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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.

The World-Ending Fire

Paul Kingsnorth
8th February, 2017
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Flight Path

Charlotte Du Cann
29th August, 2016
Every civilisation has had its irrational but reassuring myth. Previous civilisations have used their culture...
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Autonomous Nature

Tom Smith
22nd August, 2016
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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...
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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....
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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...
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At the Mercy of Fools

Akshay Ahuja
9th September, 2015
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Evolution on fast-forward

Joanna Lilley
1st July, 2015
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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...
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Underminers

Boyd Collins
10th January, 2014
In the new book, this celebration of the miracle of life and rage at its...
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The Snake in the Box

Charlotte Du Cann
3rd September, 2013
This was the fourth and last Uncivilisation Festival, held on a warm, rainy and windy...
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War with the Newts

Akshay Ahuja
22nd July, 2013
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