As with much scholarly political writing, Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism is characterized by a deep schism divorcing its material from its analysis.
economic thought, and the relationship between the two. In sharp contrast to modern academia, which often compartmentalizes social reality, dividing and abstracting it to the point of meaninglessness, Dowd emphasizes capitalism's relationship to h...
I'm from Los Angeles and currently live in Brooklyn. I have studied history and political science... more
I'm from Los Angeles and currently live in Brooklyn. I have studied history and political science at San Francisco State University, Columbia University and the CUNY Graduate Center, and I have written over the past decade for Tikkun, Fifth Estate, Counterpunch, Z Magazine, Seven Stories Press, Anarchy: AJODA, Slingshot, San Francisco Bay Area Guardian, and The San Francisco Street Sheet. I can be reached at jsperber4@yahoo.com
Reading: general history, cultural history, frankfurt school, post-structuralist, and situationis... more
Reading: general history, cultural history, frankfurt school, post-structuralist, and situationist works, political economy, Edgar Alan Poe, Chester Himes. Movies: Pre-code Hollywood, Golden Age Hollywood, Noir, New Wave. Pro basketball, pro football, Max Ernst, William Appleman Williams, Gotz Aly, Bela Tarr, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Willeford.
