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| Solzhenitsyn | August 4, 2008 | I see a great Russian writer has died. Maybe I should now finally make myself read Ivan Denisovich. (Why did the ABC website post this under “Entertainment” I wonder?) On a very shallow note, whenever I hear the phrase “Russian writer” I always think of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine made a fool of herself, […] |
| The Panopticon today | July 26, 2008 | An unexpected meeting of the Bundaberg Chapter of the Foucault Reading Group is happening later today…topic…The Panopticon.Stay tuned for more exciting Foucault-inspired discussion….or simply skip this post if you’re not interested…. |
| The Panopticon today | An unexpected meeting of the Bundaberg Chapter of the Foucault Reading Group is happening later today…topic…The Panopticon.Stay tuned for more exciting Foucault-inspired discussion….or simply skip this post if you’re not interested…. |
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| of obsessions and writing | July 23, 2008 | Over the last week or so I’ve re-read Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch and High Fidelity. Hornby certainly writes with great insights about obsessions – his and others, whether it be soccer or music. I had almost forgotten I owned these books and I’m not sure why I picked them up again now. These books reminded […] |
| of obsessions and writing | Over the last week or so I’ve re-read Nick Hornby’s Fever Pitch and High Fidelity. Hornby certainly writes with great insights about obsessions – his and others, whether it be soccer or music. I had almost forgotten I owned these books and I’m not sure why I picked them up again now. These books reminded […] |
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| what secret madness lies within? | July 16, 2008 | Anne and I managed to meet for Foucault this morning. As always it was a productive and wide-ranging discussion. We changed location from the library (somewhat clinical and grey, although nonetheless pleasant) to our favourite coffee place (dynamic, vibrant and noisy). Arriving at work I wondered if this had altered the tenor of our conversation. […] |
| what secret madness lies within? | Anne and I managed to meet for Foucault this morning. As always it was a productive and wide-ranging discussion. We changed location from the library (somewhat clinical and grey, although nonetheless pleasant) to our favourite coffee place (dynamic, vibrant and noisy). Arriving at work I wondered if this had altered the tenor of our conversation. […] |
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| Wild Swans | July 11, 2008 | I finished Wild Swans during the week. I am now less ignorant than I previously was about the journey of 20th Century China…but I’m sure there are a lot of gaps that still need filling (the same goes for my understanding of middle east politics but that’s a whole other story). The story of China […] |
| Wild Swans | I finished Wild Swans during the week. I am now less ignorant than I previously was about the journey of 20th Century China…but I’m sure there are a lot of gaps that still need filling (the same goes for my understanding of middle east politics but that’s a whole other story). The story of China […] |
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| on compulsive reading and shopping | July 2, 2008 | When it comes to books I continually overestimate the number I can be reading at any one time. The result of this is that I always have more than one on the go. Currently the list of those I have actually started is comprised of:Wild SwansThe Pillars of the Earth (don’t know if I can […] |