Showing posts with label No Logo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label No Logo. Show all posts

Monday, 28 February 2011

Letter to a Christian Nation - Sam Harris

Picked it up more as an enjoyable indulgence than for serious reasons. I already have all my opinions on this subject. not much to say, really. Punchy, well-written, a bit arrogant. Mostly agreed with him. Would still recommend The God Delusion over this. Reading this almost straight after No Logo has certainly straightened things out. Strong as my opinions are, religion is by no means the biggest problem facing mankind. Corporate greed is. Maybe I'll invite Dawkins, Harris and Klein for a dinner party and a debate.

Monday, 14 February 2011

No Logo - Naomi Klein

Best non-fiction book I've ever read (not that I read that many). Calm, coherent, thorough, assertive and enlightening. Not only does it not come across as vitriolic left-wing ranting, it actually succeeds in showing the ultra-capitalist mentality to be the wrong-headed and crazed one. I found it simultaneously empowering - because it makes sense of so many things - and depressing - because it came out 12 years ago and the movement Klein observed seems to have fizzled out.