Roses Are Red and Socialism Is, Too: Review of Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit Sébastien Doubinsky Under Review: Orwell's Roses. By Rebecca Solnit. Viking, October 19, 2021. Rebecca Solnit is a well-known and respected writer and essayist who focuses on topics such as feminism, the environment, and human rights. As the title clearly indicates, her … Continue reading Roses Are Red and Socialism Is, Too: Review of Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit
Category: Nonfiction Reviews
Into the Blue Again: Postmillennial Dissolution, Academic Remnants, and Sarah Wasserman’s The Death of Things
Into the Blue Again: Postmillennial Dissolution, Academic Remnants, and Sarah Wasserman’s The Death of Things Rachele Dini Under Review: The Death of Things. By Sarah Wasserman. University of Minnesota Press, October 2020. In early June 2021, the London School of Economics blog published a piece by British sociologist David Beer titled “In Defence of Writing … Continue reading Into the Blue Again: Postmillennial Dissolution, Academic Remnants, and Sarah Wasserman’s The Death of Things
Sabotage and Strike!: Review of Breaking Things at Work by Gavin Mueller
Sabotage and Strike!: Review of Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right about Why You Hate Your Job by Gavin Mueller Madi Simcock-Brown Under Review: Breaking Things at Work: The Luddites Are Right about Why You Hate Your Job. By Gavin Mueller. Verso, February 2021 With an issue as central and controversial within left … Continue reading Sabotage and Strike!: Review of Breaking Things at Work by Gavin Mueller
New Town, Black Utopia: Review of Soul City by Thomas Healy
New Town, Black Utopia: Review of Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia by Thomas Healy Joe P. L. Davidson Under Review: Soul City: Race, Equality, and the Lost Dream of an American Utopia. By Thomas Healy. Metropolitan Books, February 2, 2021. When Thomas More was imagining his utopia in … Continue reading New Town, Black Utopia: Review of Soul City by Thomas Healy
Robot Pontiffs and Alien Pilgrims: Review of Science Fiction and Catholicism by Jim Clarke
Robot Pontiffs and Alien Pilgrims: Review of Science Fiction and Catholicism: The Rise and Fall of the Robot Papacy by Jim Clarke Anna McFarlane Under Review: Science Fiction and Catholicism. By Jim Clarke. Gylphi, 2019. Debates surrounding the origins and nature of science fiction have long dominated academic discussions of speculative fiction, with Brian Aldiss … Continue reading Robot Pontiffs and Alien Pilgrims: Review of Science Fiction and Catholicism by Jim Clarke
A Spectre Haunting Stephen King’s America: Review of Stephen King and American Politics by Michael J. Blouin
A Spectre Haunting Stephen King’s America: Review of Stephen King and American Politics by Michael J. Blouin Shawn Gilmore Under Review: Stephen King and American Politics. By Michael J. Blouin. University of Wales Press, 2021. Stephen King—prolific author of popular fiction and household name for nearly fifty years—is a daunting writer to contend with. King’s … Continue reading A Spectre Haunting Stephen King’s America: Review of Stephen King and American Politics by Michael J. Blouin
Scientizing White Supremacy: Review of Possessing Polynesians by Maile Arvin
Scientizing White Supremacy: Review of Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai`i and Oceania by Maile Arvin Gregory Pōmaikaʻi Gushiken Under Review: Possessing Polynesians: The Science of Settler Colonial Whiteness in Hawai`i and Oceania. Maile Arvin. Duke University Press. 2019. Native Hawaiian feminist scholar Maile Arvin’s history of social science and its … Continue reading Scientizing White Supremacy: Review of Possessing Polynesians by Maile Arvin
Sorry, the Robot Uprising Is Not Coming: Review of More Than Machines? by Laura Voss
Sorry, the Robot Uprising Is Not Coming: Review of More Than Machines?: The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology by Laura Voss Liz W. Faber Under Review: More Than Machines?: The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology. Laura Voss. Columbia University Press/Transcript Publishing, April 2021. For lovers of science fiction, the image of robots and … Continue reading Sorry, the Robot Uprising Is Not Coming: Review of More Than Machines? by Laura Voss
Don’t Blame the Robots: Review of Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Benanav
Don't Blame the Robots: Review of Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Benanav Jordan S. Carroll Under Review: Automation and the Future of Work. By Aaron Benanav. Verso, 2020. Aaron Benanav’s Automation and the Future of Work offers a much-needed corrective to the technological optimism of automation theorists on both the left and … Continue reading Don’t Blame the Robots: Review of Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron Benanav
Humanity Crash Test: Review of Extreme Fabulations by Steven Shaviro
Humanity Crash Test: Review of Extreme Fabulations: Science Fictions of Life by Steven Shaviro Sébastien Doubinsky Under Review: Extreme Fabulations. By Steven Shavrio. Goldsmiths Press, August 3, 2021. Steven Shaviro is a familiar figure for all those academically interested in speculative and science fiction. An all-around thinker, philosopher, and critic, he has written a number … Continue reading Humanity Crash Test: Review of Extreme Fabulations by Steven Shaviro
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