Portraits of Violence: An Illustrated History of Radical Thinking

by Brad Evans, Sean Michael Wilson, Carl Thompson (Illustrations)

2018 'Independent Publisher Book Awards' winner 

Bringing together established academics and award-winning comic book writers and illustrators, Portraits of Violence illustrates the most compelling ideas and episodes in the critique of violence. Hannah Arendt, Franz Fanon, Jacques Derrida, Edward Said, Paolo Freire, Michel Foucault, Susan Sontag, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, and Giorgio Agamben each have ten pages to tell their story in this innovative graphic title.

Dr. Brad Evans is a political philosopher, critical theorist and author from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
Sean Michael Wilson is an acclaimed comic book writer with more than a dozen books published with a variety of US, UK, and Japanese publishers.

Featuring artwork by a diverse range of male and female artists from different   Scottish artist Chris Mackenzie, Japanese artists Inko and Michiru Morikawa, US artist Carl Thompson, Vietnamese artist Yen Quach, and English artist Robert Brown.

Genres: Nonfiction, Graphic Novels, Philosophy, Politics, Comics, History, Sequential Art

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 12, 2016

Reviews

[Christy Hammer · Rating 5 out of 5]

From one of the best political philosophers around! Anything by Brad Evans is excellent. Here, he edited a collection of short narratives from many other of the best political philosophers. The theme running through connects violence to it's legitmation as a political tool, and not much else "naturally", throughout history. The inclusion of comic portrayals is brilliant, and I'm generally not a comics kind of gal. The various Asian artists have terrifically powerful images here, too. My favorites of the individual manifestos are folks I've read before and learned greatly from, already: Fanon, Sontag, Said, Friere, Foucault, Chomsky. All required reading for a radical consciousness, if one is even possible.

Another GRs reviewer mentioned that perhaps Giroux should have gotten his own chapter, even though he wrote the forward, and I agree. Giroux, a Franco-American kid from Maine who got his undergraduate degree at my university, is among only a handful of contemporary writers of radical social critique (including on violence and militarism in general, but also just tops on education and indoctrination.) Evans did a great job here, and I hope this is widely read in and out of classrooms.

Good to see that the New Internationalist is still pumping out books.

[Jenny (Reading Envy) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not sure I realized this was a graphic novel representation of these thinkers when I asked to see a copy, and I'm not sure it is a necessary thing to illustrate. Most of the time the majority of illustrations are depictions of the philosophers, and other times the scenes they were using to illustrate violence I wasn't sure I wanted to see! So for me, I'm torn. It was easier to read with visuals, and that might mean it would get more people who are new to the philosophers to read it. So even if it's not my preference, it might make sense.

However I didn't get far beyond Philosophy 101 in college, and these small vignettes were good ways of learning about different thinkers on the subject of violence, conflict, and the state. Chapters are illustrated by different artists, and include the writings of Brad Evans, Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire (he comes up in Contemplative Pedagogy a lot), Michel Foucault, Edward Said, Susan Sontag, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, and Giorgio Agamben.

This actually came out last November before the election, but it feels more relevant now. Thanks to the publisher for approving my request in Edelweiss.

[Meric Aksu · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Adaletin olup olabilecek en korkunç düşmanı, güçle ittifak yapmış bir cehalettir.” James Baldwin

“Cehalet, güçlünün fayda sağladığı politik bir silahtır. Bu, düşüncenin önünü tıkayıp muhakemeyi zayıflatarak, rıza imal etmek ve muhalifleri susturmak için kullanılan sınıf savaşının bir unsurudur.” Noam Chomsky

