Category: Politics & Society

12 March, 2012

Nakul Krishna

Mountain Rescue

Rory Stewart and Gerald Knaus' Can Intervention Work? charts the ethical and historical trajectory of overseas warfare.


27 February, 2012

Tom Cutterham

The Problem of Doing Something

Simon Critchley's Faith of the Faithless recovers religious methods to outline a bold plan for political activism.


16 February, 2012

Patrick Andelic

The Farcical Scramble



13 February, 2012

Andrew Fleming

Marketplaces in Afghanistan

Noah Coburn's Bazaar Politics argues for the wider political applicability of regional social structures in Afghanistan.


12 February, 2012

Gabriel Roberts

Is Ugliness Necessary?



31 January, 2012

Daryl Lim

There Is No Wealth But Life



30 January, 2012

Ursula Hackett

The Power of Invisibility

Suzanne Mettler's The Submerged State explores the hidden side of governmental intervention.


6 December, 2011

Tom Cutterham

How Ed Lost His Red



28 November, 2011

Stephen Hussey

The Divided Shelf

Christopher Hitchens' Arguably collects over 600 pages of comment and reportage from an unquiet contrarian.


29 October, 2011

Joel Krupa

The Power of Place