David Harvey sheds light on a question I have asked before on this blog in connection with Peter the Great: Why do we obey? Or rather, why do people sometimes act against their own best interests? Why do the many “let” the few take advantage of them? This question is perhaps not as mysterious asContinue reading “Reading “A Brief History of Neoliberalism””
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Book Review: The Borderland of Fear: Vincennes, Prophetstown, and the Invasion of the Miami Homeland.
First of all let me say I give this book five stars. It’s not easy to find books about Native American history that don’t either treat Native Americans as uncivilized savages or as romanticized heroes. I started, but had to put down, A Sorrow in our Heart, Allan W. Eckert’s Hollywood version of the lifeContinue reading “Book Review: The Borderland of Fear: Vincennes, Prophetstown, and the Invasion of the Miami Homeland.”
Will there be blood?
There Will be Blood is a piece of myth-making about America and about masculinity. The myth it tells about America is that it is the product of fanatical individuality, the fierce will of the strongest, that the problems with our society stem not from something systemic or collective, but from the tragic flaws of greatContinue reading “Will there be blood?”
Notes on “Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America”
Since the beauty of this book lies in the specifics, rather than try to somehow present a coherent summary in the form of an essay, I am simply giving as bullet points facts that struck me so far. Americans initially thought of themselves as peaceable in contrast to Imperial Britain with it’s global empire andContinue reading “Notes on “Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America””
recycled paper clips 