Agnes Callard Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Agnes Callard on X
Philosopher, UChicago Book https://t.co/htazfAgsHB Column https://t.co/GGvu8fPwc4 NYT https://t.co/Jj56TEDpsL YT https://t.co/hPgf2tHhMr podcast https://t.co/lVDi53De3Z Sugg Box https://t.co/6TOXEth8LQ
A Little Life
Hanya YanagiharaAgnes CallardParental love is founded on fear: "every day, your first thought is not "I love him" but "How is he?" " From A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara https://t.co/QRq9FULjvv
Paperback, 2016
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Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
William JamesAgnes CallardThese excerpts are from "The Gospel of Relaxation," a lecture he gave to the graduating class of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics (collected in his *Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals*)
Paperback, 2001
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The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice
Fredrik DeBoerAgnes CallardThis tweet inspired by @slatestarcodex’s plea for school abolition at the end of his review of Freddie deBoer’s The Cult of Smart. Scott Alexander is surely right that we hate school, but apparently we hate our parents, too. Welcome to life: we hate everything. https://t.co/9gw7PKumon
Paperback, 2020
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Protagoras
PlatoAgnes Callard@mt_head no this is very reassuring to me now I know I'm not going insane it's like this passage from Plato's Protagoras https://t.co/F6zrPcnKGH
Paperback, 2024
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Talks to Teachers on Psychology, and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
James WilliamAgnes CallardThese excerpts are from "The Gospel of Relaxation," a lecture he gave to the graduating class of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics (collected in his *Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals*)
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Games: Agency as Art
C. Thi NguyenAgnes Callard@TheZvi @robinhanson btw, @TheZvi , I'm reading a book I think you'd like. Games: Agency as Art by C. Thi Nguyen. If you start it and you're like "why did she recc this", skip to ch 7, that's the part I think you'll like.
Hardcover, 2020
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Ritual and Its Consequences: An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity
Adam B. SeligmanAgnes CallardI love this description of a parent-child bedtime ritual. Such careful attention to the meaning of a rich variety of details. (from the book *Ritual and Its Consequences* by Seligman, Puett, Weller, Simon) https://t.co/zkxSiap6K5
Paperback, 2008
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Talks to Teachers on Psychology: and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals
William 1842-1910 JamesAgnes CallardThese excerpts are from "The Gospel of Relaxation," a lecture he gave to the graduating class of the Boston Normal School of Gymnastics (collected in his *Talks to Teachers on Psychology and to Students on Some of Life's Ideals*)
Paperback, 2021
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Mating: A Novel (National Book Award Winner)
Norman RushAgnes Callard@TheRealEGS novels the 2 best I've read recently are: Mating by Norman Rush Independent People by Halldor Laxness
Paperback, 1992
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Pessoa: A Biography
Richard ZenithAgnes Callard✨✨The latest issue of the Portuguese cultural mag Forma de Vida is organized around themes in my work. There's wonderful art by @sia_steel, my hero Richard Zenith wrote an essay on Pessoa, a great essay by my beloved student @avlgeenen about Tiktok... https://t.co/W2zUuxex6H https://t.co/klu3yWIcpi
Paperback, 2023
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