Summer officially arrived this week and a traditional activity of a “normal” summer is catching up on your reading. I kicked off my week with Richard Hofstadter’s “The Age of Reform” (1960), the famed historian’s look at the American scene from 1890 to 1940. I’m thinking that “The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth” by Jonathan Rauch, released this week may be my next choice. As for fiction, there are a few Carl Hiaasen novels that I need to get to.
Just got some of them from the library! Among others Sartre’s Being and Nothingness; Beauvior’s The Second Sex; Camus’ Resistance, Rebellion, and Death; Dressed by Shahidha Bari (which is an oddly Freudian philosophy of clothing); and some essays by Judith Butler and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Quite a lot of philosophy. All philosophy. With more to come!
Ah — a recommendation for you, Nic, before I forget is Lies My Teacher Told Me, either the 2007 or 2018 editions.
Just got some of them from the library! Among others Sartre’s Being and Nothingness; Beauvior’s The Second Sex; Camus’ Resistance, Rebellion, and Death; Dressed by Shahidha Bari (which is an oddly Freudian philosophy of clothing); and some essays by Judith Butler and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. Quite a lot of philosophy. All philosophy. With more to come!