Book reviews

[amateurphilosophynerd]

learning to write crap academic book reviews is next project.

Thanks for the ringing endorsement!

To clarify
MY WRITING OF ACADEMIC BOOK REVIEWS IS CRAP not the books I read, hopefully the books I read with fixed income benefits are good. In fact not hopefully- I only buy the best, I believe I have Philosophy books of the very highest qaulity even if I struggle with what I read like unjust theories of justice because -I am struggling to learn philosophy as a new self taught discipline-that is-until or if I EVER can be ready properly prepared and happy to re-enter University and please God go the whole hog right up to learning to be like my Alma mater.
As I said to Rortabend before I hold academics in the highest of esteem even if I want at times to scream out my frustration at badly written texts, particular perspectives and as far as limited resources allow- appraising the research base of the various Academic Institutions for urgent needs of my own which at best feel oxymoronic, not youthful aggh, and my projects feel futile and senseless- even though I absolutely wish to pursue a THEORETICAL dimension to my increasingly ugly senseless life that somehow people in my life see as making contribution** a key thing.

[amateurphilosophynerd]

APN,

You've completely lost me I'm afraid.

My book reviews of Academic books would be crap because I struggle to write them and I have seen instances of first class reviews in academic journals to set the standard.

[amateurphilosophynerd]

I'm definitely interested in your proposal. Maybe Rick Lewis will add a topic section called "Members' Book Reviews"

This is a good idea I support it but I lack confidence in reviewing books myself. Although I read books, qaulity books and do review them even if its one or two lines.

[amateurphilosophynerd]

They are my model for How to Do it just need the Knowledge of My Discipline/s to go with it; otherwise it is shamelessly independent, anarchic trips on line to the academic stratsophere and see what I can get mits on in terms of book recomendations, research papers (qaulity is all important and how do i judge it??!!), actual books themselves, value of actual books themselves, inject more than a hefty bit of Blue Skies Thinking into me (!!!!) and any educational resources OF QAULITY that I can get my hands on.!!!

Barstard Pedagogy for beginners. No doubt all the numerous Servers I have been on will shut out their resources to me. Isn't independent thinking to be cherished even if that thinking needs training learning etc??probably not!

[amateurphilosophynerd]

MEMBERS Book Reviews for PN might be a very good idea. Anything to incentivised one is a good idea. I guess folks might feel very pleased with themselves especially if they were amateur, lay etc.

[amateurphilosophynerd]

Whether I love a book or authorial point of view or hate it I guess a Review is in order. *imagines laying into some crappy stuff* but I have the highest regard for Academics Reviews if I am able to get hold of them as well as the high points of literary culture in the Broadsheets.