Author: Michel Foucault –
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media (2024) –
Genre: Philosophy –
Overall rating: 4/5 –
Writing, content: 4/5 –
Duration: 12.10 h (long)-
Narrator: James Gillies –
Narrator/performance: 5/5 –
Impressions: n/a –
Performance errors: 0/5 –
Complexity/reading level: 5+/5 –
Audience: General
Commentary/review
A philosophical treaty suitable for the audio format. It is very long, it is beautifully written, the English translation is wonderful. It also contains very few examples (all of them positively brilliant), no longer feels revolutionary and unnecessarily ends on a sad note. Knowing a thing or two about the Author helps but does not really justify this prolonged melancholic intrusion on the reader. I managed to finish the book without external motivations but did not really enjoy it. On this blog, it is believed that philosophy should be celebrated, not induce depression.

I did not like the cover. The voice does not go together with that loudspeaker image.
