Got myself:
1. People's History of the US by Howard Zinn
2. Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky
3. Lies my Teacher Told me by James Loewen
4. Collection of John Stuart Mill's essays
and because I told myself I was going to buy at least one book to challenge my current world view I got:
5. Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek which I have planned on reading first so I don't decide to put it off and then never read it.
Thoughts? Too biased of a shopping spree?
Why care if it's biased, it's political/economic theory, it's written as an invitation to be challenged.
Crazed Rabbit 17:56 23/01/11
I approve of the Hayek. Should balance out the others somewhat. And it's always good to challenge your worldview.
CR
Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit:
I approve of the Hayek. Should balance out the others somewhat.
Que? Same territory. But 'Road to Serfdom' is a classic, bit depressing as we are already there
Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name:
Got myself:
1. People's History of the US by Howard Zinn
2. Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky
3. Lies my Teacher Told me by James Loewen
4. Collection of John Stuart Mill's essays
and because I told myself I was going to buy at least one book to challenge my current world view I got:
5. Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek which I have planned on reading first so I don't decide to put it off and then never read it.
Thoughts? Too biased of a shopping spree?
The only problem with bias is not being aware you have one. There's nothing wrong with reading something that fits your world view as long as you're honest with yourself. I don't read many of Buckley's articles but I agree with almost everything he wrote. It's easy to fall into that trap.
I don't think much of Chumpsky but it is interesting to see how he arrives ast his conclusins.
Originally Posted by Crazed Rabbit:
And it's always good to challenge your worldview.
100% agreement. Any position which I hold which I am not willing to subject to challenge is, by definition, faith. And that should be reserved for religious issues, never the practical.
Originally Posted by Lemur:
100% agreement. Any position which I hold which I am not willing to subject to challenge is, by definition, faith. And that should be reserved for religious issues, never the practical.
Not to be contrarian to your posts Lemur but I would argue that faith fills in a lack of evidence. I can think of more pejorative words to use for someone who refuses to alter their opinion when provided with new evidence.
Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name:
Got myself:
1. People's History of the US by Howard Zinn-Good
2. Hegemony or Survival by Noam Chomsky-I'll be honest, I read this and got frustrated, and ended up not reflecting on it I may have to pick it up again
3. Lies my Teacher Told me by James Loewen-Along the lines of Zinn but really so much filling in the holes left by the public school system
4. Collection of John Stuart Mill's essays
and because I told myself I was going to buy at least one book to challenge my current world view I got:
5. Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek which I have planned on reading first so I don't decide to put it off and then never read it.
Thoughts? Too biased of a shopping spree?
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Originally Posted by Strike For The South:
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Why did you get frustrated at Hegemony or Survival?
Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name:
Why did you get frustrated at Hegemony or Survival?
I *tried to* read it when I was 15 and I couldn't fully grasp it. I basically bit off more than I could chew
Ahh I see.
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