Cehalet cehalet deyip de sözü İlber Ortaylı’ya getirmeye çalıştığımı sanmayın sakın. Ama adını anmak da dile getirmektir bir yerde. Buradaysa, özellikle Henry A. Giroux’nun enfes önsözünde de belirttiği gibi, sıkça karşımıza çıkan eleştirel eğitimle ancak siyasetin ve kurumsallaşmış şiddetin çeşitli biçimlerine ciddi anlamda meydan okuyabileceğimiz gerçeğini unutmamamız gerektiği söylenmekte. “Alternatif gelecekler yaratmak, şiddet döngüsünü durdurabilecek, insanlığın daha iyi gelecekler ve tarzlar tahayyül etmesini sağlayacak ciddi ve sürdürülebilir yatırımlar yapmayı gerektirir. Bu da, pedagoji ile eğitimi ciddiye alarak, hayal gücünden faydalanarak ve gençleri dünyanın daha iyi bir yer olabileceğine inanmalarını sağlayacak bir güvenle donatarak, kendimiz için bir dünya yaratmamızla, şiddetin kader olduğu yönündeki imajı yıkarak başarabileceğimiz bir şeydir.” diyen Mösyö Giroux’ya kulak vermemekse olanaksız, kitapta yer alan tüm Modern Çağ Filozofları’na da. Güncelliğini hiç kaybetmeyecek fikirler, düşünceler, tasarılar, alıntılar ve çıkarılacak derslerle dolu kitapta kimler kimler yok ki derken, en çok Freire’nin sözleri kalıyor aklımda: “Yönetimi elinde tutan seçkinciler, dinci fanatikler ve sağcılar eleştirel eğitimi çok tehlikeli bulmaktadırlar. Çünkü bu eğitimin amacı, öğrencileri etkin bir şekilde soru soran, yaygın fikirleri sorgulayan eleştirel özneler olarak yetiştirmektir. Eğitim her halükarda siyasal müdahalenin en önemli biçimidir.” Eleştirel eğitim şart olmalıdır tüm okullarda ve insanlar kahramanların değil, “iyi fikirlerin” peşine düşmelidirler Chomsky'nin buyurduğu gibi. Öte yandan hem Giroux hem de Freire’nin teşvik ettiği basit ama radikal bir adımla, eğiticiler kampüsleri geri almalı, öğrencilerle işçiler şiddet içermeyen biçimler altında bir araya gelmeli, tepeden tırnağa demokratik bir toplum inşa etmemize yardım edecek isyankar bir yeni pedagoji benimsemeliyiz ve tıpkı Zapatistalar gibi geçmişini kazanmak için şiddeti meşrulaştırmadan ve şiddet döngüsüne kapılmadan affetmenin gücünü göstermeli, bir hoşgörü ve kaynaşma politikası oluşturmalı ve herkese kucak açan bir bir dünya yaratmaya olan inancımızı da sonuna dek korumalıyız, şartlar ne olursa olsun. “Şartlar ne olursa olsun.”

“Her insanın her bir gözyaşında
Her bebeğin korku dolu haykırışında
Her seste, her yasakta
İnsanın zihnine vurulmuş
Zincirlerin
Sesini duyuyorum.” Edward Said

[Stewart Tame · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting, informative, and dry. This is a decent introduction to the ideas of various people such as Noam Chomsky, Hannah Arendt, Michel Foucault, Susan Sontag, and more. Some of it can be tough chewing, especially if you're not used to reading philosophy. The book does a fairly decent job of presenting the material, but it's ultimately more remarkable for what it is than what it's about. It's a decent introduction to the ideas, but it's no substitute for in-depth reading.

Yes, I suppose I do overuse the word, "decent" ...

[Meepelous · Rating 4 out of 5]

And today we will be talking about a collection of introductions to philosophical thoughts about violence entitled Portraits of Violence published in Canada in association with New Internationalist By Between the Lines.

This was a book I picked up for last October's Get Graphic readathon, didn't end up reading it because that was also Canadian Thanksgiving, but picked up again thanks to a comment from Alen Bacco asking about it. Because I'm totally not a horrible youtube who takes forever to reply to video comments (thank you social anxiety).

Reading through the entire work this time through however, I was able to forgive my previous struggle at least a little bit because the book really did improve the further in I dug.

Perhaps it was because the first essay was already written by one of the authors for this collection, but it was a pretty boring monologue delivered by a somewhat too punchable face. Nothing personal, perhaps it only speaks to the interest I took to the rest of the collection, but yes Brad Evan's Thinking Against Violence was the least interesting part and is unfortunately first.

Fortunately for the rest of us, the second piece in this collection is Hannah Arendt's The Banality of Evil. Which, much like the rest of this anthology, continues to be oh so relevant to day to day life.

