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Posted on 6/15/22 at 10:37 am to Telos
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
Posted on 6/16/22 at 6:34 pm to TAMU-93
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
How is it so far? It's in my kindle queue
Posted on 6/18/22 at 12:21 am to Lawyered
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Oh interesting choice, I wonder how differently biased it is covering the crusades from the Islamic angle .
I’m about halfway through. I love the subject matter and I’m enjoying the presentation. One thing I’m not sure if is what parts are from Islamic sources and what aren’t. It could be that I’m listening to the audiobook and missing out on footnotes, I don’t know. But he gives nice narratives about events, and I appreciate how he doesn’t only focus on the Levantine but also talks extensively about other war fronts such as Sicily and Spain. But my issue is his narrative doesn’t always seem, or at least it’s not clearly evident to me, to come from Islamic sources. He will sometimes mention what a specific Islamic source says about an event—but this makes me wonder about all the narrative he’s giving that he doesn’t mention the source.
His book may include footnotes that clarify, or perhaps the Islamic sources are simply too fragmented to form a coherent history, I don’t know. But what I’m trying to clumsily say is the book is interesting and it certainly does cite a lot of Islamic sources but I can’t always tell what parts are not coming from Islamic sources.
As far as the Muslims’ viewpoint, overall it seems the Muslims had a healthy respect for the fighting prowess of the Franks, and generally hated the Franks and considered jihad against the Franks to be utmost importance and a high honor. Everything that modern academia has come to hate about the Crusaders can be said about Muslims of the same era.
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:22 pm to biglego
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As far as the Muslims’ viewpoint, overall it seems the Muslims had a healthy respect for the fighting prowess of the Franks, and generally hated the Franks and considered jihad against the Franks to be utmost importance and a high honor. Everything that modern academia has come to hate about the Crusaders can be said about Muslims of the same era.
I’m reminded of the crusades by Thomas asbridge, at the end , he goes in to talk about how almost 1,000 years later , it’s still Islam vs Christianity . Crazy to think about it but as rust cohle says “time is a flat circle”
Posted on 6/18/22 at 7:27 pm to Lawyered
Yes I read the Asbridge book also. Love this time period.
For the Muslims, from this book, the conflict with Christianity was unapologetically a religious holy war. And it did not start with Urban’s sermon in Clermont as it does for westerners. That sermon, perhaps understandably, is not moment at all for Muslims. They viewed the holy war as beginning before the First Crusade, in Sicily and Spain.
For the Muslims, from this book, the conflict with Christianity was unapologetically a religious holy war. And it did not start with Urban’s sermon in Clermont as it does for westerners. That sermon, perhaps understandably, is not moment at all for Muslims. They viewed the holy war as beginning before the First Crusade, in Sicily and Spain.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 1:55 pm to LordSnow
The Searcher by Tana French
Posted on 6/19/22 at 7:19 pm to GreenRockTiger
The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie
Posted on 6/19/22 at 11:06 pm to SW2SCLA
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How is it so far? It's in my kindle queue
It feels dated. It was written in 1988. The new intro was added in 2002. Everything in the book was written prior to the social media explosion, which has had a profound effect on mainstream media.
Posted on 6/20/22 at 8:33 am to TAMU-93
The Trojan war- Barry Strauss
Easy little 185 page read
Then got a 900 page Napoleon biography looming on the nightstand. That ones gonna be a hoss
Easy little 185 page read
Then got a 900 page Napoleon biography looming on the nightstand. That ones gonna be a hoss
This post was edited on 6/20/22 at 8:34 am
Posted on 6/20/22 at 9:27 am to Lawyered
I read Shogun after seeing so many people on here recommend it. It was pretty good. I am following it up with Confessions of a Yakuza.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 6:04 am to nes2010
Devil’s Hand by Jack Carr
Book 4 of the James Reece series
Book 4 of the James Reece series
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:15 am to Hoyt
Still reading the first Game of Thrones book. Put it down for a bit and read The Bomber Mafia. Was really good good but really short. Pick back of GoT and been flying through it. It’s definitely gotten really interesting.
May reread The Boys in the Boat after I’m finished GoT.
May reread The Boys in the Boat after I’m finished GoT.
Posted on 6/22/22 at 10:36 am to tke_swamprat
Narrative of the life of Fredrick Douglass - Fredrick Douglass
Intellectuals and Society - Tom Sowell
The truth and beauty - Andrew Klavan
Intellectuals and Society - Tom Sowell
The truth and beauty - Andrew Klavan
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