My thesis proposal seminar is in the Spring quarter (April-June). i have been whittling down my area of choice slowly. Currently, i am looking into doing something with regards to Nietzsche, Heidegger, the Enlightenment, and postmodernism in their similarities to “Biblical” Christianity and how should their works be used to interpret doctrine in a postmodern, post-Christian world. i know that seems really long, so i will be whittling it down some more, but that is where i am heading. i may include Derrida and/or Deleuze as interpreters of Heidegger and Nietzsche (respectively), but i’m not sure i’ll have read enough for that. i’ve been really excited about my Philosophy class this quarter (After Postmodernism). We’re finishing up the MacIntyre book that i posted last time and it has been really great. It’s definitely recommended reading from me for anyone wanting to read/study/talk contemporary philosophy or theology.
Planned books:
- Metaphysics by Aristotle
- On the Soul by Aristotle
- Being And Event by Alain Badiou
- The Host by Stephenie Meyer
- Doctrine of the Word of God (Church Dogmatics I.1) by Karl Barth
Current books:
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Difference and Repetition by Gilles Deleuze
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A Secular Age by Charles Taylor
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The Stillborn God by Mark Lilla
Recent books:
- Poetics by Aristotle
- Physics by Aristotle
- On Interpretation by Aristotle
- The Categories by Aristotle
- Text and Interpretation by Werner Jeanrond
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