Kate Fox

Anthropologist; author of Watching the English; Associate Member, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford.

[Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion @CSSC_Oxford]

Ever wondered about the psychology behind rituals? In his new book, The Ritual Animal, Harvey Whitehouse explores how different modes of ritual performance have influenced the evolution of social complexity. Buy your copy here: https://t.co/KaiV5oT5TS

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@4dmbrown So sorry, but I am working flat-out to finish a new book, so I'm having to say no to all requests. I'm sure you understand. Sorry again.

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@DrHenryMarsh Best grandpa ever. Also best husband. 😍

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@theodorasutton I have cited it, but in a book I haven't finished writing, so not yet a published citation, I'm afraid, but it will be. Your book version will probably be out before I finish mine! 😳

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@drcodyjphillips @ShuhBillSkee Yeah, cos Screen Time is addictive and harmful. Except when kids fail to attend school classes on Zoom. This is 'virtual truancy' and parents get investigated for neglect.🤔 https://t.co/mZCxL2aI4e

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

I am now a proud patron of Ceasefire on @patreon, and if you really want to promote civil public discourse (as opposed to just complaining about the lack of it) you should be too: #NewPatron https://t.co/F2JRCaAugV

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@DannyAnth Another request to read this paper if possible? xx

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

Wow. Really overwhelmed with the response to my story about the real 'Lord of the Flies'. So so happy that this extraordinary tale is finally - after 50 years! - becoming famous. Here's a thread (with pictures!) on how I found the 'boys' three years ago /1 https://t.co/qYdnXmQMMM

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

When in doubt, it's always worth checking out what @melindacmills has to say.

[Melinda Mills @melindacmills]

You asked for a simple & concrete examples of how our #COVIDー19 network #exitstrategy can move from mathematical simulation models to real life examples – see https://t.co/KRbf3nxyAq (pages 14-16) @block_per But I break it down here….

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

Science lessons should teach evolution, not creationism. I've signed @Humanists_UK's petition with David Attenborough to tell the @WelshGovernment to ban teaching creationism as science. Please join me and sign it too → https://t.co/GZESRJhPcC

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

Exciting news this morning!

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

My thoughts on the Apidima early sapiens..

[Kate Raworth @KateRaworth]

What do you get if you remix Doughnut Economics with Extinction Rebellion? Find out in this powerful & pithy new book. I’m dead proud to have contributed a chapter and I can’t wait to read the rest - an amazing array of authors. @ExtinctionR

[Agustín Fuentes @Anthrofuentes]

Analysis | The day a million species are announced to be on brink of extinction, U.S. says melting ice creates ‘new opportunities for trade’ https://t.co/oXW9nHHh8a

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

The Government is planning to fund new schools that have 100% religious selection, with thousands of pupils being turned away simply because they don’t share their local school’s religion. This is discrimination. Click the link, and write to your MP today! https://t.co/XFAEOfDW3R

[Dr Adam Rutherford @AdamRutherford]

@AngelaDSaini Come to my TED Talk, I mean Voltaire Lecture for @Humanists_UK where I will be dissecting the history of racial pseudo-science, and its return to public life.

https://t.co/UKob5B2EZL

[Humanists UK @Humanists_UK]

We've teamed up with over 180 of our patrons as well as leading political activists, trade unionists, religious leaders, and campaigners to make a high-profile intervention on faith schools in today's Sunday Times. https://t.co/8kf0V8cWc0

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@EndPrvtSchls I'd say grudging, grumpy compromise is one of the commonalities (though not universal, of course).

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@akinboyclan67 Thank you! Yeah, the idea that 7 billion people would become some vast monoculture never struck me as very likely.

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@DanielaMarchesi Hi Daniela. Best email is [email protected]

[Kate Fox @KateFoxWatching]

@PessimistsArc Love your stuff! Could you tell me please which paper this is from? If it's by Orestes Augustus Brownson, he was born in 1803 - unlikely he'd have written this at age 10, but maybe it's a different O.A. Brownson?