Worthy Reading

[lavendersparkle]

In a spur to expand my mind and stop quoting things I've never actually read I decided to read more important and worthy books. I decided to read some key texts on political philosophy and feminism. Yesterday I bought 'On Liberty and other essays' by J S Mill and 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' by Mary Wollstonecraft. I'm also planning to dig out my copy of the 'Communist Manifesto' which I've been meaning to get around to reading for the last six years. Once I've got through those I might read some Rawls as the more I understand Rawls the more he makes sense. I also want to read books I disagree with. Milton Friedman really helped me clarify my thinking on some things even though I can to different conclusions.

Any suggestions on other books I should read?

Comments

[neonchameleon.livejournal.com]

Worthy reads?

I'm currently chipping away at both Heroditus and Gibbon.

Also, Foucalt's Pendulum, despite it being fiction.

Some suggested reading material...

[dana254.livejournal.com]

The Affluent Society - J K Galbraith
The Consequences of Modernity - Giddens
The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet - Benjamin Hoff (Im 1/2 way through this)

[atreic.livejournal.com]

TwoThree things:

I have just read your LJ user info, and would like to be on your angst filter, if that's OK (assuming I'm not already and there isn't so little angst I've never noticed)

I would love to invite you to a ceilidh to celebrate my marriage to emperor at 8pm on Saturday May 6th, in Cambridge. Do you think you'll be able to come? If so, give me an email address and I'll send more details.

I've just realised that if I think you're cool and pretty and would like to meet you more in real life, doing it when I have hundreds of relatives to attend to is probably not the best time. D'y'wanna meet up at some point?

[lavendersparkle.livejournal.com]

You're already on my angst filter. Like I said, I'm genuinely not that angsty.

I should be able to come on the 6th May. You can look up my email on cantab.net. My surname is Skinner and I matriculated 2002.

It would be cool to meet up at some point but I'm busy/out of the country for most of the rest this month.

[the-beaver.livejournal.com]

Judith Butler's Gender Trouble is a fantastic read and gave me a lot to think about.

I came accross you on the abortion debate community; you talk a heck of a lot of sense. Mind if I "friend" you?

[lavendersparkle.livejournal.com]

Friend away. Just don't comment on my type-os.

[the-beaver.livejournal.com]

I won't - I promise :)