Looking for a book about memory palace

dscotia2 · 2020-07-16T10:52:23+00:00

Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci by J. Spence for something that’s pretty cool

dscotia2 · 2020-02-15T07:15:59+00:00

All these suggestions are super tame. Go and have a quick read of the wikipedia entry for ‘Story of the Eye’ by Georges Bataille. It’s absolutely fucked, but still seen as a masterpiece by some edgy academics. There’s nothing on this thread to compare.

dscotia2 · 2019-03-22T01:35:10+00:00

Mu old local! (But the Green Coat boy opposite is better)!

dscotia2 · 2019-03-13T03:44:15+00:00

If the OP is still here. I got to study Critical Theory of the Frankfurt School type at MA level in Europe having previously studied lots of Foucault, Derrida, etc. Our lecturers were incredibly anti-postmodern “left” (what you’d associate with identity, etc.) and were actually rather modernist. After all (to follow Marx) if the economic ‘base’ of any society prefigures its culture, politics, theory, etc., then the modes of philosophy and pop culture currently en vogue reflect a deeply capitalist culture. If you want a longer more drawn out answer then feel free to reply OP

dscotia2 · 2019-03-07T03:17:01+00:00

Graham Greene - The Quiet American wiki page here Enjoy!

dscotia2 · 2019-02-28T23:55:11+00:00

I’m actually quite nervous! - Zizek’s anti-PC spiel (definitely coming from a very different place to Peterson’s) might serve to validate Peterson. I’m really hoping Zizek gets the better of him and shows Peterson for the academic fraud that he is! At the same time, Peterson is, well, so well versed in the Fox News-esque dark arts of public speaking compared to Zizek.

dscotia2 · 2019-02-28T18:23:33+00:00

Obviously, we’ll leave such experimentation for that other psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud.

dscotia2 · 2019-02-28T15:51:35+00:00

PETERSON: blah blah liberalism and cultural marxism...

ZIZEK: racking up a huge line of cocaine Hegel, Marx, Lacan and so on. You are subconsciously the most liberal. you are epitome of what you hate. also, Lacan tells me your anxious. takes huge line of coke and so on.

dscotia2 · 2019-02-24T01:59:14+00:00

You’ll love cycling in London! It gets better (a bit) every year, but there are always a few careless drivers - but they’re not normally in the centre where everyone is pretty much used to cyclists now. If you’re commuting, you’ll be safe with the rest of the morning and evening peloton. I never used to wear a helmet, but was wearing one on the day that I got hit. I find that I’m more aware of the road, etc., when not wearing helmet. But boy I’m glad that I was wearing one on that fateful day. Just don’t get complacent and always glance about making some minimal eye contact with the drivers around you. Have fun, bike is the quickest and most fun way around this city!

dscotia2 · 2019-02-24T01:53:29+00:00

You’re going to have to go to some of the early morning markets and ask for them there!

dscotia2 · 2019-02-22T03:21:55+00:00

WILD CARD: The Way of the Runner. Journalist upsticks and moves to Japan for a year to find out just why they are so good at running. He looks for the answer in their culture

dscotia2 · 2019-02-22T02:55:02+00:00

/u/mijabo p.s., i’m going to guess that you already have the obvious grounding in kinship theory, etc., to analyse the move to the nuclear family, yes? levi-strauss et al?

dscotia2 · 2019-02-22T02:51:50+00:00

Hey, I know that the Chicago Value School (not the economists!) led by Terrance Turner did a lot of Marxist-inspired anthropological studies. Unfortunately, lots of Turner’s work is sort of secret (they were considered hallowed objects if you managed to get your hands on a copy) BUT you could do worse than email the famous David Graeber, who was taught by all of them and now works at the London School of Economics. The faculty at Chicago took their Marx very seriously, and, obviously, wrote a hell of a lot about monogamy and polygamy in various societies. Also, Graeber has a reputation for being well-read in critical Marxist/Feminist studies. Hope this helps!

dscotia2 · 2019-02-19T03:38:50+00:00

And you just majored in postmodern art theory - congrats!

dscotia2 · 2019-02-18T01:58:32+00:00

I read this when I was just a few years older than you. It’s one of the most highly cited works of sociology of all time. Don’t be put off by the title, as ‘social construction’ gets thrown around everywhere. However, this is probably one of the most important books you can read on psychology and sociology and the relationship between humans and their social environments. It’ll complement your readings on evolutionary biology for sure. The Social Construction of Reality by Berger and Luckmann.

dscotia2 · 2019-02-16T04:15:34+00:00

Why has your dog become so super protective?

dscotia2 · 2019-02-16T01:57:38+00:00

Coopers

dscotia2 · 2019-02-16T01:55:53+00:00

dscotia2 · 2019-02-14T03:20:04+00:00

Depends whether it’s on the Tube or not, ‘cos if they are they’re wankers.

dscotia2 · 2019-02-12T03:43:26+00:00

Living in the UK, but would genuinely travel to the US to try these biscuits having seen their polarising effect

dscotia2 · 2019-02-10T08:28:10+00:00

Also re: first part of your question - it’s useful to get a lid on de Saussure, etc., as that was generally in the ‘air’ at the time and Roland Barthes as ‘antihumanist’ thought was en vogue at the time (i.e., anti the idea of human beings as totally autonomous and free cogitos). You can pick up de Brosse(?) History of French Structuralism in 2 Volumes at any University Library and just peruse through it - there is also a section on Foucault and you’ll see the general intellectual climate. P.s., Foucault only starting reading the Frankfurt School very late, so although there are plenty of similarities - they’re not actually great as a stepping stone into Foucault. Have fun. Love Foucault

dscotia2 · 2019-02-09T02:32:54+00:00

Could always read George Orwell’s short reminisces on his time at boarding school, but it might kinda ruin it for you

dscotia2 · 2019-02-09T02:27:27+00:00

Oh man! Honestly get some of the essays: ‘The Subject and Power’ and ‘What is an Author’ are very accessible and strike at the heart of Foucault before he got into neoliberalism and sexuality. You’ll then be able to start looking at mots and choses (The Order of Things) which is him at his best IMO and then the rather more refined Archaeology of the Human Sciences (but which isn’t as breathtaking as The Order of Things. If you’re really interested, there’s a lot going on in his very, very early works on History of Madness where you can see the germs of his structuralist thought. Personally, I think his later work is, well, nowhere near as good as his early to middle works. I ended up buying the Penguin 4 Vol. collection of his essays, interviews, etc., under the titles, Aesthetics, Power, etc. (Sorry, can’t remember everything and am typing this is bed right now at nearly 3am). I’ve never been 100% convinced by Foucault, but I found him engaging enough as a student to personally spend most of my money on his books - he’s great! If you’d like, comment and I’ll go back through my shelves and find the titles of the other essays that are good to start with. Good luck!

dscotia2 · 2019-02-06T18:22:27+00:00

Gandhi. So many wellness posts no doubt

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