We are definitely not sending Global Urbanism our best :(

I’ll be honest, ever since I’ve moved to a city with much more rail public transit, I’ve become a full on Rail Aristocrat, and will actively avoid buses for even slightly longer trips with the subway >:)

I blame the PTSD from waiting for delayed TTC buses in the freezing cold.

A lot of the analysis talks about the high amount of regulation, but the comparisons are always with the US. It’s still troubling bc I imagine that regulatory environment can’t be that much worse than the big EU countries, and yet Canadians productivity growth lags behind even them…

I sometimes find it important to ask the question of “what’s the cost of inaction?” Doing nothing is also a choice, not treating it like it is leads to stagnation 🫠.

Thanks :). I will also say that a lot of these thinkers have different foci. Baudrillard, Debord and Habermas focus on communication. Barthes on symbols. Deleuze, Guattari, Foucault on madness, power and normativity. Bataille on excess, Eros and cultural production (same with OG Frankfurt School)

Must indicate a very MAGA baseline :’)

I might seem a bit dumb with my response but I’ve found the SEP and introductory books on these various thinkers to be helpful. Or sometimes more recent authors who use their ideas. Zizek for Lacan, Byung-Chul Han for Baudrillard, Bataille and such. Badiou & Rosa I find quite readable on their own.

Welcome to the dark side :)

Looks like the heliophobia of vampires has become a simulacrum.

This is so nice to know, thanks! I’ve put Cathedral on my list now!

In most book stores in North America I’ve been to, translated works are usually just mixed in with normal literature. While I understand that highlighting the uniqueness of translated works would be nice, I fear that this might make the average reader less likely to pick one such work up.

I’ve read Carver’s What We Mean, When We Talk About Love and I felt it somewhat unsatisfying. I (think I) understand what he was trying to do with “show not tell”, but it came off as unsatisfying. Was the same for you at the beginning or were you always hooked on this style?