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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Conceptually very compelling, and enlightening, but also very tedious to read through in its entirety. Definitely the kind of thing that I can't properly put on a 1-5 rating scale.
Ideas are great but writing is classic French mid-20th rambling
5 stars for the ideas (this is probably one of the most groundbreaking works of philosophy of the 20th century) but being so incredibly dense and obscure I can’t say it was always a joy to read. Only becomes more prescient with time
Sometimes difficult but often rewarding, this book is short enough that I plowed through it even though I can't say I fully comprehended all of it. I thought the historical analysis (I wanna say Chapter 4) was particularly interesting. There's some passages that amount to that typical 20th century French pseudo-psych0bable where the point is sort of being talked around but I thought it was pretty few and far between especially with such seemingly abstract ideas. One of those books where I feel weird giving it a rating at all.
I plan on reading his later "Commentaries on The Society of the Spectacle" and "The Revolution of Everyday Life" by former SI member and contemporary Raoul Vaneigem, maybe I will update this when that's done.
I plan on reading his later "Commentaries on The Society of the Spectacle" and "The Revolution of Everyday Life" by former SI member and contemporary Raoul Vaneigem, maybe I will update this when that's done.
adventurous
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
informative
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
informative
medium-paced