Re: What Are You Reading?
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Finished The Parrot's Theorem, a kid's math mystery as if told by Umberto Eco. Was reading it concurrently with The Boys in the Boat (about 1936 Olympics rowing, set in Washington State)
In memory of our guiding lights - Russ, Mike and Charlie - “To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don't worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest”
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brite wrote:SciFiFisher wrote:It is worth noting that some of the early civilizations started down the road to a matriarchal society. Sadly, due to their lack of ability or willingness to wage war they fell to the more aggressive male dominated societies.
No... Sorry... there were some matri-focal, but no matriarchal... matri-focal are societies where women are treated on an almost equal footing as men - American Indian tribes of the Southwest (Pueblo) and the Iroquois are notable, here. The nomadic lifestyle of the hunter-gatherers lent itself to a matri-focal society. It was when humans settled into agricultural (civilized) settlements that patriarchy became a way of life and women's reproductive ability became commercialized (reified).
And this is what happens when you allow your wife to study history too deeply...![]()
brite wrote:No... Sorry... there were some matri-focal, but no matriarchal... matri-focal are societies where women are treated on an almost equal footing as men - American Indian tribes of the Southwest (Pueblo) and the Iroquois are notable, here. The nomadic lifestyle of the hunter-gatherers lent itself to a matri-focal society. It was when humans settled into agricultural (civilized) settlements that patriarchy became a way of life and women's reproductive ability became commercialized (reified).
Thumper wrote:Since you asked, no, I haven't.![]()
But "stuck at a camp?" Can't be possible.
gethen wrote:Anyone here read "The Gormenghast Novels" by Mervyn Peake? I tried to start them a few years ago and couldn't get interested. This weekend, stuck at our camp in Canada with nothing else to read, I tried again. Wow! Think about a cross between Dickens and Tolkien. The setting is a mythical sprawling castle called Gormenghast. It's weird and delightful.
I cannot conceive of a genuine scientist without that profound faith. The situation may be expressed by an image: Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.
SciFiFisher wrote:He was also an avowed socialist in the strictest sense of the word and an advocate for a world government with the authority and the means to enforce the pax on all the nations of the world.![]()
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geonuc wrote:Getting rid of nations and establishing a world government is not an entirely bad idea.
Gullible Jones wrote:Oh hey, isn't this the series where Europe has to rejuvenate some Waffen-SS troopers, because current generation of pansy girly-men aren't good enough to fight the Posleen?
That would be Watch on the Rhine