@suzyxwvu Bah, how hard could it be? π€· Nah, but I've got some acquaintences whit philosophy degrees who apparently started a book circle with this recently, so I plan on bothering them when I get stuck.
Although, if you have any prerec. recommendations, hit me up π
@jbschirtzinger haha naah, not sure that's what they mean, unfortunately. But thanks π
In the twenty-eighth Discworld novel the Discworld goes to war.It began as a sudden strange β¦
Most of those vampire families were highly nobby. You never knew who was connected to who . . . not just connected to who, in fact, but to whom. Whoms were likely to be far more troublesome than your common everyday who.
— Monstrous Regiment (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett (Page 35)
Aah, I was just about to get all grammar sticklery, and then I burst out laughing instead. So far, Pratchett get's a π
Okay, so, this is going to be a bit of a problem to get through, but it seems potentially highly relevant.. If anyone knows what "oedipalized territorialities" mean, DM me π₯²
In the twenty-eighth Discworld novel the Discworld goes to war.It began as a sudden strange β¦
Finally digging into some Pratchett. Let's see if this is my thing or no
@wdavery oh no! I haven't read this in many years, but now I'm scared to go back π
From inside front cover: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within β¦
I don't really have anything profound to say, it was just nice and necessary to get a glimpse of a life in some ways very different from my own, and in others, not so much. Made me want to read more biographies, so hit me up with good ones.
From inside front cover: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a ... loving family in β¦
Winner of the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, Daniel Quinn's Ishmael is a bestseller and a testament for a burgeoning spiritual movement. β¦
From inside front cover: The story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a ... loving family in β¦
So, this one has been on my list for a while, and I finally got around to it when I realized I could browse The Anarchist Library on the cash-register screen at work.
In combination with a subsequent drug-aided empathic interaction with a tick, this threw me for quite a spin, not quite knowing how to value or relate to life, death, and all that juicy metaphysical stuff.
Now, a couple weeks later, and having interspersed these chapters with some somewhat more cheerfull - or at least less gloomy - green anarchist theory, I've come out the other end closer to myself and my immediate surroundigs.
tl;dr: I can't put this into stars, but I spend way more time watching insects and listening to birds now.
Wow... I mean, it's essentially an essay surrounded by quotation marks and the words "Ishmael said", but oh, what an essay!
Really forces you to confront some difficult and rewarding to answer questions about culture and civilized society.
"Must read" for anyone dabbling in anarchist or leftist theory, but probably quite enjoyable for folx not doing so.
βA practical guide to practicing polyamory and open relationships in ways that are ethically and β¦
This book is making me feel so validated! Only read a few chapters as of yet, but oof, it feels good to see your (societally shunned) self reflected in writing π₯°
