{"id":2733,"date":"2020-12-17T16:18:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T16:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/?p=2733"},"modified":"2020-12-18T10:00:16","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T10:00:16","slug":"books-to-blow-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/polir-news\/2020\/12\/17\/books-to-blow-your-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Books to Blow Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

We asked members of Staff and Students to volunteer some suggestions for holiday reading. They didn’t have to be subject specific, many are. We’re featuring them on our social media channels over the holidays. Hopefully there is something here that grabs you, ro read yourself or as an idea for a gift. Here is the full list.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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Dr Andrew Wroe, <\/span><\/b>Senior Lecturer in American Politics<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man\u2019 by Mary L. Trump.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the best book on President Donald Trump\u201d<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jess Hudson and\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Dr Harmonie Toros.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse\u2019 by Charlie\u00a0<\/span>Macksey<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a beautiful illustrated, heartfelt book filled with characters each of us can relate to in some fashion – it brings the simplicity and complexity of self-care, love and friendship to life.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis book lives on my bedside table\u00a0<\/span>&<\/span>\u00a0whenever I feel the need I flick through it, and it always makes me smile \u2013 I couldn\u2019t recommend it enough.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0– Jess<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I<\/span>t makes me happy and because, just like moles, I love cake.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Harmonie\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr Iain Mackenzie\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Pornography of Meat\u201d by Carol J. Adams<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to Blow your Mind.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cLooking forward to reading about the intricate weave of patriarchy, capitalism and environmental degradation with my holiday feasts!\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Head of School<\/span><\/b>,\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Professor Adrian Pabst<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Is it Tomorrow Yet? Paradoxes of the Pandemic<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>Ivan Krastev<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism. The fight for a human future at the new frontier of power<\/span><\/i>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Shoshana\u00a0<\/span>Zuboff<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Lonely Century: Coming Together in a World that\u2019s Pulling Apart<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>Noreena<\/span>\u00a0Hertz,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>Anne Case and Angus Deaton,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The New Class War. Saving Democracy from the Metropolitan Elite<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>Michael Lind,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Greed is Dead: Politics After Individualism<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>Paul Collier and John Kay,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The False Promise of Liberal Order: Nostalgia, Delusion and the Rise of Trump<\/span><\/i>\u00a0–\u00a0<\/span>Patrick Porter,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Third Pillar. The Revival of Community in a Polarised World<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span>–\u00a0<\/span>Raghuram\u00a0<\/span>Rajan<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Giulia\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Grillo\u2019s<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u2018<\/span>Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life<\/span><\/i>\u2019<\/span><\/i>\u00a0by Marshall B. Rosenberg.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>It is a very easy and equally interesting reading on an alternative way to handle and solve conflicts of any kind. The Templeman library has an e-book version of this book. Below, I also copy the details of the book<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Dr Frank\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Grunding<\/span><\/b>, Lecturer in International Relations<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018<\/span>The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by Nassim Nicholas\u00a0<\/span>Taleb<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dilara Banu\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Ozbek<\/span><\/b>\u2019s<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Would You Kill the Fat Man?\u2019<\/span>\u00a0– David Edmonds\u2019s,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>It is not a subject specific book but a philosophical book, arguing our society\u2019s moral and ethical actions, and sacrifices in the name of greater good.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Dr Jane\u00a0<\/span><\/b>O’Mahony<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018<\/span>The<\/span>\u00a0Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to Johnson<\/span>\u2019<\/span>\u00a0by Steve Richards<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>It’s a great read, very reasonably priced and he also does a great podcast on Spotify, iTunes called Rock n Roll politics that’s great to listen to<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/steve-richards-presents-the-rock-n-roll-politics-podcast\/id1384867286<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ben Turner,\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Lecturer in Political Theory<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Automation and the Future of Work by Aaron\u00a0<\/span>Benanav<\/span>\u00a0and Cloud Ethics\u00a0<\/span>by Louise Amoore.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018Two of my favourite books published this year, and which students will study on my specialist topics module \u2018The Politics of Technology\u2019 next term.\u2019<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dr Raluca Popp, Lecturer in Quantitative Politics<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>It is statistics, but in a \u2018digestible\u2019 form, \u2018More or Less: Behind the Stats\u2019 hosted by\u00a0<\/span>Tim\u00a0<\/span>Harford<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rubrick<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Bigeon<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018The Plague\u2019 by Albert Camus<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Its<\/span> not very Christmas-y, more of an ‘in-these-unprecedented-times’ style selection, but one of my faves.<\/span>\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Richard G. Whitman<\/strong><\/div>\n
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“I\u2019d like to recommend a board game which helped to pass the time during lockdown.<\/p>\n

The game is Risk which was a big hit in the 1960s\/1970s and the subtitle gives the hint at the objective (‘the game of global domination’). So an opportunity to pursue great power politics on the kitchen table.<\/p>\n

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