The Sense of Reality
Sir Isaiah Berlin was one of the leading intellectual historians of the 20th century, and this book, subtitled 'studies in ideas and their history' was…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Homage to Political Philosophy
Subtitled 'the good society from Plato to the present', this book does not simply take a chronological approach, but intersperses detailed treatment of key Western…… Read More »
The Green Revolution
Subtitled 'narratives of politics, technology and gender', this book reviews the Green Revolution from its origins in the 1940s to its application to Africa in…… Read More »
Preparing for a World that Doesn't Exist – Yet
Authors: Neil Richardson, Rick Smyre
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Futures Studies Economics Ecology
This US-centric book is about framing a Second Enlightenment to create communities of the future and is based on the experience of Communities of the…… Read More »
Reforming Law and Economy for a Sustainable Earth
This is a brilliant and seminal analysis of our current systemic dynamic of unsustainable development in relation to the overall issue of global ecological governance.…… Read More »
Good Work
As it happens, I spent the evening with Laurence last week at the new WCCM centre at Bonnevaux near Poitiers, having driven up with a…… Read More »
Spending Time
The author is a distinguished labour economist who has devoted a great deal of study to time as our most valuable resource, based on a…… Read More »
Not Working – Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?
This is a searching and incisive study of the labour market and patterns of work, especially since the financial crash of 2008. It highlights connections…… Read More »
A Bedside Book About Us
I met the author of this short book at the recent SAND conference in Italy. She is a therapist focusing on the Internal Family Systems…… Read More »
Paravision
This is a very good introduction to the theory and practice of visual clairvoyance based on the conscientology approach developed by Dr Waldo Vieira from…… Read More »