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A review by spjuver
Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography by Roger Shattuck
4.0
A very interesting read. I like the way in which Shattuck tries to divide knowledge into six different categories and his categories feel generally applicable to knowledge, and applicably in various areas.
I did not know much about Sade before reading this, but the chapter about him – alongside the debate about whether or not to censor certain kinds of knowledge – is an enlightening and rewarding one. I was kind of longing for a comparison to American Psycho (which, I was glad to see, made a (too) short appearance in the end). Those kind of books are something else, and they might have something to teach humanity about the innermost, hidden depths that might exist within; but maybe that knowledge just is not fit for everyone to take part of. Even though I would like to think that everyone should learn as much as possible, maybe there is some things that is better left for a certain group of people (scholars or such, not any kind of "elite" ((even though that might be a tautology)). We never know what might get triggered by anything.
I did not know much about Sade before reading this, but the chapter about him – alongside the debate about whether or not to censor certain kinds of knowledge – is an enlightening and rewarding one. I was kind of longing for a comparison to American Psycho (which, I was glad to see, made a (too) short appearance in the end). Those kind of books are something else, and they might have something to teach humanity about the innermost, hidden depths that might exist within; but maybe that knowledge just is not fit for everyone to take part of. Even though I would like to think that everyone should learn as much as possible, maybe there is some things that is better left for a certain group of people (scholars or such, not any kind of "elite" ((even though that might be a tautology)). We never know what might get triggered by anything.