Illich’s profound analysis of modern Western societies through the fulcrum of the ‘manipulative institution’ is as significant an analysis as[...]
Category: Book Reviews
Review of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the OppressedReview of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed
0 Comments 1:51 pmFirst published in 1968 this is a world-famous work on pedagogy in the context of a struggle for liberation. The[...]
Officious – Josie Appleton (Review)Officious – Josie Appleton (Review)
0 Comments 12:04 pmFor several years Appleton has been documenting the ever-increasing reach of petty bureaucracy in the UK. She has focussed on[...]
How States Think – The Rationality of Foreign Policy – Professor John MearsheimerHow States Think – The Rationality of Foreign Policy – Professor John Mearsheimer
0 Comments 9:34 amChapter 1 Rational Actor Assumption Professor Mearsheimer defines rational decision making in International Relations as a state having a credible[...]
The Lost Peace – How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War. Richard SakwaThe Lost Peace – How the West Failed to Prevent a Second Cold War. Richard Sakwa
0 Comments 5:03 pmPreface to the Review This review covers the quite a lot of detail of the book. It can thus, to[...]
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics – Professor John MearsheimerThe Tragedy of Great Power Politics – Professor John Mearsheimer
0 Comments 6:49 pmIntroduction to the review This book was first published in 2001 and an updated edition was published in 2014. It[...]
Frontline Ukraine. Crisis in the Borderlands. Richard SakwaFrontline Ukraine. Crisis in the Borderlands. Richard Sakwa
0 Comments 3:45 pmIntroduction Richard Sakwa is a Professor of Politics at the University of Kent. This book is a work of scholarship.[...]
Manufacturing Consent, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky.Manufacturing Consent, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky.
0 Comments 3:57 pmIntroduction The book was first published in 1988. The edition I have was revised in 2002 with a 2008 Afterword.[...]
A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism – Sachs, Jeffrey DA New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism – Sachs, Jeffrey D
0 Comments 5:44 pmIntroduction I was attracted to Jeffry Sachs because like Professor John Mearsheimer he is a credible US academic who has[...]
The Great Delusion – Liberal Dreams and International Realities – John MearsheimerThe Great Delusion – Liberal Dreams and International Realities – John Mearsheimer
0 Comments 1:52 pmThis book was published in 2018, after the Russian annexation of Crimea and before the current war. The essential theme[...]