Bookshelf Tour of a Sophomore Philosophy Student!

[@EastLancashireJohn]

That's a great book collection. It's similar to my own. Nice to see the fountain pen ink, too.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@EastLancashireJohn Thanks!

[@RolfGoebel]

I especially like your idea that one should have lots of books one hasn't read yet, in addition to those one has. Knowledge, insights, wisdom--these depend as much on the past of previous readings as on what future readings might promise!

[@hauhou7326]

wow yeah, infinite jest was a blast to read! I hope you enjoy it lots! One of the most fun books I've read :>

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@hauhou7326 I’m looking forward to it! Taking a postmodern American lit class in the spring and we’ll be reading part of it (I’ll probably read it all caus, why not)

[@nsbd90now]

This video made me tingly!

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

Thank you so much!!

[@nsbd90now]

Ha ha! First video of yours I watched I was noticing your book shelf! Yeah... get classics and basics 'cause you know you'll read them at some point, or at least want to look something up in them. A lot of them you really need a classroom/seminar experience. Especially when you get into Hegel/Heidegger/Foucult and existential types of things. Don't forget "Varieties of Religious Experience" by William James and "Mysticism" by Evelyn Underhill. Gadamer's "Truth & Method" and I loved "Feeling & Form" by Susann Langer. Excellent! You've got the history of philosophical thought there!

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

Glad you like it! I’ve been digging James lately so I’m definitely gonna get Varieties of Religious Experience, and I have a professor friend who is an expert in hermeneutics and has convinced me to read some Gadamer so definitely that one!

[@maryamdne3289]

Very appealing collection

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@maryamdne3289 Thanks!

[@Sarah_Jean86]

I really enjoyed your bookshelf tour. I love seeing that others are reading and excited to see authors or philosophers that I particularly enjoy (Pynchon, Kant) on that shelf. Great job. I love how dedicated you are as a young philosopher and reader!

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

Thanks a bunch!

[@Orpheuslament]

Neat collection - thanks for sharing.

[@GobbleGobble571]

Id love any video on the book of mormon or lds in general! Its such a facinating little episode in history, with a strangly huge effect

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@GobbleGobble571 Wish I knew enough about it! I’m hesitant to make any videos for that reason (in addition to the fact that it’s not the most exciting subject personally), but I’ll certainly consider it!

[@howardparkes8787]

@@gavinyoung-philosophyif you want some background on Mormonism, I would be happy to provide you some resources or just a overview at least. Idk if you remember but I grew up Mormon and have spent a lot of time researching the theology and history.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@howardparkes8787 I can’t believe I never knew that dude! Maybe you told me and it just slipped my mind, but I’ll certainly keep it in mind :)

[@Blooperman122334]

It's amazing you're so young! Probably not the point, but incredible impressive nonetheless!

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@Blooperman122334 Thanks a lot!😁

[@BlueWingedRino]

Excellent shelf tour!!! I wish I was as well rounded when I was your age. Look into Jung when you can and although not exactly philosophy if I could only have 3 books on a desert isle I would go with Frazer The Golden Bough, Graves The White Goddess and probably the Catholic Bible.

[@robertwhiteley-yv1sy]

Jung is greatly lacking on that shelf.

[@MCJSA]

I saw you have a few lexicons and dictionaries. If you ever read the Quran in Arabic get a copy of Penrice, A dictionary and glossary of the Koran (Librarie du Liban). It's late 19th century but available in reprint. All terms in the Quran with English equivalents and some cross references. Very useful.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@MCJSA This is a great resource to recommend! I’ll be sure to get my hands on a copy :) Thank you!

[@iamleoooo]

How difficult is it to read Suhrawardi?

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@iamleoooo He’s definitely very dense. His philosophy is extremely similar to Hegel in both content and its expression. It’s not quite as hard to read as Hegel, but expect density and scholastic-like explication of ideas accompanied by logic.

