[lit-ideas] Re: SOS - Colin Morris and Taylor

 
In a message dated 5/19/2006 1:24:45 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx writes:

So  I
strongly doubt that a simple dychotomy between
"modern" and  "pre-modern" self is sustainable.
It seems to me that talking about "the  modern self"
without any attempt at definition risks potentially
opening  the way to just such simplifications.




Hi,
 
Okay, I wish I would have suggested how it would be helpful for me to have  
one main group leader's list of questions--  But, oh, well!  There is  so much 
information in all of the posts so far that it is going to take me  forever to 
go through them!
 
I just got the book today (we have one copy in all of our thirty branches!  
In our Raytown branch, no less!  Who would have thought?)  
 
I am still working through the preface--did read, as Omar did, some reviews  
prior to getting it from our ILL office.
 
Doesn't he define what he means by the Self, though?  This is sad -  I'm only 
in the preface and *think* I have read something but didn't make a  
note...and maybe I'm mixing it up with a different book...
 
Hopefully, as I go through these posts, I will come to the one which has  the 
list of comments/questions clearly stated for us to discuss--that's how I  
have done other group reads online.  Granted, for us, it might not work as  
well--we do so often have so much to say that as we post comments, they take us 
 
off on other sidebars--and they are often as interesting as the question/answer 
 sessions might be. (though one way to keep the ones who are not reading the 
book  interested is to pose commentary, questions and letting those who are 
not  reading the book to post to the questions...)
 
Though perhaps in true Lit-Idea manner, we are just posting comments as we  
think of them...(?) (I've still many many posts to go through--our new director 
 has not wasted any time making some major changes...mostly all good so the 
extra  busyness is, at least, positive. Oh, and I will get a new person in my  
department!  I've only been asking for us to provide a books-by-mail or  
library-by-mail to the homebound for about five years.  We are going to do  
this 
now!  And, I get to develop procedures, etc. [almost done] as he said  it was 
my 
idea <g>.  But--I need a catchy name for this -- our  neighboring system uses 
HomeConnect so we cannot use that...Ideas are  welcome...) 
 
Kind and best regards to all,
Marlena in Missouri

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