This post is about three books I’ve polished off recently, all quite different from one another: Timothy Besley & Torsten Persson, Pillars of Prosperity: The Political Economy of Development Clusters – nothing to do with industrial districts or network externalities; this is a (mostly) theoretical exploration of the reasons why rulers might choose to invest [...]
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Posted in Book Recommendations, Economics, History, tagged mark pennington, ralph raico, timothy besley, torsten persson on March 7, 2012 | 15 Comments »
Secessionism
Posted in Book Recommendations, civil war, secession, tagged secessionism on February 20, 2012 | 3 Comments »
My first book, Secessionism: Identity, Interest, and Strategy, has been released by McGill-Queen’s University Press. Secessionism is the first comprehensive, empirical study of the causes and consequences of contemporary secessionist movements worldwide. It also has a normative component, as I interpret from the empirical results a case for “legalizing secession” in order to reduce the [...]
Atlas Shrugged Thoughts
Posted in Book Recommendations, tagged Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand on August 4, 2011 | 16 Comments »
So I finally read Atlas Shrugged (I haven’t seen the movie yet). I’d heard about the novel in libertarian circles for a long time, of course, but I’d never read it. I had read some of Rand’s nonfiction, and I knew going into Atlas that I disagreed with Rand’s philosophy on several fundamental points. Indeed, [...]
Orhan Pamuk, Localist
Posted in Book Recommendations, Comparative culture, Sociology and Anthropology, tagged culture, istanbul, literature, localism, orhan pamuk, postcolonialism, turkey on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk has been one of my favorite authors since I read Snow a few years ago. Snow is an atmospheric novel set in ethnically mixed eastern Turkey (the city of Kars). The novel paints a picture of a “frontier” city’s characters, political and religious intrigues, dilapidated architecture, climate, and topography. While the [...]
Most Underrated Works of Political Philosophy?
Posted in Book Recommendations, Ethics, tagged Moral Philosophy, political theory on August 18, 2010 | 19 Comments »
This semester I will be teaching a political philosophy course for the first time since graduate school, and have just finalized my syllabus. For all the ethicists and political philosophers out there – what do you consider to be the most underrated works of political philosophy for each period (ancient, modern, contemporary)? To elaborate, I’m [...]
Three Up, One Down
Posted in Book Recommendations, tagged Cass Sunstein, conservatism, groupthink, Harry Stein, James Delingpole, John Derbyshire on April 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have three improbable book recommendations for weekend reading, and one book I recommend passing on. The three “ups” I received as gifts, and I must admit I was not hopeful given their rather unpromising titles. I am happy to report I was pleasantly surprised. (A disclaimer: as with every book recommendation I make, I [...]
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