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Playing and Reality by D.W. Winnicott
3.25
The transitional object is not a sexual object. It's just training wheels to accustom the baby to independence. There's no reason to put Freudian sex stuff into here. More of a piece to provoke thought than to believe in, because there's a lot of valuable ideas here that unfortunately are polluted by Freud.
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History by Ibn Khaldun, Franz Rosenthal, Danyal Nicholson
informative
3.5
It's interesting to see a Muslim historian in 1377 say that the earth is spherical, skin color is based on the intensity of the sun at different latitudes, the harmfulness of being severe to students, and several other things that Europeans hadn't figured out until centuries later, and in some ways still haven't caught up. He also argued against the belief in his time that black people were descended from Ham and cursed to be slaves. That isn't to say that Ibn Khaldun was ahead of his time because he still believed in a racist, social darwinist essentialism. It's white people who were far behind the times. This is an interesting historical document and gives a good view into life in the golden age of Islam.
Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi
2.75
I didn't expect Rapunzel to make an appearance here.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia by Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari
informative
slow-paced
3.5