Other philosphers/ideas covered in this collection include: Frantz Fanon - The Wretched of the Earth; Paulo Freire - The Pedagogy of the Oppressed; Michel Foucault - Society Must be Defended; Edward Said - Orientalism; Susan Sontag - Regarding the Pain of Others; Noam Chomsky - Manufacturing Consent; Judith Butler - Precarious Lives; Giorgio Agamben - Sovereign Power/Bare Life. Illustrated in a consistent but varied black and white style by ones Inko, Chris Mackenzie, Carl Thompson, Robert Brown, Michiru Morakwa, and Yen Quach.

And if any of those concepts or names sound too high faluting, never fear! As many slightly uncomfortable reviewers on goodreads have pointed out, this is not actually a substitute for reading their actual work. Instead, this graphic anthology is a good introductory text to many names I keep hearing over and over again (but haven't actually read) that makes it much more likely I will eventually pick up their "actual" work. Because it's one thing to have people's names thrown at you from time to time, but this is like having a really smart, really nice, friend sit down with you and give you the tl:dr cliff notes on what these people had to say and why it's important.

Violence, what it is, who does it, should they do it, should we do it, is the state violent? Deconstructing and examining our ideas of violence is only becoming more important in current days. I would highly recommend this book to most people, unless you are much smarter than me and already read these people's original work.

[Maggie Gordon · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I don't think graphic novels are the best way of conveying heavy political theory, I am done for any attempt at making critical thought more accessible! Portraits of Violence covers a variety of theorists and their thoughts on violence. Some quotes are included, though most of the book is paraphrasing their ideas. It's a good way of getting people to think about difficult concepts and perhaps seek out the original texts.

[Gizem Bahçıvan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Düsünürlerin teorik metinlerini okurken bunalan kisilere bir giris kitabi niteliginde. 10 farkli düsünürün siddet üzerine görüslerini müthis cizimlerle anlatan, eglenceli fakat giris seviyesinde ilgi uyandirici bir kitap

[DRugh · Rating 5 out of 5]

A general overview of critical theory. The book provides a ramp for further political study, giving the reader important analyses of violence and power.

[Sam Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really interesting summary of violence in the philosophical sphere. This is a subject that really interests me, and it’s an issue I’ve personally changed my opinion on several times.

[Maxine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Portraits of Violence: An Illustrated History of Radical Critique by Brad Evans and Sean Michael Wilson and illustrated by several artists including Inko and Carl Thompson brings together ten of the most renowned academics and thinkers on the subject including Paolo Friere, Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky, and Susan Sontag as well as a foreword by Henry A. Giroux. Using the graphic form, it gives a short overview of the theories on violence put forth by each. This is a compelling, challenging, and timely introduction to both the contributors and the subject. It makes clear the need for more education and critical thinking on this issue and is an important read for everyone who wishes to better understand it. It should be stressed that this is only a very small introduction to the contributors' critiques on violence but it is a good introduction for anyone who is looking for more sources on the subject but is not sure where to look.

Thanks to Edelweiss and New Internationalist for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review

[Derek Fenner · Rating 4 out of 5]

A useful book as an introduction to seminal theoretical texts that I love. Not a stand-in for those texts but I can utilize this with students who haven't yet encountered a lot of social theory as a way in. &was much as I like Giroux it was a little strange that he ended up taking up so much space in the Freire chapter. I get it, but just give him his own chapter.

[Lily · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is really funny to see Susan Sontag illustrated in anime style, but other than that this is an accessible and striking collection approaching violence from many different perspectives from renowned academics and political theorists. The Judith Butler section was a stand-out to me, but this was a great introduction to all these thinkers, ones I am more familiar with and some less so.

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool little illustrated intro to/overview of some key radical thinkers on power and violence: Brad Evans, Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Paulo Friere, Edward Said, Susan Sontag, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler, Giorgio Agamben. A number of different artists contributed and I really appreciated the variety in styles.

[Aneesa]

Still not sure what to do.

[Sara Lissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really important primer to the great thinkers that make us questions the beliefs around the inevitability of violence, or the pill of realism we are forced to swallow. Highly recommended if you truly believe that we can imagine a place without social classes, violence, domination, and needless suffering and want some theoretical frameworks to discuss it.

