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Sean

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I wish I read more fiction

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Ursula K. Le Guin: The  Dispossessed (Hardcover, 1991, Harper Paperbacks) 4 stars

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, …

It’s been SO long since I started and finished a novel. This was such a joy. I have lots of thoughts — celebrations, reflections, critique — but for now I’m just gonna bask in the feeling of being in the shadow of a great story really well-told.

Jacques Rancière: Hatred of Democracy (2009, Verso) No rating

I suppose I ought to read this. It’s the basis of the argument in the Lundström book. I’m getting so worn out on (and wary of) of Eurocentric conceptions of democracy, freedom, and participation though. I would love for any of these Euro-US accounts of collaborative/collective governance to actually trace roots to, for example, ANY of the accounts in Isakhan and Stockwell. Or Kimmerer for that matter. Or Deloria.