Book Reviews
Over the years, the Dark Mountain website has been home to reviews of books of interest to our readers.
Whether introducing neglected classics that deserve a home on an uncivilised bookshelf, or taking a critical look at new publications whose themes overlap with our work, we hope you find the reviews here a stimulus to reading, reflection and discussion.
Inside the Doughnut
Chris Smaje
23rd October, 2017
In the first part of the book Raworth dissects orthodox economic theory, showing how it...
Flight Path
Charlotte Du Cann
29th August, 2016
Every civilisation has had its irrational but reassuring myth. Previous civilisations have used their culture...
What is This?
Paul Kingsnorth
1st August, 2016
The Abundance by Annie Dillard The moon begins to bite into the sun’s face and the...
Of Sun, Rain and Anti-Utilitarianism
Robert Alcock
14th May, 2016
So the question is not whether capitalism will survive the technological innovations it is spawning....
Beyond the Life of the Sun: ecomodernism and its discontents
Tom Smith
25th November, 2015
Part I: Introduction Retreat from our predicament is not an option. We must push through...
Retrieval, resilience and wild planning
John Foster
4th January, 2015
Rob Hopkins in The Transition Handbook defines the idea of resilience more specifically thus: ‘…the...
Underminers
Boyd Collins
10th January, 2014
In the new book, this celebration of the miracle of life and rage at its...