Book Reviews

TBD* features reviews of recent scholarly work as part of its special issues and an ongoing process. If you are interested in contributing a review to the journal, please contact the editors at tbdgraduatejournal@acadiau.ca. A list of recommended books for review can be found below.

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The Evolution of Moral Progress: A Biocultural Theory by Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell
The Evolution of Moral Progress: A Biocultural Theory by Allen Buchanan and Russell Powell

The Evolution of Moral Progress: A Biocultural Theory, Oxford University Press, 2018

Review by Guido Calderini, MA student in Philosophy at University of Ottawa

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The Encrypted State: Delusion and Displacement in the Peruvian Andes
The Encrypted State: Delusion and Displacement in the Peruvian Andes

The Encrypted State: Delusion and Displacement in the Peruvian Andes, Stanford University Press 2019
Review by Robert Pantalone, M.A Social and Political Thought at Acadia University

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We Are All Cannibals - And Other Essays
We Are All Cannibals - And Other Essays

We Are All Cannibals - And Other Essays - University of Columbia Press @016
Review by Adam Foster, Ph.D. Candidate in Politics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa

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To Our Friends
To Our Friends

The Invisible Committee - Semiotext(e) 2015
Review by Hope Campbell, M.A. Politics at Acadia University

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Philosophy and Resistance in the Crisis: Greece and the Future of Europe
Philosophy and Resistance in the Crisis: Greece and the Future of Europe

Costas Douzinas - Polity 2013
Review by Cameron Brown, M.A. Social and Political Thought at Acadia University

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Book Review Wish List

Recently Published books we would love to have you review:

  • Browne, Jude. 2025. Political Responsibility and Tech Governance.

  • Ezrahi, Yaron. 2025. Can Democracy Recover?

  • Cox, Michael. 2024. Common Boundaries: The Theory and Practice of Environmental Property.

  • Ariel Espino. 2024. Conversations with the Turtles: On the Ideological Conundrums of Our Times.

  • Friedman, Steven. 2024. Good Jew, Bad Jew: Racism, Anti-Semitism and the Assault on Meaning.

  • Ebin, Chelsea. 2024. The Radical Mind: The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building.

  • Danewid, Ida. 2023. Resisting Racial Capitalism: An Antipolitical Theory of Refusal.

  • Lejano, Raul P. 2023. Caring, Empath, and the Commons: A Relational Theory of Collective Action.

  • Risse, Mathias. 2023. Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us.

  • And any other books published within in last 24 months.