Chronicles Of A Liquid Society

Like with any collection of Eco's writing, it has moments of beauty and insight, and then occasional "old man yells at cloud" sections. However, this posthumous collection feels more like odds and ends of Eco's thinking than a definitive last statement.Again, there are some great things here, but this feels less like one last conversation with a trusted mentor than rummaging through their things after they have passed.

This is a terrific book of essays that really makes you think about life in our society. I do wish that Umberto Éco was still alive so he could write about president Trump.

El libro es una recopilación de columnas que Eco publicaba semanalmente en un periódico italiano. Si bien muchas son entretenidas y muy concisas críticas a la modernidad cotidiana, él no tener un tema central o ideas principales definidas me resultó algo aburrido y ya no tan atractivo.

I wonderful book, as if the reader were sitting at a table with Umberto Eco at a open air plaza in Italy talking about world events, religion, politics, education, technology and other topics. Humberto Eco is pure genius with a rare ability to filter. This book can be re read.

For the most part, this collection of articles? essays? reveals the curmudgeonly uncle who refuses to suffer idiots yet has an entertaining and guileful sense of humor.

Even when not all the essays have the same depth and interest, Eco always manage to surprise the reader with unknown facts.It is amusing and worth reading.

Great visions from an analytical genius of present human behavior. His opinions are always about criticizing. Gives few solutions.

nutrition for your brain

Great

A book of short, amusing commentaries on current society, media, books and literature, the arts generally and philosophy. The commentaries are short, witty and entertaining. They demonstrate the erudition, wit and humanities of this brilliant author and academic of the modern age.

Great book