There's nothing quite like a great book, except maybe a great TV series, movie or documentary. In this section I review some of my favourite stuff - with one or two raspberries thrown in for good measure
Written by Marcus T. Anthony on
In Educational Futures: Dominant and Contesting Visions educational futurist Ivana Milojevic has written a compelling and readable volume. This review provides a brief description of the contents, while giving an overall evaluation of the volume. The text is particularly useful in that it highlights some of the strengths and typical problems with critical futures. The problem that I focus upon in the latter part of this paper is Milojevic’s representation of East and West. (click on "pdf" icon at top right to read full article).
Written by Marcus T. Anthony on 08.02.2010
Consciousness is not a simple thing to understand, but in "Consciousness Explained Better", Allan Combs has done a fine job of simplifying the integral view of mind. The integral view posits that consciousness is multi-faceted, multilayered, cannot be easily reduced and explained, and changes according to the perspective of the perceiver. Largely following the integral philosophy of Ken Wilber, Allan Combs does not argue that consciousness is relativistic and culturally defined, however. (Click on the "pdf" image at top right to read the review).
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Journey Into Now: Clear Guidance on the Path of Spiritual Awakening
by Leonard Jacobson
This is a powerful book for anybody on a spiritual journey... Click on the PDF image inside to read the review.
Written by Marcus T. Anthony on 24.04.10
This is my review of the new book by David Shenk, The Genius in All of Us. I think it is an excellent and important book, and a must-read for all those passionate about human potential and expanded human futures. However, it is a rather long review, so for those who want to short version, I have highlighted in bold the parts of the text which I consider most important.
Written by Marcus T. Anthony on June 6 2010
Michael R. LeGault's book think, "Why Crucial Decisions Can't Be Made in the Blink of an Eye" is entertaining and absorbing, but not necessarily for the reasons the writer might hope. This is the review of the book.
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Appearing in the Journal of Futures Studies in July 2003, this was the very first academic article I ever published. Here I analyse techno-utopian futurist Michio-Kaku's book Visions, and find it leaves out some very important parts of the future.
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Here I review two books by futurist Thomas Lombardo: Contemporary Futurist Thought and The Evolution of Future Consciousness. This review appeared in Futures journal in 2007.
Written by Marcus T. Anthony on 02.03.10
Timothy Ferris' book title suggests you can work four hours a week and live your Bliss. Does the book tell us how?