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From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii by Haunani-Kay Trask
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture by Wendell Berry
The New American History by Eric Foner, editor
A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The Sufis by Idries Shah
A Time of Little Choice: The Disintegration of Tribal Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1769-1810 by Randall Milliken
No One Here Gets Out Alive by Jerry Hopkins, and Danny Sugerman
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About mePh.d. in U.S. environmental history with dissertation about social movement that saved the redwoods, M.A. in 19th century French intellectual history (the Polish question), B.A. in Philosophy with a concentration in religious thought, and undergrad thesis on Wittgenstein's religious point of view. Now a retired scholar/teacher from California who is living in Thailand and teaching English to young monks.
About my libraryMy virtual library will be a reconstruction of all the books that have inspired me in the fields of history, philosophy, religion and environmental studies (to name just a few).
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Currently readingLonely Planet Thailand by China Williams
The Thaksinization Of Thailand by Duncan McCargo
The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: A Translation of the Majjhima Nikaya by Bhikkhu Nanamoli
The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions by John Bowker
Supernatural Agents: Why We Believe in Souls, Gods, and Buddhas by Iikka Pyysiainen
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I saw your introduction on learning from and writing history. I'm green with envy about what you've done at this stage in your life. I just turned 60 and all I really want to do is go back to college and study history. I think I understand what you mean about not trusting the grand narratives. Sir Isaiah Berlin wrote an essay called "The Sense of Reality" with the premise that we cannot know enough about what happened in history to construct any type of theory of history that is valid. As for your statement about the powerful using history to control, it is just another one of the golden rules "Those that have the gold make the rules". After I got my B.A. in history I did a year of graduate work but had no desire to enter academia. Now I am of the age where I feel like I might be able to contribute something but circumstances, including a serious but not fatal chronic illness, make it difficult. I live in Georgia and they did just make it possible for anyone 62 and over to go to college for free. I can always hope. Drop me a line if you have the time, energy and inclination.
Bill
posted by wildbill at 3:23 pm (EST) on Nov 15, 2009