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SUMMARY:St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar Series - 'The Evolution o
 f Sectarianism: A Political Economy Approach' - Sebastian Ille - Sebastian
  Ille 
DTSTART:20191030T180000Z
DTEND:20191030T193000Z
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CONTACT:Philippa Millerchip
DESCRIPTION:*Date:* Wednesday 30 October 2019 \n*Time:* 18:00 -19:30\n*Spe
 aker:* Sebastian Ille \n*Talk Title:*‘The Evolution of Sectarianism: A P
 olitical Economy Approach’\n*Location:* Ramsden Room\, St Catharine's Co
 llege\n\n*Speaker*\nSebastian Ille is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at th
 e New College of the Humanities and Editor-in-Chief of International Socia
 l Science Journal. His areas of expertise and interest focus on the impact
  of different types of rationality and interaction patterns on the dynamic
 s defining institutions under decentralized decision-making. He also studi
 es the elements of conflict\, especially the factors leading to revolution
 s and new social contracts. His fields of research include Institutional E
 conomics\, Behavioural Economics\, Development Economics\, Identity Econom
 ics\, Evolutionary Game Theory\, Complex Systems and Agent-Based Modelling
 . He has published on various topics\, including theoretical papers on sto
 chastic stability and meta-rationality\, and interdisciplinary research on
  identity economics\, rational atrocities and ISIS\, as well as forced pri
 vate tutoring in Egypt. He is currently working on topics related to the A
 rab Spring in Egypt and on a textbook for social scientists on various mat
 hematical approaches to modelling social systems and social change.\n\n*Ta
 lk Overview:*\nThe tendency of humans to cooperate for reasons other than 
 self-interest has long intrigued social scientists\, leading to a substant
 ial literature in recent years. However\, its complement - sectarianism - 
 has not received much attention in the economics literature despite its si
 gnificant economic impact\, its growing importance in recent years and its
  socio-economic fundamentals. Based on an evolutionary approach\, the talk
  illustrates under which conditions sectarianism and sectarian conflict co
 nstitute an evolving property of a social system. The underlying model sho
 ws in which manner actions\, preferences\, economic institutions and secta
 rian identities co-evolve and suggests an extended constructivist perspect
 ive while contesting classical primordial or instrumentalist perspectives.
  Contrary to common perception\, I argue that sectarianism and sectarian c
 onflict are not necessarily driven by a conflict over religious ideologies
 \, but by socio-economic and political grievances. Additionally\, the hist
 ory of interaction and external exertion of influence are key to explainin
 g the tendency for bigotry and hostility.\n\nFor other Seminars see: https
 ://www.politicaleconomy.group.cam.ac.uk\n\nPlease contact the seminar orga
 nisers Philip Arestis (pa267@cam.ac.uk) and Michael Kitson m.kitson@jbs.ca
 m.ac.uk) in the event of a query.
LOCATION:The Ramsden Room\, St Catharine's College
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