Rene Girard's The Scapegoat?
E. F. Schumacher's Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered?
Wendell Berry's "The Idea of A Local Economy"?
...choose one to mix it up a little.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
A welcome to the blog!
Dear readers of books,
For all of you who do not not know, the Notre Dame Book Club is beginning right now!
One Thursday night in the spring of 2010, Professor Stephen Fallon from the Program of Liberal Studies department shared some of his wisdom about education and learning to many Notre Dame students and friends who had gathered at what is called the "Peace House" on the 700 block of Frances Street in South Bend Indiana.
When one student in her senior year expressed her concern about maintaining intellectual discourse and analytical skills after graduation, Professor Fallon encouraged all soon-to-be graduates to do two things:
0 Subscribe to the New York Book Review and/or London Book Review
0 Start a book club
And that is what one of the resident's of the peace house set out to do.
The "Notre Dame Book Club" is the result of the efforts of Kristi Haas, University of Notre Dame Class of 2010. She gathered many names of interested folk and devised a format for the club that I believe will be the most effective in maintaining active participation.
And therefore, I now will describe the preliminary guidelines of the book club. Any comments or concerns are greatly appreciated.
Every three months, we will select three to six books that will be the books of the season. In trying to be flexible to all the interests and access to titles, a larger selection of books will give all participants the opportunity to read at least one book that they are interested. All members are in no way obligated to read any or all of the works.
Books will be selected through nominations from members.
Works will fit under these six categories and hopefully, each quarter there will be one of each category selected (though this is not mandatory; selections should be based on the desires of the participants):
1. Poetry
2. Contemporary Fiction
3. Contemporary Non-fiction
4. Classic/Old Fiction
5. Classic/Old Non-fiction
6. Essays
When nominating a work, the nominator should specify what category the work belongs to.
Anyone can post on the blog (within reason). This is meant to be a forum not just about books but also to stay in touch and intellectual while having fun. You don't have to be a Notre Dame student or alum to join in on the fun.
I have written the first of what I hope are many blog entries from many other people.
All the best,
Ellen Rolfes
ND, Class of 2010
P.S. (For those of you who don't know) The peace house is an institution in its own right: a hammock hanging on the porch, shared beds, posters of radicals, signs from union protests, and a flag with a peace symbol proudly displayed on the front of the house. The house is passed down each year by the previous residents to a new group of idealistic progressive-minded students who are committed to changing the world.
For all of you who do not not know, the Notre Dame Book Club is beginning right now!
One Thursday night in the spring of 2010, Professor Stephen Fallon from the Program of Liberal Studies department shared some of his wisdom about education and learning to many Notre Dame students and friends who had gathered at what is called the "Peace House" on the 700 block of Frances Street in South Bend Indiana.
When one student in her senior year expressed her concern about maintaining intellectual discourse and analytical skills after graduation, Professor Fallon encouraged all soon-to-be graduates to do two things:
0 Subscribe to the New York Book Review and/or London Book Review
0 Start a book club
And that is what one of the resident's of the peace house set out to do.
The "Notre Dame Book Club" is the result of the efforts of Kristi Haas, University of Notre Dame Class of 2010. She gathered many names of interested folk and devised a format for the club that I believe will be the most effective in maintaining active participation.
And therefore, I now will describe the preliminary guidelines of the book club. Any comments or concerns are greatly appreciated.
Every three months, we will select three to six books that will be the books of the season. In trying to be flexible to all the interests and access to titles, a larger selection of books will give all participants the opportunity to read at least one book that they are interested. All members are in no way obligated to read any or all of the works.
Books will be selected through nominations from members.
Works will fit under these six categories and hopefully, each quarter there will be one of each category selected (though this is not mandatory; selections should be based on the desires of the participants):
1. Poetry
2. Contemporary Fiction
3. Contemporary Non-fiction
4. Classic/Old Fiction
5. Classic/Old Non-fiction
6. Essays
When nominating a work, the nominator should specify what category the work belongs to.
Anyone can post on the blog (within reason). This is meant to be a forum not just about books but also to stay in touch and intellectual while having fun. You don't have to be a Notre Dame student or alum to join in on the fun.
I have written the first of what I hope are many blog entries from many other people.
All the best,
Ellen Rolfes
ND, Class of 2010
P.S. (For those of you who don't know) The peace house is an institution in its own right: a hammock hanging on the porch, shared beds, posters of radicals, signs from union protests, and a flag with a peace symbol proudly displayed on the front of the house. The house is passed down each year by the previous residents to a new group of idealistic progressive-minded students who are committed to changing the world.
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