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A review by gosurori
Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography by Roger Shattuck
1.0
This book gets one star from me only because whenever it criticized a publication, it ended up in my reading list. I am a believer in freedom and the distinction of arts and science. I do not believe that the line is too thin. I do believe that there are immensely crooked governments in the world. Some (mostly medical) limitations are fine, if they are proven by science.
In short, this book showed me the other camp, which I should know about if I'm going to have a strong case of my own. It also taught me some new books by [a:Madame de La Fayette|7373225|Madame de La Fayette|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1383530815p2/7373225.jpg], [a:Algernon Charles Swinburne|38634|Algernon Charles Swinburne|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1236354754p2/38634.jpg], [a:Georges Bataille|20842|Georges Bataille|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1287941328p2/20842.jpg] and a couple more. I also turned back to reading [b:Juliette|314240|Juliette|Marquis de Sade|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347430455s/314240.jpg|3188244] and [b:Justine|796267|Justine|Marquis de Sade|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1178444302s/796267.jpg|13268607]by [a:Marquis de Sade|2885224|Marquis de Sade|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1388547600p2/2885224.jpg] (which are works of fiction).
If the "young and the ill-advised" are to be affected negatively by literature, educate the families and teachers. How can we be expected to change the world so that it does not motivate Ted Bundy? I mean, come on, a serial rapist and killer blamed pornography and we should take him seriously? I don't think so.
In short, this book showed me the other camp, which I should know about if I'm going to have a strong case of my own. It also taught me some new books by [a:Madame de La Fayette|7373225|Madame de La Fayette|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1383530815p2/7373225.jpg], [a:Algernon Charles Swinburne|38634|Algernon Charles Swinburne|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1236354754p2/38634.jpg], [a:Georges Bataille|20842|Georges Bataille|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1287941328p2/20842.jpg] and a couple more. I also turned back to reading [b:Juliette|314240|Juliette|Marquis de Sade|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1347430455s/314240.jpg|3188244] and [b:Justine|796267|Justine|Marquis de Sade|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1178444302s/796267.jpg|13268607]by [a:Marquis de Sade|2885224|Marquis de Sade|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1388547600p2/2885224.jpg] (which are works of fiction).
If the "young and the ill-advised" are to be affected negatively by literature, educate the families and teachers. How can we be expected to change the world so that it does not motivate Ted Bundy? I mean, come on, a serial rapist and killer blamed pornography and we should take him seriously? I don't think so.