tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post3541557797939834585..comments2023-10-05T03:56:19.356-07:00Comments on kusala: Nach Westwood zum HaarschneidenJoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02957861827918606478noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-6891137296593544392007-05-25T08:54:00.000-07:002007-05-25T08:54:00.000-07:00Oh my, what a fascinating book subject. I love th...Oh my, what a fascinating book subject. I love those little bits of culture, those particular time capsules, that bubble back up to the surface, reformed for our examination. What an interesting setting and moment.olenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051515036640144684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-70409872857464274022007-05-23T15:32:00.000-07:002007-05-23T15:32:00.000-07:00Skip this book and read Horkheimer and Adorno's ch...Skip this book and read Horkheimer and Adorno's chapter "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception." It's realy dense but is still incredibly insightful 60 years after it was written.<BR/><BR/>Changed the way I thought of things, really.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09229058328541626829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-35173599950155438682007-05-22T09:07:00.000-07:002007-05-22T09:07:00.000-07:00You could read the book, but, if you're like me, a...You could read the book, but, if you're like me, a few weeks later you won't remember much more of it than the few tidbits you picked up from the dust jacket.<BR/><BR/>I have to admit, that title gave me a charge, too.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03893392324561217969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27558161.post-66649688955352902372007-05-21T22:57:00.000-07:002007-05-21T22:57:00.000-07:00You probably have more discipline or honesty than ...You probably have more discipline or honesty than I do, on this topic a least. I already fear I am going to order this book to add to my library of all things Weimar. I do have a copy of the documentary “Brecht in Exile,” which gives a narrow window on that era. A great aunt of mine had a nasty incident with Brecht on one of the old red cars when she was on the way to her job at Bullock’s Wilshire. We’ll just say they shared very different world views.<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to see that in many cases I am better off with just the LA or NY Times reviews of many things. There are a number of works out there that I read glowing reviews of, I run out to get them and am sorely disappointed. Then there are books or movies that I recall reading about and let them keep gelling in my brain, and I savor actually devouring them years later. I suspect knowing one more fact about Brecht is not going to advance my career or sense of worth, but it might present some unknown perspective that I can’t imagine at the moment. <BR/><BR/>In the meantime, I’ll manage to let this book be a part of the blue of the distance, but I’m glad I came across it for the future.Ladrón de Basura (a.k.a. Junk Thief)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13051974174001458812noreply@blogger.com