Much of the rhetoric surrounding Anthropogenic Climate Change has thus far rested on the notion that human pollution is destroying the world, and that consequently we need to take action in order to save the world…
Put simply this isn’t true. The planet that we live on is far too big, and far too flexible a [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Why I Won’t be Saving the World…
Posted in Ecophilosophy, activism, climate change, tagged activism, climate change on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Shock Doctrine – Naomi Klein
Posted in activism, book review, tagged activism, book review, Naomi Klein, neoliberalism, shock doctrine on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Naomi Klein’s latest book features a review on the back which says ‘If you only read one non-ficition book this year, make it this one.’ While I’m normally suspicious of such superlative praise, this book may well justify it.
First things first. This is not a chirpy or upbeat book. The first [...]
Empire – Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
Posted in activism, book review, cultural criticism, tagged activism, book review, communism, Empire, Hardt, multitude, Negri, postmodernism on July 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Hardt and Negri’s much lauded text has been a major talking point amongst radical left wing theorists and activists since its release in 2000, being described by some as a Capital for the 21st century, taking its dual heritage from Karl Marx and the radical materialist poststructuralism of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari.
The departure point [...]
