Horkheimer, Max. Critique of Instrumental Reason. London: Verso, 2012.
Finished: 2015-12-04
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Entangled empathy
Gruen, Lori. Entangled empathy: an alternative ethic for our relationships with animals. Brooklyn, NY, Lantern Books, 2015.
The Hellenistic World
Walbank, F. W. The Cambridge Ancient History: The Hellenistic World (Vol 7, Part 1). 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1984.
Finished: 2015-12-01
Christianity as a conflation…
Christianity as a conflation of Hellenistic theories of kingship and Maccabean messianism, conversing on the use of “σωτήρ,” belief in the king as savior.
- Hellenistic Judaism
- Definition of political identity via sovereignty and leadership
- Attempts to universalize kingship
Seveneves
Stephenson, Neal. Seveneves. New York: William Morrow, 2015.
Finished: 2015-11-26
My Bright Abyss
Wiman, Christian. My Bright Abyss. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Finished 2015-11-14
The Soul of an Octopus
Montgomery, Sy. The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness. Atria Books, 2015.
The Book of Numbers
Cohen, Joshua. The Book of Numbers. New York: Random House, 2015.
Finished: 2015-10-08
The Hour of the Star
Lispector, Clarice. The Hour of the Star. New York: New Directions, 2011.
Finished: 2015-09-10
Mislaid
Zink, Nell. Mislaid. New York: HarperCollins, 2015.
Finished: 2015-09-09