitation”—the idea that children will copy adults' actions with high fidelity, even if those actions have no clear causal effect. 27:00 – A research article discussing imitation and over-imitation in chimpanzees and human children. 28:00 – A research article about children's ritualistic behaviors and obsessive compulsive disorder. 31:00 – A popular article on the “waterfall display” originally described by Jane Goodall. A video about the display, put out by the Jane Goodall Institute. 34:00 – A recent study by Dr. Xygalatas and colleagues about pre-free-throw rituals in basketball players. 36:00 – A theoretical article on the “compensatory control model.” 40:00 – See this paper by Dr. Xygalatas and colleagues about the Thaipusam festival and how it promotes prosociality. 45:00 – For a classic exploration of synchronized movement, see the book, Keeping Together in Time, by the historian William H. McNeill. 48:00 – A study in which Dr. Xygalatas and colleagues explored the phenomenon of “collective effervescence” in the context of fire-walking. 50:00 – A recent article by Dr. Xygalatas and colleagues about ritual and well-being. 51:50 – A recent popular article by Dr. Xygalatas about Burning Man as an example of modern collective ritual.   Dr. Xygalatas recommends: The Sweet Spot, by Paul Bloom Drunk, by Edward Slingerland (featured in an earlier episode!) You can read more about Dr. Xygalatas's work on his website and follow him on Twitter.     Many Minds is a project of the Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute (DISI) (https://disi.org), which is made possible by a generous grant from the Templeton World Charity Foundation to UCLA. It is hosted and produced by Kensy Cooperrider, with help from Assistant Producer Urte Laukaityte and with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by Ben Oldroyd (https://www.mayhilldesigns.co.uk/). Our transcripts are created by Sarah Dopierala (https://sarahdopierala.wordpress.com/). You can subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts. **You can now subscribe to the Many Minds newsletter here!** We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com. For updates about the show, visit our website (https://disi.org/manyminds/), or follow us on Twitter: @ManyMindsPod.

On this episode, Harry and Philip begin a month-long exploration of myth & politics. First up for discussion - What is myth? What does it have to do with politics? Why is myth important? How does it work? What would life be like without it? Next week we will be taking a look at the history of American political myths and where we may be headed, so don't miss out on the start of this series! -- Links https://www.spectacles.news/birds-eye-myth-politics-one/ (To comment on this article, click here.) https://player.captivate.fm/collection/257e45ef-c253-469f-910e-af4545de085b (To listen only to other episodes of Bird's Eye, click here.) -- Further Reading (email contact@spectacles.news for any of these) “Anarchy is What States Make of It: The Social Construction of Power Politics,” by Alexander Wendt in International Organization. “The cultural evolution of prosocial religions,” by Ara Norenzayan et. al. in Behavioral and brain Sciences. “Erichthonius,” from Who's Who in Classical Mythology, Routledge. “Evolutionary Social Constructivism,” by David Sloan Wilson, in The Literary Animal, edited by Jonathan Gottschall and David Sloan Wilson. “Mythistory, or Truth, Myth, History, and Historians,” by William H. McNeill in Mythistory and Other Essays. Natural Right and History, by Leo Strauss. Political Myth, by Christopher Flood. “Prosociality and religion,” by Jo-Ann Tsang et. al. in Current Opinion in Psychology. Republic, by Plato, translated by Allan Bloom. -- Table of Contents 00:00 - Intro/Housekeeping 00:44 - Noble Lies 01:32 - Episode Topic Introduction 02:21 - What is myth? 06:01 - How is this relevant to politics? 07:19 - Three Examples of Political Myths 13:24 - Do myths have to be true or false? 16:43 - How important are things besides myth? 18:30 - Why do humans resort to myths? 22:06 - How do myths work, and what can they do? 25:40 - How do myths change over time? 29:05 - How does myth align the individual and common goods? 33:37 - What are some disadvantages of myth? 36:36 - How does war shape myths? 37:30 - What would life be like without myths? 40:40 - Next week's topic 41:09 - Signing off

