Yeah it completely draws you in, apparently it originally came out by chapters or something in a french periodical, so the OG readers we’re invested in it like a modern soap opera

First I’m hearing about this book, really interesting. It doesn’t really fit my style but I’ve got a friend in mind to gift it to, excited to eventually hear their opinion about it

All the ‘A brief history of’ books are stupid, starting with their concept

do you have any idea what happened to redsails? I don’t really use twitter so I’m probably missing out on information but I did notice they stopped publishing texts on the website around this time last year

also I’m right there with you, one of my favorite dense philosophy essays is this one: https://redsails.org/maoist-and-daoist-dialectics/, it’s not necessarily hard to follow but it introduced whole new notions foreign to me and I’m so grateful for it

thanks a lot for the further reading reccomendations, I believe I’ve read the Nia Froome text but I’ll be sure to revisit it

also thought about gifting Blackshirts and Reds before, probably will do it eventually but just as a more personal gift anytime but xmas

I’ve read that and Black Skin, White Masks and really loved Fanon’s quite incendiary thought, a real radical but with so much human compassion. Hopefully you’ll like him as well, ComradeSharkfucker…

from the scene where we got the “and in this house X is a hero, end of story”, very funny, particularly because Tony says Columbus was a brave Italian men and there’s some likelihood he wasn’t even Italian

Honestly I don’t know if I liked it or not, I liked the experience of reading it, it’s fun particularly out loud as it is very melodic, but I wouldn’t read it again, it’s densely written. It does present the more Eastern notion of cycles and circles of life and history which I found interesting, but I also found some underlining bigotry in certain passages which was weird.

I’d recommend it to anyone who wants to have a totally new experience reading a book, although I myself didn’t approach it like that as I stumbled upon the book by chance and wasn’t all that familiar with what awaited me.

I just finished Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake this week, hardest book I’ve ever read but the most singular experience I’ve ever had reading a book

the atlantic article you mentioned is a piece from the authors of this study, it’s linked on the paragraph that starts with ‘Our research shows’

thanks for the corrections

I’m sorry if I came across like that. I’m not criticizing the literature, I’m trying to ask to those who are familiar with it if my preconceived ideas hold true since that has been my experience with other works of the kind (and even in other art forms). From that experience I know that I have to be weary particularly of louded american works, I’m not outright saying american equals bad.

With that said, have you read something from the authors I’ve highlighted and if so what were your thoughts on their work?