52b52w 52B/52W, Week 10: Irak La Machine Infernale Irak la machine infernale – Samir al-Khalil Remember Derriennic from my second post? This book is his fault. As a matter of fact, many books I own are his fault: I went absolutely nuts one night with his reading list for his Middle East class,
52b52w 52B/52W, Week 9: Comment mettre la droite K.-O. en 15 arguments Comment mettre la droite K.-O. en 15 arguments - Jean-Francois Lisée I'm back from an almost semester-long hiatus! The reading hasn't stopped... however, most of the reading I have done during this period was school stuff that may or may not have been
52booksin52weeks 52B/52W, Week 8: Simulacre et simulation Simulacres et simulation - Jean Baudrillard I had one more week to read something not related to my university work, and I decided to go hard in the proverbial paint. I've been wanting to read this since I've heard about it on a documentary
52booksin52weeks 52B/52W, Week 7: Ethique à l'usage de mon fils Ethique à l'usage de mon fils - Fernando Savater Another CEGEP read from my flat-mate's bookshelf... the next book to be review is a quite rough read, so I had to read something lighter. While I didn't learn much from this book, I'm still
52booksin52weeks 52B/52W, Week 5: Discours de la Méthode Discours de la méthode - René Descartes The low end of higher education is frustrating because you are told plenty of very interesting things which were thought up by very interesting people, but usually totally out of their original context, thrown at you to
52booksin52weeks 52B/52W, Week 4: Fin de cycle Fin de cycle - Mathieu Bock-Côté Mathieu Bock-Coté is another author whom I had the pleasure of being able to listen to, and speak to, before reading his book. Here again, the habits in writing are very similar to his manners of speech. In
52booksin52weeks 52B/52W, Week 2: Nationalisme et Démocratie Nationalisme et Démocratie: Réflexions sur les illusions des indépendentistes québécois - Jean-Pierre Derriennic I'm not gonna lie, I only read this because I'm a fanboy. Mr. Derriennic is a teacher of mine at the political science faculty of the University Laval, and one of
52 52B/52W, Week 1: Militant Modernism Militant Modernity - Owen Hatherley I have to thank my dad for making me read this, though he didn't recommend it. I ordered a photo book for him, a retrospective of Balthazar Korab's architectural photography (extremely nice hardcover photo book for that price by
52booksin52weeks On Knowing and the Start of my 52 Books in 52 Weeks Overall, I'd like to think I'm a well balanced guy. In these times where the mal du siecle is largely thought to be stress and anxiety, I believe myself to be more or less in control of my self and my situation and therefor