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-plagues-and-peoples   [This is the seventeenth of seventeen finalists in the book review contest. This one was chosen out of the reviews I somehow missed the first time around. There were four other such essays, which you can see in a supplementary runners-up packet here. I'll make a post about how to vote tomorrow. - SA] Biological evolution was hijacked by cultural evolution; tools and language allowed humankind to upset the ecological balance in incredible ways. We should all know the story by now. Human grunts to other human and they agree to kill a wooly mammoth together and then grunt and agree to share the meat and then grunt and learn to make a spear and grunt and form a complex society and worldwide dominant species.   Parasites and viruses are invisible and hard to grunt about. A lion, in contrast, is difficult not to grunt about.  This book, Plagues and Peoples written by William H. McNeill in 1976, frames the entirety of human history and prehistory in the context of humankind's relationship with microparasites and viruses. Communication, culture, tools, clothes, and shelter allowed humans to hunt dominantly, live anywhere, and deal with most ecological challenges- but microparasites remained elusively hard to deal with until modern times. This uneasy relationship with the invisible unconsciously shapes where human's live, how civilizations form, and how societies are organized.  At every step of humanity's evolution, McNeill sees microparasites and viruses being one of the ‘fundamental parameters and determinants of human history.' 

The well-regarded historian Niall Ferguson is our guest; his many books include "Civilization," "The Great Degeneration," and "The Ascent of Money." He joins us to discuss his newest book, "Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe," which seems especially timely in the wake of the annus horribilis that was 2020. Ferguson's book sets out to show why human beings are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters -- despite advancements in medicine, science, technology, etc. As noted of a starred review of this work in Library Journal: "[This book] is well-researched, well-argued, and all-encompassing. Ferguson uses the depth and breadth of his knowledge to cogently argue for a new understanding of catastrophic events.... Reminiscent of William H. McNeill's 'Plagues and Peoples,' ['Doom'] is a much-needed book on an important and pressing subject. Ferguson provides ample support for his arguments, uses an interdisciplinary approach, and offers new insights and revelations. An exemplary and

Tarihçi William H. McNeill, 1999’da yazdığı “Patates Dünya Tarihini Nasıl Değiştirdi?” başlıklı makalesinde “Patates tahıla nazaran dört kat daha fazla karbonhidrat içerdiği için Avrupa’da hızlı nüfus artışına neden olan, kıtanın sanayileşmesini sağlayan ve bugünkü uygarlığın temelini oluşturan bir bitki” demişti. Patatesin anayurdunun, Güney Amerika kıtasındaki And Dağları’nın eteklerinde, İnka uygarlığının yayıldığı Peru ve Bolivya vadileri olduğu sanılıyor. İnka topraklarını ele geçiren İspanyol sömürgeci komutan Francisco Pizarro 1560 yılında tam 99 yumruyu İspanya Kralı II. Felipe’ye sunacak ama patatesin Avrupa halkları tarafından benimsenmesi çok uzun sürecekti.

“Voor de meeste lezers van dit boek zal de wereldgeschiedenis nooit meer hetzelfde zijn,” zo schreef de New York Review of Books over het boek Plagues and Peoples van historicus William H. McNeill. Het boek sloeg bij verschijning in 1976 in als een bom. McNeill poneerde namelijk dat de geschiedenis van de mensheid niet werd bepaald door de mens zelf, maar door minuscule microparasieten als de pest of de pokken. Het was in de jaren ’70 een revolutionair en moeilijk te bevatten idee: infectieziektes als bepalende factor in de geschiedenis. Nu, sinds corona, zullen we er allemaal een stuk ontvankelijker voor zijn. Reden te over om deze historische klassieker te bespreken met Big History historicus Esther Quaedackers van de Universiteit van Amsterdam en medisch historicus Floor Haalboom van het Erasmus MC.

