I've already got 2 of the books and the essay. I've been waiting for this since you announced it. I am very intimidated, but I feel I have enough curiosity and patience to hopefully come away from it grasping something.
I’m excited to join in too! Thanks for splitting the reading in advance, it makes it look so much more manageable.
For the Question Concerning Technology, do you know of any printed books with the essay? I’ve tried looking but I can’t find any. I know I can always print the pdf but I like real books better.
Looking forward to this. Definitely going to need the Zoom call for the first two authors. I’ve read Burn Out Society. I felt like I missed a lot of the nuance. Got the forest but missed all the trees if you will. And I haven’t cracked Heidegger since undergraduate.
Very excited to read through these readings. I've also started reading Heidegger but found it difficult to understand. On the other hand, Non-Things was a comparatively easier read. In case anyone's interested I found this lecture quite helpful on Heidegger's Question Concerning Technology - https://youtu.be/4rzYhOOOw40?si=2OLe7QdhNRNJT63b (by Gregory Sadler). Happy reading!
PS: This is the first book club I'm seriously considering to be a part of. In a few months as I graduate and make some money, I'll probably become a paid member :)
Hello! Does one need to have any background preparation before diving in, or are the readings self-contained? In other words, how much does one need to know about the work of Heidegger or Han before undertaking January's readings?
Part of the goal of the posts I write is to help you if you don’t have the relevant background. January is admittedly kind of dense compared to some other months!
Wonderful, and how generous to make almost all of this for free! Thank you. I'm starting a little late, but working my way through Non-Things right now :)
I started reading Non-Things, and I am going to try to stick with it, but I don't find it compelling so far. I guess I am more aligned with structuralist and post-structuralist thought, critical theory (which is kinda no theory at all), and Foucault's archeology and genealogy. But despite being German, I have never read Heidegger (b/c of his membership in a certain party), so learning more about his work is interesting.
I am doing a sort of a snowballing reading excursion right now and unexpectedly came upon this, http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/89-CRITICAL-INQUIRY-GB.pdf and lo and behold in the middle of it, Latour starts discussing things as opposed to objects, drawing on Heidegger. I am in that middle, so excitedly reading along to see where he takes this topic.
Not sure if anyone would be interested, but I have put together all the book club info in Word format. This includes the Monthly Overview and Reading Schedule, along with a blank Cornell System of Notes for each reading.
If interested I can email to you directly so I am not spamming this post.
I've already got 2 of the books and the essay. I've been waiting for this since you announced it. I am very intimidated, but I feel I have enough curiosity and patience to hopefully come away from it grasping something.
I started Non-Things and after two pages I set it down and said "shit, now what..." Talk about reconsidering the pill you took.
If you want to go hardcore, the text is also available in 'Philosophy of Technology: An Anthology' (Willey Blackwell). 😉
I’m excited to join in too! Thanks for splitting the reading in advance, it makes it look so much more manageable.
For the Question Concerning Technology, do you know of any printed books with the essay? I’ve tried looking but I can’t find any. I know I can always print the pdf but I like real books better.
There's a volume called 'The Question Concerning Technology, and Other Essays', published by Harper Perennial Modern Thought. It's about $15.
Thanks, got it! I don’t know how I missed that, it’s literally in the name, sorry!
I’m really looking forward to this!
super excited!
Looking forward to this. Definitely going to need the Zoom call for the first two authors. I’ve read Burn Out Society. I felt like I missed a lot of the nuance. Got the forest but missed all the trees if you will. And I haven’t cracked Heidegger since undergraduate.
Very excited to read through these readings. I've also started reading Heidegger but found it difficult to understand. On the other hand, Non-Things was a comparatively easier read. In case anyone's interested I found this lecture quite helpful on Heidegger's Question Concerning Technology - https://youtu.be/4rzYhOOOw40?si=2OLe7QdhNRNJT63b (by Gregory Sadler). Happy reading!
PS: This is the first book club I'm seriously considering to be a part of. In a few months as I graduate and make some money, I'll probably become a paid member :)
Hello! Does one need to have any background preparation before diving in, or are the readings self-contained? In other words, how much does one need to know about the work of Heidegger or Han before undertaking January's readings?
Part of the goal of the posts I write is to help you if you don’t have the relevant background. January is admittedly kind of dense compared to some other months!
Then I'm in! I didn't want to have to use Gemini or ChatGPT to research beforehand.
are there links for the zoom video to watch if you couldn't join the live call?
Wonderful, and how generous to make almost all of this for free! Thank you. I'm starting a little late, but working my way through Non-Things right now :)
I started reading Non-Things, and I am going to try to stick with it, but I don't find it compelling so far. I guess I am more aligned with structuralist and post-structuralist thought, critical theory (which is kinda no theory at all), and Foucault's archeology and genealogy. But despite being German, I have never read Heidegger (b/c of his membership in a certain party), so learning more about his work is interesting.
I am doing a sort of a snowballing reading excursion right now and unexpectedly came upon this, http://www.bruno-latour.fr/sites/default/files/89-CRITICAL-INQUIRY-GB.pdf and lo and behold in the middle of it, Latour starts discussing things as opposed to objects, drawing on Heidegger. I am in that middle, so excitedly reading along to see where he takes this topic.
Not sure if anyone would be interested, but I have put together all the book club info in Word format. This includes the Monthly Overview and Reading Schedule, along with a blank Cornell System of Notes for each reading.
If interested I can email to you directly so I am not spamming this post.
Just learned about this book club. Although this will be very challenging for me, I'm really gad to have joined!!
Noticed that this page suggests that the call is on the last sunday of the month at 3 PM ET but the Announcement page [here](https://jaredhenderson.substack.com/p/announcing-the-2026-philosophical) suggests that the call is at 4 PM ET. Could you clarify the correct time ?