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Quote (John_Wayne_Gacy @ Aug 18 2024 09:36pm)
I read the Sacred Pipe literally decades ago. I'd have to revisit it.
Does this book go into his 'conversion' to Catholicism?


It does, but it's towards the end.
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Quote (John_Wayne_Gacy @ Aug 17 2024 08:45pm)
We used to have a thread like this.

Post whatever fiction and/or non-fiction you have recently read, as long as it has some political/philosophical/sociological/...relevance.


I'll start.

Fiction:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Cover_of_the_novel_Tender_is_the_Flesh_by_Augustina_Bazterrica.jpg
"Tender Is the Flesh" (original title: "Cadáver exquisito")
By Agustina Bazterrica

Not for the faint of heart, some gruesome imagery. Interesting perspective on meat production, though.


Non-fiction:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/A1WU-ED8DXL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_FMwebp_.jpg
"The Balkans, 1804-2012: Nationalism, War and the Great Powers"
By Misha Glenny

Gives some good insights into the region. A decent primer to watch the "Death of Yugoslavia" documentary series.


That first book cover…
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Aug 22 2024 06:31am

I finished this one two weeks ago, took me like a month cause I was slacking af. Even though its 20 years old it seemed just as relevant as I imagine it once was. Tackled some subjects that are still in debate today like differences between the genders, violence and its cause, how to raise children, and genetic inheritance (IQ and personality.) Some parts of it were hilarious with examples of ideologically motivated political\academic activists condemning researchers as "nazis and racists" who argued for evolutionary psychology positions. Seems like not that much as changed since then.


I'm a fan of this series, especially since I can just grab em from my library app and read em whenever. Postmodern philosophy is a fun subject, though I mostly care about the political implications of it. This book focused on the broad movement and touched on literary, art, music, politics, identity and culture. Was comfy, but I think the one they did on Post-structuralism and another on Critical Theory was more relevant to my interests.
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