[J Earl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Portraits of Violence by Brad Evans and Sean Michael Wilson is a wonderfully concise introduction to ten important thinkers on the topic of violence.

Each thinker is given ten pages and while the style is text heavy there is a fine balance between letting the words speak for themselves while also having the illustrations highlight and sometimes give nuance to the words. This is not, nor was it intended to be, a thorough analysis of each thinker's thoughts. Even when multiple works are mentioned the focus is primarily on the most relevant text to the topic. That said, in Foucault's chapter, for instance, there is much more of an overview of works because his work all addressed to some degree the idea of violence perpetrated on marginalized peoples. So this book does what seems best for each of the chapters.

I would readily have used this text when I was teaching as a way to offer a semester beginning, or more likely a unit beginning, overview. From this text students would likely have formed questions and opinions from which we could jump directly into the task of close reading and a better understanding. It is as just such a springboard, but for any general reader, where I think this book will serve its greatest purpose.

I would have liked for the book to have included a bibliography of at least the important primary sources cited throughout and ideally a thorough bibliography with some important secondary sources as well. Perhaps, in the effort to not turn away any general readers, they chose specifically to exclude such a listing. These are, after all, famous thinkers and will be easy to look up based on the body of the book. If leaving the bibliography out manages to increase the general readership then I am perfectly content with that. The information here is just that important in the current social and political environment so more readers is very important.

I would recommend this to anyone who cares about what is happening in the world. There is plenty here to spark debate between those all along the spectrum, well, those who are willing to actually engage and debate.

Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via Edelweiss.

[Lizzie J · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book turned out to be much more interesting than I had expected. Some chapters definitely stood out over others, but there was something I took away from almost every chapter. Definitely worth a read. I did find some of the language a little difficult (especially as someone who's not super knowledgeable in the fields discussed). Also, sometimes the pictures didn't add and/or took away from the text; however, even ignoring the comic aspect can give a good, condensed version of the original book.

My personal favorite chapters were the ones on Hannah Arendt and Susan Sontag.

[John Spiri · Rating 2 out of 5]

Portraits of Violence was created for the hardcore or radical Left. I have always been a huge critic of America’s wars and foreign policies, and that aspect of this book resonated with me. At the same time I have become a strong critic of the Left (at least the US Left) for embracing Critical Race Theory (CRT) and censorship, among other issues. In addition, I recently read a book, The Marxification of Education by James Lindsay, which takes a very critical view of Paulo Freire and his supposed accomplishments. So I partly read this book for balance, to challenge Lindsay’s view that Freire is a villain, an enemy of education.

Portraits of Violence contains graphically depicted chapters of Leftist heroes, including Paulo Freire. I found the artwork, layout, and organization of the book appealing. My criticisms are entirely based on what I perceive to be its profoundly misguided thinking.

As is true of CRT, the writers of this book manipulate language. For example, in the introduction Henry Giroux talks about “symbolic violence”—which allows him to label anything and everything violence. Thus, our societies are, according to Giroux, “saturated in violence.” But later he has to distinguish that presumed symbolic violence from “real violence.” Even worse, what’s “real” to Giroux is not ‘physical force that causes damage or injury’ as it is to the English speaking world, but rather violence that is “waged against minorities in the streets and school environments.” Similarly, in the first graphic story, Brad Evans talks about “two distinct types of violence”, one being directed at so-called “disposable people”—police brutalizing Black Lives Matter (BLM) protesters. Evans even makes the hyperbolic claim that “young Blacks (are) being gunned down by police with impunity.” Once again, the other type of violence is not ‘physical force causing harm’ but rather “spectacles of violence that enables the powerful to perpetuate and excuse their own violence”. These examples show the authors discussing violence not in a typical sense but within the framework of a radical Leftist ideology.

I consciously stopped considering myself aligned with the Left during the BLM protests because I kept getting messages like ‘If you criticize looting and violence of protesters, you are racist.’ Like Brad Evans, CRT adherents are only concerned by violence committed by those they identify as wielding the power in society, the oppressors, specifically White heterosexual men. To the radical Left, all violence by the “oppressed” is justified, accepted, or ignored; the stage for that violence was set by the “symbolic violence” of the oppressors. The hierarchy of oppressors and oppressed is not based on actions, but on various identities and status as minorities. Again, this is the radical Leftist lens with which the book's authors see the world.

