Razib's "10 questions for Peter Turchin", population dynamist and historical theoretician, is well worth reading.
A short excerpt:
The main defensive mechanism is to ignore us, which is what 95% of historians do. That's fine with me. In fact, I was pleasantly surprised by the positive reception of these ideas among historical social scientists and the (estimated) 5% of historians. It suggests to me that the time of cliodynamics has come. Incidentally, we are launching a peer-reviewed journal this year.
