The latest offering from one of Britain’s best known social and environmental activists is a compilation of over 50 of his newspaper articles written over the last few years. As such, for avid Monbiot fans there isn’t really any new material here, however for those seeking an easy to read introduction which demonstrates the breadth [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Bring on the Apocalypse – George Monbiot
Posted in activism, book review, tagged activism, book review, Monbiot on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Violence – Slavoj Zizek
Posted in activism, book review, tagged activism, book review, violence, Zizek on June 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Slovenian cultural theorist Slavoj Zizek’s latest offering is a look at the way in which western societies understand, and importantly misunderstand violence.
Zizek’s central thesis is that the liberal conception of violence is limited to subjective forms of violence, violence which is performed by a clearly identifiable human agent. Zizek claims that what is required to [...]
Campaign to Save Bracken Hill Gardens
Posted in environmentalism, tagged bracken hill, development on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Bracken Hill Garden, located in Leigh Woods, Bristol, is under threat from development. Once the site of the Univ. of Bristol’s Botanical Gardens, much of the flora and fauna remains. The house and gardens contain many species of plants, and houses horseshoe bats, crested newts, foxes, birds and other wildlife. If the developers get their [...]
