Official Review: We live in Social Space by Fred Emil Katz

[olives333]

this book and this review, refers me to the idea of general relativity. Just as in nature the strongest animals crush the weak to ensure their survival and security that men in human life kill, oppress, plunder, rape and destroy the weakest or the means developed to ensure their survival and food, social, military and financial security.
  And all this for what? The lack of LOVE. "we live in social space" by Fred Emil K. puts us in front of our own mirror.

[ritah]

Great review, the book sounds like an excellent read.

[jwalker73]

Thanks for the review. This sounds an insightful read with very relevant topics. I do not generally read this form of non-fiction, but I feel it reveals some light on behaviours and actions we often display without giving much thought to them.

[Austinejos]

Awesome book ...but had to read many times to get the message.... Good job by the way

[Sarah_Khan]

The author explores unique points in this non-fiction book. I took a sociology class before so this seems like something that would interest me. I'm glad you mentioned that it is understandable because I dislike books that read like a textbook. Great review!

[Scerakor]

It is always interesting to read books that take a sober look at humanity and why things that seemed unthinkable are able to come to pass.

[Reet Aulakh]

The review is very nice. Thanks for a great review.

[jedreid]

intimidating, yes. but philosophy or sociology is always gonna be interesting for me. and it's quite nice to read something like this once in a while. great job on the review!

[Barry1379]

It is a nice work of art. Although philosophy is not my favorite subject but still a nice work.

-- 29 Oct 2017, 15:37 --

It is a nice work. But philosophy was not my favorite subject. Nice review.

[Phikim]

I find the review well designed but also intricate content. The book sounds a good material for scholarly as opposed to entertainment.

[abran]

Reflecting on the sample alone I found - the writing style is very engaging, once you get through the vaguely named themes the author outlines. The first big issue I found with the sample was that it was unclear what precisely the purpose of the book was, and accordingly, what audience it was intended for. It clearly involves sociological and philosophical commentary, with some insight into our individual lives, but more clarity would be helpful, along with more clear organization of the theses and their supporting evidence. On a similar vein, as useful as the four constructs he lays out may be, the manner in which he initially presents them gave a slightly discomfiting implication of pseudoscience. The over-emphasis of the terms helps to reiterate his points, but their introduction could have been much more accessible. As he gets into the anecdotes underlying his framework, the writing is very clear and stimulating, and he does a great job of incorporating academic evidence and explanations. Unfortunately, I found his emphasis on how people with worldly success can still experience emotional turmoil a underwhelming, it undermined his interesting discussion on their suppression. Also the sentence "I would ask: What was worse than Auschwitz? Had he won another reward?" was pretty poor phrasing.
In brief, I found a lot of aspects of this book immediately rather off-putting, even though the writing was frequently quite interesting. Once I got past those aspects and reflected on the content more deeply, I found the book did actually have a lot of insight to offer - hopefully the rest of the book continues making those insights more accessible.

[Malfoyy Slitherin]

A very interesting review.. Good job!

[VanessaAisel]

My grandparents were immigrants from Germany as children, German history and the holocaust are things always held close to my heart! Thank you for the review, I think I may be adding this to my list of must haves!

[Seraphia Bunny Sparks]

Thanks for the interesting review. This book really isn't for me but I enjoyed reading your review.

[Bluecobia]

Good review. The book sounds like heavy reading.I never like philosophy in college and will probably not read the book but thanks for the review.