false 17 27 26 true 6182617 read 1 true 282871 currently-reading 0 true 282870 to-read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77866777 Jake's review of Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (The Institution for Social and Policy St)
by James C. Scott

I just finished it. It's interesting for its case studies; I don't think his thesis hold though. And his treatment of Lenin is pretty bad (the old Marxist vs Anarchist ax-grinding); he quotes a passage from State and Revolution, saying that it is "Orwellian." But it was one of my favorite passages! Devoid of context, the quote--which is really about a transparent society and the difficulty of being a crook in it--is made to seem totalitarian. Oh well. ]]> http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77867331 to: The New Husserl: A Critical Reader (Studies in Continental Thought) by Donn Welton
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