Book Reviews

Book Review: Planet of Slums by Mike Davis (2006)

Florence Lee - Planet of Slums by Mike Davis (2006) is a startling, terrifying, and honest exposé of the world’s poorest big-city slum dwellers. The book explores the future of an unstable and impoverished urban world, and provides a thematic overview of the rise of... Keep Reading »

Book Review: A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey (2005)

Florence Lee - Michael Thompson, reviewing A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey, calls it ‘the world according to David Harvey’ (2005). This is an accurate remark: although erring slightly on the side of conspiracy, the book is a breathtaking overview of the... Keep Reading »

Book Review: Cyber War Will Not Take Place

Justine Chauvin - In Cyber War Will Not Take Place1, Thomas Rid develops his argument on the concept of "cyberwar", previously formulated in an article of the same name2 published in January 2012. His chief point is that "cyber war has never happened in the past, it does not occur in... Keep Reading »

Christopher Benjamin's Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada - Stories to Change Minds and Move Hearts

Tami Ambury - In his 2011 book, Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada, environmental journalist Chris Benjamin provides a new kind of roadmap to a more sustainable future. In this work, Chris masterfully weaves the stories of 35 creative and dedicated individuals from... Keep Reading »

Book Review: The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasr

Hamad R. Hamad - In his book The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future (2006), Vali Nasr addresses an issue that is gaining increased importance in the contemporary coverage of global Islam: Sunni-Shia relations. Vali Nasr is a widely respected scholar who... Keep Reading »
 
 

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Postcolonial Literature
2016, Vol. 8 No. 11
Post-Colonial Duality and Identity in Ballard's The Crystal World
By Emma O. Volk
J. G. Ballard’s The Crystal World (1966) is a prismatic text, apparently translucent yet linguistically opaque, with moments of unexpected ontological intricacy. Like the crystals consuming the forest, Ballard’s descriptive language... Read Article »
Colonialism The Crystal World J.G. Ballard Postcolonial Literature Science Fiction Apocalyptic Literature
Developing World
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
Book Review: Planet of Slums by Mike Davis (2006)
By Florence Lee
Planet of Slums by Mike Davis (2006) is a startling, terrifying, and honest exposé of the world’s poorest big-city slum dwellers. The book explores the future of an unstable and impoverished urban world, and provides a thematic overview... Read Article »
Poverty Slums Human Rights Neoliberalism Capitalism World Bank IMF International Development Developing World
Political Economy
2016, Vol. 8 No. 02
Book Review: A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey (2005)
By Florence Lee
Michael Thompson, reviewing A Brief History of Neoliberalism by David Harvey, calls it ‘the world according to David Harvey’ (2005). This is an accurate remark: although erring slightly on the side of conspiracy, the book is a breathtaking... Read Article »
Neoliberalism Capitalism Political Economy Economic Inequality Class Power Neoliberal Theory David Harvey
Cyber Security
2016, Vol. 2015/2016 No. 2
Book Review: Cyber War Will Not Take Place
By Justine Chauvin
Published by Interstate - Journal of International Affairs
In Cyber War Will Not Take Place1, Thomas Rid develops his argument on the concept of "cyberwar", previously formulated in an article of the same name2 published in January 2012. His chief point is that "cyber war has never happened in the past,... Read Article »
Cyber Warfare Cyber Security National Security Espionage International Relations Cyberweapons
Sustainability
2013, Vol. 3 No. 1
Christopher Benjamin's Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada - Stories to Change Minds and Move Hearts
By Tami Ambury
Published by Earth Common Journal
In his 2011 book, Eco-Innovators: Sustainability in Atlantic Canada, environmental journalist Chris Benjamin provides a new kind of roadmap to a more sustainable future. In this work, Chris masterfully weaves the stories of 35 creative and dedicated... Read Article »
Eco Sustainability Conservation Canada Christopher Benjamin
Arab World
2012, Vol. 4 No. 04
Book Review: The Shia Revival: How Conflicts Within Islam Will Shape the Future by Vali Nasr
By Hamad R. Hamad
In his book The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future (2006), Vali Nasr addresses an issue that is gaining increased importance in the contemporary coverage of global Islam: Sunni-Shia relations. Vali Nasr is a widely respected... Read Article »
Islam Shia Sunni Religion Religious Conflict Arab World Middle East
Vietnam
2011, Vol. 3 No. 08
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried: Postmodern Fiction for a Postmodern War
By Laurence R. Kowalewski
In the western history of human existence the event, idea, and act of war stands totemic in the landscape. Borders both physical and mental have been defined by its threat and execution, and its aura hangs heavily over the last century as the bloodiest... Read Article »
Vietnam War Fiction Postmodernism Trauma Studies Tim O'Brien
Vladimir Nabokov
2011, Vol. 3 No. 01
The 1905 Russian Revolution through the Eyes of Vladimir Nabokov in Speak, Memory
By Iulia O. Basu-Zharku
The insight that Vladimir Nabokov provides into the 1905 Russian Revolution, in his book Speak, Memory, sometimes merges with the general view--presented, for example, by Nicholas V. Riasanovsky in a more traditional account--but at many other times... Read Article »
Vladimir Nabokov Speak Memory Russian Literature Russian Revolution
Political Economy
2010, Vol. 2 No. 07
Book Review: The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein (2007)
By Delia M. Harrington
Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine ties together history, economics, globalization, natural disasters and geopolitics into one bleak picture. Klein’s thesis is that the Shock Doctrine, also called Disaster Capitalism, has been put into... Read Article »
Politica Economy IMF World Bank Capitalism Marxism Naomi Klein Shock Doctrine
Cold War
2010, Vol. 2 No. 01
Book Review: Stephen Kotkin's Armageddon Averted
By Peter Crowley
As the world's first real Marxist experiment, the Soviet Union, by virtue of lasting seventy odd years, proved Western intelligentsia wrong. The latter had long thought it was doomed to fail. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and the Soviet Union... Read Article »
Stephen Kotkin Armageddon Averted Soviet Union Russia Cold War Iron Curtain Mikhail Gorbachev
 
 

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