[@iamleoooo]

@@gavinyoung-philosophy thanks for replying, i've been looking forward to read him in a while

[@Lmaoh5150]

Yeah most of my bookshelf is unread cause I’m a slow reader and buy more than I can read lol. But mines mostly fiction. Only Phil I’ve got is various Deleuze as well as Process and Reality by Whitehead.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@Lmaoh5150 Same lol I’m very slow and impulsively buy things. That’s quite the jump straight to Deleuze lol

[@Lmaoh5150]

@@gavinyoung-philosophy In pretty much all my interests I’ve found I habitually jump into the deep end 🤷‍♂️

[@splumpy8469]

Zizek only makes sense within thoroughly knowing the context of Lacanian thought

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

So I am aware. Hegel as well

[@Prprpsksks]

how challanging is it to read a thousand plateaus if you are familiar with D&R?

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@Prprpsksks If you can read D&R, A Thousand Plateaus is a cakewalk. Of course it won’t be without its challenges, but D&R is much harder.

[@Prprpsksks]

@@gavinyoung-philosophythanks for the answer. so would you say that D&R is kinda deleuze’s central text? that by knowing it it makes all his other texts easy to understand?

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@Prprpsksks It certainly provides the basis for understanding the significant tensions he has with philosophers like Hegel and Freud. There’s definitely a lot of new territory, especially politically, that is covered in other works, but I’d certainly say that grasping D&R helps make clear his contributions regarding the development of Nietzsche’s idea of eternal return, his contentions with Hegelian dialectics, as well as his critique of representationalism.

[@Prprpsksks]

@@gavinyoung-philosophythanks

[@onethousandplateaus]

not to get so parasocial but a little obsessed by the way our bookshelves are on the same wavelength like we both have the same unread old derrida reader + of grammatology Among several other shared books lol ... anyways jealous asf of ur de sade readers and totally agree w u abt pomo being goated and zizek being questionable. also if u want some books that bridge together all the stuff u have on palestine + postcolonial and queer studies + deleuze and guattari u should totally check out Jasbir K. Puar's books Terrorist Assemblages and The Right to Maim

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@onethousandplateaus Thanks for the recommendation, I’ll definitely check it out! Glad someone else likes the stuff I like :)

[@supplementalhorsey4510]

I have almost all the same Hegel books! 😋 Any good pro-colonialism texts? Wouldn't wanna just read one side of the argument.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@supplementalhorsey4510 I’m really not familiar with any. Most politicians today though make what amounts to pro-colonial arguments, talking of the usefulness of cobalt mining in the DRC or other such exploitative practices. You could also look at Zionist thinkers and ideas to see a good example of modern colonialism.

[@robertwhiteley-yv1sy]

Learn to draw. You use your left hemisphere too much. I would recommend a book called drawing on the right side of the brain. You need to see reality as it is, you need to experience it. Drawing will help you achieve an understanding that Hegel or plato can only allude to. Trust me. Draw.

[@bonkchoy5544]

Reading Jung will produce the same effect

[@howardparkes8787]

No way that’s a pretty good bible collection, cool you have the JW NWT bible and Mormon scripture too. I’ve also got my own copies for reference and evangelism use.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@howardparkes8787 Indeed they’re quite interesting just to have. Out of all my Bibles of have, the NWT is my favorite in terms of material, construction, size, etc; I wish all my favorite philosophy books were just like it, physically speaking 😅

[@darillus1]

looks like u haven't touched most of these books

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@darillus1 Depends on the book but yes, I did mention that much of my shelf is upcoming reads :)

[@darillus1]

@@gavinyoung-philosophy point being I don't know how u can explain Deleuze without having read Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Marx etc.

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

@@darillus1 I’ve read Plato, I’ve read the Phenomenology of Spirit, etc. I know what most of these thinkers say enough to give an informative lecture that can encourage others. You can watch my Deleuze lectures and tell me if I’m off base, but the more you talk to students of philosophy of professors of philosophy, the quicker you’ll discover that everyone has holes in their knowledge that have yet to be read up on.