Earlier this year, I read Reza Aslan’s God, A Human History, not really sure what to expect. While I found him to be a good and entertaining author and storyteller, it was a frustrating and disappointing read.
(and yes, I read the Large Print format. In fact, I believe that this was the first time that I actually read a large print from cover to cover, and I enjoyed the reading experience. 🙂 )
The manuscript for this book was discovered by Smith’s widow in 1999. Because Bennett considered him a mentor and a second father to him, he edited the book and prepared it for publishing. Following is a quick summary of the book.
Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century. Mark Sedgwick 2004. 369 pages
I had never really intended on reviewing any academic books on this blog, but I think that this book may be of interest to big readers outside of academia as well, so I will review it below. This is a book that I saw referenced a few months ago, during an online discussion between different people, and which brought me back to the philosophical school of Traditionalism or Perennial Philosophy. Apart from the very catchy title, the person who mentioned it is also someone whose expertise in this field I respect, so I read it as soon as I was able to get a copy of it mostly out of curiosity, and the book did not disappoint, but it’s still not for everyone.
Recently, I quickly read Reza Aslan’s No god but God (the 2011 version, not 2005) and here is a short summary and some thoughts on it:
Dear followers, I do apologize for having gone missing in action on you over the past little while. Other priorities required more attention than this blog, so I hope that you found others ways to entertain yourself in the meantime. I hope that I will have the discipline and a bit more time to dedicate to the blog. As an apology to you all, allow to present to you this quick entry, simply listing some of the latest books I devoured, in no particular order (well actually, in the order that they’re currently stacked on the table in front of me…). Please accept them as a sort of bouquet. I am simply listing them here, to keep the entry short and sweet, but please don’t hesitate to comment or inquire about any of them, and I will be happy to discuss at length…
I picked up this book for a couple of reasons. The first is that I’ve been wanting to see if it would provide an alternative view of the character of Donald Trump, or whether it would confirm what I read in Wolff’s Fire and Fury. The second main reason is that, as an executive in the corporate world, I am always interested in insights about leadership from people who should have something to say about leadership because of their social position and experience.
James Comey, a lawyer by education and profession, was a US district attorney, then director of the FBI, appointed by Barack Obama in 2013. He was fired from his position in the FBI by Trump in a controversial manner in 2017. When Trump attacked Comey after having fired him in a series of tweets, Comey responded with a Tweet saying “Mr. President, the American people will hear my story very soon. And they can judge for themselves who is honorable and who is not”. This is the book that would be Comey’s comeback…
Over the past year, I started looking more in-depth into the Men’s movement, the Men’s Rights Movement, the Manosphere, the MGTOW — or Men Going Their Own Way — movement… because of their influence on the youth of our community.
I will be posting some of the works I read in this regard. I have yet to start drafting my take on the Men’s Movement in all of its variants, but I intend to eventually. These entries will simply be a placeholder for my own reminder.
The present entry is for Rollo Tomassi’s The Rational Male.
Over the past year, I started looking more in-depth into the Men’s movement, the Men’s Rights Movement, the Manosphere, the MGTOW — or Men Going Their Own Way — movement… because of their influence on the youth of our community.
I will be posting some of the works I read in this regard, with a couple of bullets about each. I have yet to start drafting my take on the Men’s Movement in its variants and issues, but I intend to once I get over some of the other important projects I’m currently working on. In other words these entries will simply be a placeholder for my own reminder.
This entry is about a book called The Game, by the man who became the most popular name in the world of pickup artistry, Neil Strauss.
The Probability of God – A Simple Calculation That Proves the Ultimate Truth
Stephen D. Unwin has a Ph.D. in theoretical physics with a specialty in quantum gravity. He is also president of his own risk management company.
In this book, the author sets out to calculate the probability of God’s existence using Beyesian theory.
This entry can be seen as a follow-up to the previous one.
Satan, Prince of this World is Carr’s last book, edited and published after his death by his eldest son.
There are a couple of passages that I thought complete those I quoted in the last entry.
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