They cover the reasoning for Ethiopia in a paragraph towards the end.
Given the source of the map, I'd venture that its inclusion is less a matter of rigorous argumentation and more a means of provoking a conversation. That's not unusual in a prologue - it's the academic equivalent of a clickbait headline.
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Note to Sino-Platonic Papers: wj would like to be one of your outside readers for peer review. He has methodology questions. Hit him up.
I went looking for the references. The actual source for the map is here:
https://www.vox.com/2014/6/24/5835320/map-in-the-whole-world-only-these-five-countries-escaped-european
They cover the reasoning for Ethiopia in a paragraph towards the end.
Given the source of the map, I'd venture that its inclusion is less a matter of rigorous argumentation and more a means of provoking a conversation. That's not unusual in a prologue - it's the academic equivalent of a clickbait headline.
Note to Sino-Platonic Papers: wj would like to be one of your outside readers for peer review. He has methodology questions. Hit him up.