Maxzor's books

Maxzor commented on Le Climat est un sport de combat by Laurence Tubiana

Laurence Tubiana, Emmanuel Guérin: Le Climat est un sport de combat (Paperback, French language, Albin Michel)

On pouvait redouter un livre pour spécialistes [...] il n'en est rien ! La Croix …

I thought of it as an interesting testimony from an actor at the core of french and international climate politics. Some chapters were more those of a pundit, such as Naomi Klein or Giuliano da Empoli, I found them much less interesting.

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Maxzor commented on L'ordre du temps by Carlo Rovelli (Champs Sciences)

Carlo Rovelli: L'ordre du temps (Paperback, French language, 2019, Flammarion)

Qu’est-ce que le temps ? C’est à cette question fascinante que le physicien italien Carlo …

The essay appears to me as humble, precise, scholarly, with a nice balance between its scientific and literary aspects.

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Maxzor reviewed Impostures intellectuelles by Alan Sokal

Alan Sokal, Jean Bricmont: Impostures intellectuelles (French language, 1997)

Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science (1998; UK: Intellectual Impostures), first published in French …

A refreshing critique of vacuum thinkers and cultural relativism

5 stars

The authors confront eloquently some pitfalls of postmodernism. I laughed at some quoted passages of particularly non-sensical prose.

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Maxzor finished reading Avril brisé by Ismail Kadare

Ismail Kadare: Avril brisé (Paperback, French language, 1983, Livre de poche)

Broken April is a novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare. Published in 1978, the book …

I liked a lot this prose, even if the matter is pretty gloom.

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