The Secret Mind of Art
This beautifully written and erudite book takes the reader on a soul-making transformational journey in a reflective encounter with twelve of the most significant works…… Read More »
Book Reviews
Talking Cure
This charming and well-written book aptly describes itself as an invigorating exploration of the pleasures and social benefits of conversation, arguably more important than ever…… Read More »
The Entanglement – How Art and Philosophy Make us What we Are
The subtitle is it a good indication of the argument of this interesting interdisciplinary book exploring the inseparability of life, art and philosophy in the…… Read More »
Glad to the Brink of Fear
I am lucky enough to have inherited my grandmother's copy of the complete works of Emerson, signed and dated Violet Wyld, 1898, when she was…… Read More »
Discounting the Future – the Ascendancy of a Political Technology
The title indicates the theme of this important study of discounting, an economic tool that has been embedded in market and policy practices, with a…… Read More »
Unherd, Volume 1
Reviewer: David Lorimer
Category: Ecology Politics
If you do not already subscribe to Unherd run by my friend Freddie Sayers, I suggest you do! Here is how they describe themselves: "The…… Read More »
The Price of Collapse
This fascinating study drawing on contemporary records explains how the demise of Ming China was brought about more through drastic cooling in a deadly phase…… Read More »
The Empire of Climate – A History of an Idea
This magisterial study discusses how the spectre of climate has been used to explain history since antiquity, and its title comes from remarks made by…… Read More »
The Long Game
This timely and highly acclaimed book highlights how rivalry and the pursuit of power has shaped the geopolitics of global order, which is now in…… Read More »
The Illusion of Life and Death – Mind, Consciousness and Eternal Being
This powerfully affirmative and liberating book encourages readers to embrace both life and death. It is informed principally by Buddhism, but also by the author’s…… Read More »