Books

Book reviews (non-fiction literature about media, public, big tech and film).

  • Words matter

    TRUMPISM: A guide to understanding, resisting, and recovering from the tumultuous Donald Trump presidency.

  • Is there something after the collapse?

    SOCIETY: Thoughts on post-collapse societies and ecosocial transition.

  • Democracy in French-speaking Africa

    AFRICA: France has strangely managed to preserve hegemony over its former colonies, including the dissemination of knowledge. This book is a much-needed exception, providing…

  • Documentary as an ecological system

    CINEMA: A glimpse into the ever-evolving way in which documentaries investigate, engage with, and interrogate the world.

  • Dreams of freedom and irresponsibility

    HYDRA: Axel Jensen, Marianne Ihlen and Leonard Cohen in a new perspective. Polly Sampson's new book is a feminist correction of mythologized authors.

  • Russia without Putin

    RUSSIA: Putin will leave the Kremlin one day - but don't expect that to change things, argues Tony Wood in his well-researched thesis on…

  • Filmmaking and real life

    FILMMAKING: Tony Stark's practical and accessible guide to creating non-fiction content for television, online or social media.

  • Raw, naked, and masculine

    AFRICA: Before, it was the Baroque that seduced Achille Mbembe, now it's brutalism – used as an analytical breakthrough to understand Africa and its…

  • On contemporary media ecology

    MEDIA: A short but important book that everybody needs to read

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