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It even made me respect postmodernism! Well, a little. Eco's variant. Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 23/07/2010 11:22:02 AM
I mean, I approached it with an open mind again to see if I hadn't mischaracterized it as a morally bankrupt and purposely obfuscatory system of thinking that does little other than settle for the current state of affairs while trying to poke holes in everything. It's not my fault that's exactly what it is.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla

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The Name of the Rose -- Umberto Eco - 23/07/2010 01:26:32 AM 5325 Views
Hm. Just read Foucault's Pendulum a while back. I intend to get on to this eventually. - 23/07/2010 07:24:39 AM 1451 Views
I started Foucault's Pendulum just last night. I know Tom loved it; what do you think? - 23/07/2010 07:34:28 AM 1381 Views
It is less ... organic? - 23/07/2010 10:21:51 AM 1317 Views
That's a pity. The cohesion of Name was spectacular. *NM* - 23/07/2010 11:17:52 AM 842 Views
Yes - 23/07/2010 11:23:28 AM 1333 Views
Yeah. - 23/07/2010 08:27:33 PM 1336 Views
Re: Yeah. - 23/07/2010 09:39:31 PM 1409 Views
It's a great book. - 23/07/2010 07:56:25 AM 1336 Views
I really should have emphasized that more. - 23/07/2010 08:33:20 AM 1300 Views
Re: I really should have emphasized that more. - 23/07/2010 04:19:23 PM 1337 Views
Re: It's a great book. - 23/07/2010 05:40:25 PM 1401 Views
It is, indeed, a lovely book - 23/07/2010 10:19:53 AM 1331 Views
It even made me respect postmodernism! Well, a little. Eco's variant. - 23/07/2010 11:22:02 AM 1338 Views
Re: It even made me respect postmodernism! Well, a little. Eco's variant. - 23/07/2010 11:24:18 AM 1346 Views
I didn't think you would. - 23/07/2010 05:20:04 PM 1241 Views
Re: I didn't think you would. - 23/07/2010 09:38:34 PM 1358 Views
Maybe. I hope so. *NM* - 24/07/2010 12:05:36 AM 771 Views
I'm going to re-read this again sometime in the next few months - 23/07/2010 02:29:29 PM 1339 Views
Good old Jorge of Burgos. - 23/07/2010 05:23:59 PM 1340 Views
Re: Good old Jorge of Burgos. - 23/07/2010 09:41:16 PM 1380 Views
Even when Eco states quite explicitly that some of it is so? - 23/07/2010 10:20:34 PM 1596 Views
Larry, Larry, Larry. It's all about the reader response. - 24/07/2010 12:10:07 AM 1650 Views
Re: I'm going to re-read this again sometime in the next few months - 23/07/2010 09:40:29 PM 1312 Views
That too - 23/07/2010 10:18:29 PM 1447 Views
Thanks to Rebekah for the cover image! *NM* - 23/07/2010 08:07:17 PM 800 Views
Free of charge. - 23/07/2010 09:44:19 PM 1301 Views
A very good review. This book definitely deserves a reread. *NM* - 26/07/2010 09:16:35 AM 848 Views
You see how smart I am when I'm at my laptop? - 26/07/2010 10:33:13 AM 1319 Views

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