In the chapter about education and “critical pedagogy” featuring Paolo Freire, a ‘rightwing, conservative-minded’ person, towering, angry, and wagging a finger at a calm Freire charges, “You are only interested in this so-called ‘critical pedagogy’ so you can brainwash young people into thinking like you.” That is certainly the perception I have. A kindly Freire answers, “No. The aim is not to mold a generation of leftwingers, but to help develop critical thinking skills, to encourage people to think and decide for themselves.” So much of Freire’s message, in theory, sounds good; many of Freire’s criticisms are valid. But by 2024 it is quite clear that his solutions are certainly worse than "traditional education". Radicalized youth in the West know less than ever, but are more certain and self-righteous than ever. Moreover, reading and writing skills are diminished. And the aim of an education steeped in “critical pedagogy” is certainly not critical thinking—not in the way educators and society know that term. The aim is clearly for learners, especially youth, to accept and adopt the tenets of radical Leftist ideology. In that sense, it works. However, critical pedagogy fails on every meaningful measure.

Much of the Noam Chomsky chapter would have been more appropriate in 1990. Chomsky of 2020 was beguiled by a media influenced by advertising, particularly Pfizer. In the chapter, Chomsky rails against a media that relies on ‘experts’ and official sources—but Chomsky of 2020 did just that in calling for authoritarian measures to be taken against citizens who refused to submit to demands and threats that they get injected with the COVID “vaccine”. It would have been far more interesting for the authors to grapple with the ways Chomsky deviated from the points he espoused in his classic book Manufacturing Consent.

Probably the most interesting chapter and radical Leftist presented in the book was Michel Foucault. Indeed, in the critiques I have read, Foucault gets mixed reviews, a man with some provocative if not valuable insights. I would have liked to see that chapter expanded.

If you see the world through the lens of radical Marxist ideology, you will like this book. Everyone else should be able to see the book’s false promises, manipulated terminologies, and misguided view of the world.

[Iñaki Tofiño · Rating 5 out of 5]

Magnífico resumen ilustrado del pensamiento de diversos autores sobre temas como la violencia de los medios de comunicación, el colonialismo, la banalidad del mal o la capacidad de resistencia de la ciudadanía: Brad Evans, Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire, Michel Foucault, Edward W. Said, Susan Sontag, Noam Chomsky, Judith Butler y Giorgio Agamben.
Obviamente, el texto resume mucho y no hace justicia a la profundidad de sus tesis, pero no olvida ningún detalle importante y es una muy buena introducción a su obra.

[Mat Davies · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is s solid piece of work.

I was excited to read this book as someone who appreciates the medium of the graphic novel and some of the thinkers in this book. The artwork fits the subjects which are explored here. And the choice of thinkers are also solid decisions. I think that fundamentally, sharing important information, ideas and works through alternative mediums is a great idea.

Too often, what we term academic or intellectual thinkers, ideas or works are either inaccessible or kept with a tightly woven group with odd barriers that the outside world can neither penetrate or understand. On the other other hand, it is equally difficult for academics to get their ideas 'out there' and using alternative methods like this is one way to overcome that difficulty.

That barrier is overcome and ideas are well delivered in this short but idea packed graphic novel. I am quite critical of some of the translations of German and French thinkers, and some of the writers in English within this broad but interconnected discipline (political/continental thought) - nonetheless, I thought that key ideas from Foucault, Agamben and particularly Arendt were clear and well handled.

Smashing stuff.

[HistoryWithTiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been reading and citing works from Freire, Foucault, Said, Chomsky, and Butler for a decade, and it is these ideologies along with many others, such as Maxine Greene, that inform my historical lens as well as my personal curriculum ideology. What I have not yet found a way to do is expose these thinkers to my high school students in a way that is meaningful, memorable, and engaging. This book is perfect for exposing high school students to critical theory as we study topics in history. I was particularly drawn to the Arendt chapter and plan to bring this in during our man’s inhumanity unit this spring. While I agree with other reviewers that this is not a substitute for reading the original works of these thinkers, I would argue that it was never intended to be that and reducing the rating of this piece of work based on that is unfair. I am always grateful for pieces of work like this that maintain high expectations for the reader but also employ new methods for engaging learners.

[Gabryelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

What a great way to make often complicated and difficult to understand philosophies accessible. And how applicable it is to the current state of the world!

The book is divided into 10 page chapters for each philosopher and is complemented with beautiful and tragic drawings that bring their ideologies to life.

Chapters that really resonated with me were The Banality of Evil (Hannah Arendt), Orientalism (Edward Said), and Regarding the Pain of Others (Susan Sontag).

This book is a great jumping off point to explore the teachings of each of these philosophers. I know that I will be looking into books by Hannah Arendt and Susan Sontag.

[Bulent · Rating 5 out of 5]

Evans oldukça güzel bir "reader" hazırlamış. 'Radikal düşünürler' olarak tanımladığı ve yakın döneme damga vuran 11 entelektüel ismin şiddet ile ilgili yazdıklarını, bu kavram etrafında dolaşan fikir ve görüşlerini derlemiş, genellikle onların ağzından, ama onların kim olduklarını, nerede durduklarını ve bu fikirleri neden ve nasıl dile getirdiklerini de anlatan bir şekildde bir araya getirmiş. Üstelik tamamı çizgi / grafik roman formatında. Bu da okumayı kolaylaştırmak açısından çok önemli bir yaklaşım.

[RuloZetaka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Indispensable lectura en distintas direcciones: para iniciarse en el tema y conocer un puñado de perspectivas que dan pie a nuevas lecturas y para quienes ya conocemos a los autores poder encontrar alguna forma de recuperar información que habría estado extraviada por años a menos de que nos leyeramos tres o cuatro libros... Por cada uno de ellos.

En tiempo de violencia rampante, Brad Evans y el equipo que ilustró nos ayudan a comprender, y profundizar, las distintas caras de la violencia a través de las pensadoras y pensadores más revolucionarios de las últimas décadas

[Yonca Güneş Yücel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tahmin ettiğim gibi yüzeyden yüzeyden, atlaya atlaya çok yazılı bir “çizgi” anlatısı. Elbette ki bu kadar kuramcının argümanlarını olabildiğince basit tarif edebilmek zordur. Arendt’den Said’e öne çıkardığı bağlam, şiddet döngüsünün nasıl kurulduğu ve işlediği üzerine. Bu döngüyü kırmanın gerekliliği kadar sürmesine dönük manipülatif devinimi yüksek olan politika, düşünce, anlam ve “kurum” dünyasına değini düzeyde temas ediyor.

Yine de ilgili giriş derslerinde, lisans öğrencilerine önerilebilir bir kılavuzluğu var. İnsan hakları dersimin izlencesine girdi bile. ✍🏽

[Shiffa · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good attempt at making critical theory more accessible. Each chapter introduces the work of an influential academic and the different ways they conceptualise violence. It was insightful and relevant because most theories were unpacked using contemporary examples (e.g. the War on Terror, Zapatista resistance in Mexico). However, some of the text was too wordy, dry and highbrow for a graphic novel.

[Jake Powell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A wonderful introduction to a few important thinkers, and I appreciated how visual metaphors were used to explain complex ideas in a way that I think will help me remember them. Quick but thought-provoking read, and glad to have this launching point for further engagement with these authors and ideas!

[Yeşim]

Portraits of Violence introduced me to some philosophers and ideas that i hadn’t read before, such as those of Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire and Giorgio Agamben. I added new books to my want to read list and got a glimpse of new ideas which i found interesting and are worth to delve into more. So it was a nice reading experience for me.

[Minsky97 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Schön illustriert und gute Idee. Sehr cool, dass die Theorien auf aktuelle Themen bezogen werden.
Aber aus dem Buch heraus konnte ich die Ideen/Texte teils kaum nachvollziehen, selbst wenn ich die Konzepte/Theorien eigentlich kannte und verstanden habe. Vielleicht ist das auch einfach nicht so gut übersetzt?

[Joseph Young · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very wordy for a graphic novel. Each section provides a short summary of part of a revolutionary author's works. Makes me want to read more philosophy, but with the different art styles and approaches by each author, it feels like an ill-fitting mosaic.