Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 23:25     Subject: The Great Courses

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone give feedback comparing this with Master Class?
TY


Master Class is much more brief, between 2 and 5 hours, and are delivered by "celebrity" professors.

Great Courses are usually about 24 hours in length delivered by professors who are award-winning teachers, equivalent perhaps to a university survey course (though without homework and papers).
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 23:21     Subject: The Great Courses

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone give feedback comparing this with Master Class?
TY


Both are overtly classist, racist, misogynistic, and transphobic.
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 22:29     Subject: The Great Courses

Can anyone give feedback comparing this with Master Class?
TY
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 20:38     Subject: The Great Courses

Thanks OP. I have really wondering about these. Can’t wait to get started!
Anonymous
Post 10/13/2023 20:07     Subject: The Great Courses

I'm interested in getting an intro to philosophy.

I'm debating between Lawrence Cahoone, From Descartes to Derrida and David Kyle Johnson, The Biq Questions of Philosophy.

I'm curious if any have done both and have a preference for either .
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2023 16:00     Subject: Re:The Great Courses

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just don’t.

Time to end the “history” told exclusively through the lens of dead, white, cis-gender males.


Well, there is room for fresh perspectives but their interpretations need to be based on evidence, not ideology.

And you need a thorough grounding in any discipline's traditions in order to make a meaning ful contribution, even if you're proposing a contrary analysis.

It isn't actually better to just celebrate the history that flatters your conceits. That's lazy and leads to distortions. Stick to Tic Tok for that.


+1
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2023 15:28     Subject: Re:The Great Courses

Anonymous wrote:Just don’t.

Time to end the “history” told exclusively through the lens of dead, white, cis-gender males.


Well, there is room for fresh perspectives but their interpretations need to be based on evidence, not ideology.

And you need a thorough grounding in any discipline's traditions in order to make a meaning ful contribution, even if you're proposing a contrary analysis.

It isn't actually better to just celebrate the history that flatters your conceits. That's lazy and leads to distortions. Stick to Tic Tok for that.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2023 15:02     Subject: Re:The Great Courses

Anonymous wrote:Just don’t.

Time to end the “history” told exclusively through the lens of dead, white, cis-gender males.


What’s “cis”?
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2023 11:20     Subject: Re:The Great Courses

Anonymous wrote:Just don’t.

Time to end the “history” told exclusively through the lens of dead, white, cis-gender males.

🙄


Anonymous
Post 10/12/2023 07:39     Subject: Re:The Great Courses

Anonymous wrote:Just don’t.

Time to end the “history” told exclusively through the lens of dead, white, cis-gender males.


It is perfectly OK for descendants of Europeans to tell our own and listen to our own version of history. Why would we want to listen to our history through the lens of someone else? Go find your own.
Anonymous
Post 10/12/2023 00:19     Subject: The Great Courses

Are these podcasts? Would they be good for car trips?
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 15:03     Subject: The Great Courses

I LOVE THESE!!!

My favorites are:

the rise of Rome - Gregory Aldrete

The Roman Empire - Gregory Aldrete (These book are why I really do think about the Roman Empire on a daily basis)

History of the Ancient World - Gregory Aldrete

How We Learn - Monisha Pasupathi

Years that Changed History: 1215 - Dorsey Armstrong

The Medieval World - Dorsey Armstrong

Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Age - Jeremy McInerney (his voice is great. )

Looking back through my Libby history, I think my favorite books from the library are these and Tessa Dare novels.
Anonymous
Post 10/11/2023 14:24     Subject: Re:The Great Courses

Thank you OP for sharing this info.
Anonymous
Post 10/10/2023 23:41     Subject: The Great Courses

Anonymous wrote:I thought this was going to be about golf courses.

St. Andrew’s
Augusta National
Winged Foot


+1 but I’d have a different list with the exception of Augusta. Pine Valley and Cypress Point.