Oxford philosopher Toby Ord spent the early part of his career spearheading the effective altruism movement, founding Giving What We Can, and focusing his attention primarily on issue areas like global public health and extreme poverty. Ord’s new book The Precipice is about something entirely different: the biggest existential risks to the future of humanity. In it, he predicts that humanity has approximately a 1 in 6 chance of going completely extinct by the end of the 21st century. Wait! Stay with me! The coronavirus pandemic is a reminder that tail risk is real. We always knew a zoological respiratory virus could become a global pandemic. But, collectively, we didn’t want to think about it, and so we didn’t. The result is the reality we live in now.  But for all the current moment’s horror, there are worse risks than coronavirus out there. One silver lining of the current crisis might be that it gets us to take them seriously, and avert them before they become unstoppable. That’s what Ord’s book is about, and it is, in a strange way, a comfort.  This, then, is a conversation about the risks that threaten humanity’s future, and what we can do about them. It’s a conversation about thinking in probabilities, about the ethics of taking future human lives seriously, about how we weigh the risks we don’t yet understand. And it’s a conversation, too, about something I’ve been dwelling on watching President Trump choose to ratchet up tensions with China amidst a pandemic: Is Trump himself an existential risk, or at least an existential risk factor? Book recommendations: Reasons and Persons by Derek Parfit Doing Good Better by William MacAskill Maps of Time by David Christian and William H. McNeill Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Посмотрев видео моей подруженьки Аси, которая рассказывала нам про Бегущий город, решил поддержать инициативу и поучаствовать в своеобразном интернет-флешмобе про книги. Раньше этот выпуск пошел бы под замок под патреон, но это, все-таки, не наш метод. Спонсоры и поддержка Подкаст выходит благодаря поддержке наших слушателей. Вы можете вступить в их ряды, подписавшись на наш Патреон, сделав единоразовый взнос на PayPall или купив наш саундрек. Ссылки и шоу-ноты Книги против Коронавируса - YouTube Asya (@asyakorrica) • Instagram photos and videos 176: Городское ориентирование — 12 или 19? Germ theory of disease - Wikipedia 158: Солнечная Калифорния — 12 или 19? Bronson (film) - Wikipedia Книги Amazon.com: The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World (Audible Audio Edition): David Deutsch, Walter Dixon, Gildan Media, LLC: Audible Audiobooks Plagues and Peoples: William H. McNeill: 9780385121224: Amazon.com: Books The Ghost Map: The Story of London’s Most Terrifying Epidemic—and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World: Johnson, Steven: 9781594482694: Amazon.com: Books Amazon.com: Guns, Germs, And Steel: The Fates Of Human Societies (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (9780606412735): Diamond, Jared: Books Amazon.com: Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (9780415922227): Peterson, Jordan B.: Books Amazon.com: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos (Audible Audio Edition): Jordan B. Peterson, Norman Doidge MD - foreword, Jordan B. Peterson, Random House Canada: Books Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race: Shetterly, Margot Lee: 9780062363602: Amazon.com: Books Amazon.com: Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans eBook: Baime, A. J.: Kindle Store Beastie Boys Book - Kindle edition by Diamond, Michael, Horovitz, Adam. Arts & Photography Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Cockpit Confidential: Everything You Need to Know About Air Travel: Questions, Answers, and Reflections, Smith, Patrick, eBook - Amazon.com Watchmaking: Daniels, George: 9780856677045: Amazon.com: Books Amazon.com: City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York eBook: Anbinder, Tyler: Books You Are Here: Discovering the Magic of the Present Moment - Kindle edition by Hanh, Thich Nhat, McLeod, Melvin, Kohn, Sherab Chodzin. Religion & Spirituality Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com. Appetites: A Cookbook: Bourdain, Anthony, Woolever, Laurie: 9780062409959: Amazon.com: Books Kitchen Confidential Updated Edition: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.): Bourdain, Anthony: 9780060899226: Amazon.com: Books Solitary Fitness: Charlie Bronson, Stephen Richards: 8601404219320: Amazon.com: Books Участие в шоу Для участия в подкасте свяжитесь с нами напрямую или через социальные сети. Социальные сети Твиттер Фэйсбук Вконтакте Телеграм «12 или 19?» on Spotify Еженедельный подкаст – 12 или 19? - YouTube Официальный сайт подкаста Дата записи: 2020-04-01

