Being There, Doing That

I've joined a reading group featuring the writers and readers at Unfogged, and we're going to work our way through Martin Heidegger's Being and Time. I'm unreasonably excited about this—it's probably not a book I would make time for otherwise, but a little paternalism (deadlines, assignments) goes a long way with me.

I believe there are some philo professionals in the group; Ogged (the guy who kickstarted the book club) has created a number of guidelines intended intended to steer the discussion toward accessibility (that's good for a layman such as myself). If you're interested, feel free to read along—the comments will be open, and I think I'll put up a link in the sidebar.

I'm not sure whether Ogged thinks of it in these terms, but I imagine that when it's finished, the blog could last as something of a Wiki-annotation of the book. Which isn't to say that this small group of readers is going to take Heidegger in new directions or anything, but there's really no telling who might end up reading it down the line and adding her thoughts. Most book clubs go about it the wrong way, I think, by meeting in person.