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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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au contraire
O cantankerous, for the other review. This is a charming and provocative little essay on what it is that is a book, its impact on thinking and what commerce might mean to it. It is a bit ahead of its time as it pre-dates ereaders, but, alas for my colleague, it was never meant to be about a bookstore or the mundane elemants of merchandising. Not to worry, dear fellow,...
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3 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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Indecipherable. If you can wade through French critical theory texts, then *maybe* you will appreciate this book. It has little to say, however, about the actual mechanisms of bookselling and bookstores, or about, as the title promises, the "commerce of thinking." It is written in the most convoluted language imaginable, not helped by what is surely a poor translation...
Published on November 21, 2009 by Paul A. Ranogajec
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: On the Commerce of Thinking: Of Books and Bookstores (Paperback)
O cantankerous, for the other review. This is a charming and provocative little essay on what it is that is a book, its impact on thinking and what commerce might mean to it. It is a bit ahead of its time as it pre-dates ereaders, but, alas for my colleague, it was never meant to be about a bookstore or the mundane elemants of merchandising. Not to worry, dear fellow, surely Walmart will come up with an e-reader for you.
3 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: On the Commerce of Thinking: Of Books and Bookstores (Paperback)
Indecipherable. If you can wade through French critical theory texts, then *maybe* you will appreciate this book. It has little to say, however, about the actual mechanisms of bookselling and bookstores, or about, as the title promises, the "commerce of thinking." It is written in the most convoluted language imaginable, not helped by what is surely a poor translation from the French. A big disappointment.
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On the Commerce of Thinking: Of Books and Bookstores by Jean-Luc Nancy (Paperback - June 15, 2009)
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