The origin of biopolitics and biopower. I'll remember this guy for a long time
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George ^_^ reviewed Power by Michel Foucault
George ^_^ rated The origins of totalitarianism: 1 star
The origins of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
Arendt's classic work explores totalitarianism through an extended analysis of the Nazi and Soviet regimes. In a series of dazzling …
George ^_^ stopped reading The origins of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
This is one of the laziest books I've ever read on the topic, with 600+ pages of irrelevant meandering and no real outline of any true "origins" of totalitarianism. The white supremacist and eurocentric clown takes were a cherry on top, which I eventually came to find unsurprising on learning of her sexscapades with Heidegger of all people.
Overall, this book is a waste of time on learning how imperialism, xenophobia and totalitarianism actually develop and I'm pretty sure there are better books on the subject matter. No longer going to tolerate the lauding of this very substandard book and author. You'll understand the book better probably after learning of her own personal history than that of Europe. Never, ever going to pick up these centrist neoliberal pulp theory books ever again.
George ^_^ finished reading Man after man by Dougal Dixon
George ^_^ finished reading Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
A novel.
George ^_^ reviewed Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the best things I've read in my life
5 stars
How can someone from so far back in the past still be so ahead of his time? Truly a book for artists, inventors, creators and all those interested in building a better future for this world. This quote especially stuck out to me:
"There, where the state ceaseth, pray look thither my brethren. Do ye not see it, the rainbow and bridge of the superman?"
Sometimes I cry from the pure beauty of his philosophy, especially the prologue, "The New idol" and "The way of the creating one". This book freed my soul and rejuvenated my spirit. I don't think we can ever be grateful enough to this guy, and the legions of geniuses he inspired. He's still from a distant future that calls out to us in the present.
George ^_^ finished reading Darwin Among the Machines by George Dyson
George ^_^ finished reading Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
George ^_^ started reading The origins of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
The origins of totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
Arendt's classic work explores totalitarianism through an extended analysis of the Nazi and Soviet regimes. In a series of dazzling …
George ^_^ finished reading Flatline Constructs by Mark Fisher
Flatline Constructs by Mark Fisher, Exmilitary Collective
Donna Haraway's celebrated observation that "our machines are disturbingly lively, while we ourselves are frighteningly inert" has given this issue …
George ^_^ finished reading Anti-Oculus by Acid Horizon
George ^_^ finished reading Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson
Interesting thoughts for artists, technologists and inventors. I feel like Bergson was a very influential thinker whose influence runs far and wide, but the actual content of his "science" is utter rubbish. Overall, I'd say its worth it if you're really, really into the history of the philosophy of science Otherwise, as a standalone work I found it quite dull and verbose( and this is coming from a Deleuze fan)
George ^_^ started reading Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson
Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson
Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. …