Latest book blowout
Feb. 23rd, 2008 05:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylSomething of a book splurge today, despite my resolution to bring my to-read pile under control. But my motives were the best.
I decided that I simply had to buy The Open Society and Its Enemies in order to understand Popper's criticisms of historicism in general and Marx in particular. Having learnt the hard way that there's an awful lot of he-said-she-said in political philosophy, I thought it best to go back to the source. So, it's a totally justified purchase.
Then I was seduced — not for the first time — by Angela Carter, after noticing that the bookshop had a copy of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman in stock. Having not seen it before, I thought I'd best buy it while I had the chance — I've been meaning to read it for years — so, again, a totally justified purchase.
My final book, the frivolous How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, can be justified on the grounds that (a) I spent my loyalty card points rather than paying real money so it doesn't really count, and (b) if I can incorporate Pierre Bayard's advice into my life, then I'll never have to read another book again. Just think of the time I'll be able to free up!
I decided that I simply had to buy The Open Society and Its Enemies in order to understand Popper's criticisms of historicism in general and Marx in particular. Having learnt the hard way that there's an awful lot of he-said-she-said in political philosophy, I thought it best to go back to the source. So, it's a totally justified purchase.
Then I was seduced — not for the first time — by Angela Carter, after noticing that the bookshop had a copy of The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman in stock. Having not seen it before, I thought I'd best buy it while I had the chance — I've been meaning to read it for years — so, again, a totally justified purchase.
My final book, the frivolous How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, can be justified on the grounds that (a) I spent my loyalty card points rather than paying real money so it doesn't really count, and (b) if I can incorporate Pierre Bayard's advice into my life, then I'll never have to read another book again. Just think of the time I'll be able to free up!
