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glossy's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
I haven't understand the majority of this book. This is high philosophy for me but I'm glad I challenged myself with it. In order to understand what the author is talking about one needs to have a rich background not only in philosophy but also in the cultural and societal happenings during the mid 20th century to 80s. There are footnotes written by both author and translator but still there are multiple references without notes like it's implied you know what he's talking about. There are even whole chapters about specific books or movies but the author just goes in without explaining what is the work about. The whole book is like the author's stream of consciousness, very meandering and unpolished, which I don't like in nonfiction books. However, I don't read much philosophy so maybe they are all like that.
Will return to this someday with hopefully more background.
Will return to this someday with hopefully more background.
binchsensei's review against another edition
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
4.5
One of the most mind-blowing pieces of theory I’ve ever read. Will definitely have to revisit to fully digest.
floraelmcolone's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
3.0
well. at least i can say i read it
not__fred's review against another edition
I have taken graduate classes on general relativity and quantum field theory, and found them easier to understand than this book