Classic Case Studies Archives - Observing The Mortals

You Don’t See With Your Eyes: Dale Purves and the Empirical Theory of Perception

We live with an intuitive and powerful conviction: that our eyes act like cameras,...

Where did the modern capitalist mindset come from? Is the restless, rational, and relentless...

To many in the West, the image of the sacred cow wandering freely through...

On Gandhi Jayanti, it is common to remember Mahatma Gandhi’s vision of the Indian...

How can a single civilization contain thousands of unique village deities, local customs, and...

For over seventy years, “development” has been the grand project of our time—a self-evident...

Think about a major life transition: a wedding, a graduation ceremony, or even the...

What is the ultimate foundation of the Indian caste system? Is it a system...

Why does the modern government collect statistics on birth rates, run public health campaigns,...

What is “law”? Do you need a formal government, written statutes, and a police...