Ten Books That Made Me
On Facebook Jasper tagged me a few days ago in the following meme; The rules: In your status line, list 10 books that have stayed with you in some way. Don't take more than a few minutes and don't think too hard - they don't have to be the 'right' or 'great' works, just the ones that have touched you.. The following isn't quite accurate according to the rules - I did give some thought about these books, in particularly I wanted to include those books influential from when I was young as well as more contemporary works. So here it is - the ten main written works (in order no less) that have affected me.
( The list! )
So that's the list. As a limit of ten, it leaves out many great books and excellent authors. It doesn't even represent ten books that I think are particularly well written (The Dolphin Rider is rather simple, Pascal is pretty dry, Communicative Action is laborious prose), or that I necessarily even agree with (Arendt and Habermas both concentrate too heavily on the social ideas rather than the material conditions). There is also a notable cluster from during my undergraduate days, which is also to be expected - and reflects the intellectually transformative period.
( The list! )
So that's the list. As a limit of ten, it leaves out many great books and excellent authors. It doesn't even represent ten books that I think are particularly well written (The Dolphin Rider is rather simple, Pascal is pretty dry, Communicative Action is laborious prose), or that I necessarily even agree with (Arendt and Habermas both concentrate too heavily on the social ideas rather than the material conditions). There is also a notable cluster from during my undergraduate days, which is also to be expected - and reflects the intellectually transformative period.