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Did anybody read this? Is it good?

>> No.15177426

>>15177412

Yeah

>> No.15177437

>>15177426
Did you find any other books by him? It's the only one I ever saw in real life..

>> No.15177455

>>15177437

Most of his scholarly work isn't available in English. He was also killed when he was 41, so he didn't write as much as he might have.

>> No.15177497

>>15177455
Was he better than Eliade?

>> No.15177531

>>15177497

Some say so, but I think it's a matter of taste. For me, both are great in different ways.

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>>15177412
That sort of title promises a lot. I expect to understand how magic and love were understood and their influence in the medieval world. Instead you’ll get some document analysis of one or two things the authors covered in their PhD thesis— neither of which are sufficient to make the sort of grandiose arguments they inevitably make. It is all so tiresome.

>> No.15177600

>>15177562
did you read the book anon?

>> No.15178094
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>>15177562
Yeah, I know exactly what you’re saying. So many disappointing books that fit that mold. Scholarly culture has really stifled creativity. No one has the balls to go out on a limb and take intellectual risks. Everyone wants to stay within the safe academic citation zone. That’s why I deeply respect authors like Jorjani, even though he sometimes says things that are pants on head retarded or just cringe, still the guy has some balls to write that kind of stuff as a contemporary academic (though semi recently from academia)

>> No.15178107

>>15178094
>though semi recently from academia
semi recently fired from academia*

>> No.15178448

>>15177562
what makes you think this book will also be like that. Have faith!

>> No.15179225

>>15178094
What does that tweet mean?

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>>15178094
PC edgelord.

Let's see him do a smack-down on Islam.

Or a smack-down on Dawkins from a Christian perspective.

*That* would take balls.

The tweet you posted? Not so much, if at all.

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>>15178094
He seems based and redpilled.

>> No.15179463

>>15179448
>Let's see him do a smack-down on Islam.
is that ironic? he wrote a whole book shitting on islam.

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>> No.15179504

Stanzas by Giorgio Agamben might be of interest to you guys. That’s one of my favorite books of all time and got me into medieval/renaissance thought

>> No.15179520

>>15179225
rl crumb drew funny caricatures of biblical stories. he's saying anyone who worships yaweh is a ridiculous caricature or should be caricaturized. i think the real point of the tweet was just to show off his new book tho