Oletko koskaan pysähtynyt pohtimaan, että miten ihmeessä me ihmiset olemme päätyneet tähän pisteeseen, jossa nyt olemme? Miten metsästäjä-keräilijä-nisäkkäästä jalostui Mars-luotaimia rakentava samaan aikaan riitaisa ja empaattinen, monesti ainakin omasta mielestään maailman valtias? Pyysin studioon vieraaksi Helsingin yliopiston lehtori Risto Marjomaan pohtimaan mm. oliko Yuval Noah Hararin Sapiens-kirja niin hyvä kuin siitä sanotaan? Entä mitä voimme oppia historiasta ja mitä jokaisen olisi hyvä siitä ymmärtää? Mitkä ovat olleet ne maailmanhistorian käännekohdat, jotka muovasivat matkaamme eniten? Millaisia erityispiirteitä meissä ihmisissä on, jotka erottavat meidät monesta muusta eliöstä maan päällä? Lähetyksessä mainitut lisälukemiset ja audiot: - Menneisyyden jäljillä -podcast- Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens- J. R. McNeill & William H. McNeill, Verkottunut yhteiskunta- Jared Diamond, Tykit, taudit, teräs- Adam Tooze, Crashed

The new AP World History Course and Exam Description (CED) is out and we have to figure out the best and most responsible way to teach it.  In this episode, Matt interviews Eric Beckman, a veteran teacher and winner of the 2018 William H. McNeill World History Association Teacher Scholarship. What exactly has changed? Where and how should we start this new truncated course? Are Texans taking over World History? How can we best create an anti-racist and global course within the parameters of the new standards?  With our goal of helping students do better on the exam, making the course more coherent, and making the course less Eurocentric, this episode will help both novice and experienced teachers grapple with the 2019 standards from College Board.    Links: Learning, Online by Eric Beckman Eric's Twitter The AP World History: Modern CED  

In this episode, Professor Rohl discusses what History is, how it relates to "the Past," why history is worth studying, and ends with a brief overview of what is involved (and what's not) in historical thinking. A few resources are referred to or quoted in this episode, and you can grab these through the following links: History vs. The Past - John Carter Brown Library: http://bit.ly/2IZ3TTu William H. McNeill's (1985) "Why Study History?" essay - http://bit.ly/2Nl4h31 Peter N. Stearns' (1998) "Why Study History?" essay - http://bit.ly/2Mvhu5f Stanford History Education Group's "Historical Thinking Chart" - https://stanford.io/2xiHt9k

Dungeon Masters Matt and Rob discuss how to use war in your adventures. Rob rants about the importance of a Cure Dysentery spell. Plus, the answers to some of your letters!   Recommendations: The Pursuit of Power, William H. McNeill Forever War, Joe Haldeman The Forever War, Dexter Filkins    Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice Donovan - The War Drags On Complicated - Avril Lavigne

William H. (Bill) McNeill (1917-2016) continued to write for decades after his retirement from the University of Chicago. He published several books, including The Human Web, with his son J. R. McNeill, and an autobiography called The Pursuit of Truth. In that book he details his experiences on the 1992 Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission. Bill The post Leaving Western Civ Behind, William H. McNeill appeared first on Berkshire Publishing.

William H. (Bill) McNeill (1917-2016) continued to write for decades after his retirement from the University of Chicago. He published several books, including The Human Web, with his son J. R. McNeill, and an autobiography called The Pursuit of Truth. In that book he details his experiences on the 1992 Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission. Bill

David Christian explains what big history is and how it helps to make sense of the world we live in and to see all that we have in common, and talks about his 2002 meeting with interviewer Karen Christensen at the home of William H. McNeill (1917-2016). They discuss the development of national