Nick

Pure Fantasy

Revisado: 02-18-25

Perhaps the most deceptive "history" lecture series I've ever had the misfortune of listening to. Absolutely delusional narrative that goes beyond grasping straws and into the territory of fabrication in order to provide a completely one-sided, pro-Indian story. The creators of this series should be ashamed of themselves,

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Excellent book with masterful narration

Revisado: 12-04-24

I've read several of Evola's other works and this one stands out as one of my new favorites. As always, Evola speaks from outside of the post-modern paradigms, offering a third way. This will be good food for thought for anyone who rejects the current day licentiousness of sex but feels there is some thing amiss about the "Puritanical" alternative. It is also insightful with respect to how men and women relate to each other in an ideal and spiritual sense. Given that the subject matter is one essential to the being of everyone, there is certainly valuable wisdom to be gained no matter who you are or what stage of life you are in. However, this is not a book rooted in the mundane, it must be approached from a overarching spiritual view of the world to truly appreciate it.

The narration was masterfully done. Miss Weiss' voice is pleasant to listen to, but it does not distract from the subject matter. As with all good audiobooks, it did not sound like a recitation of words on paper, rather Miss Weiss channeled the author flawlessly. The sound quality is great, diction and pronunciation are clear and correct, cadence is easy to follow as well. I hope she does more narrations in the future.

Overall, 5/5 on all counts.

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Surprisingly biased

Revisado: 07-01-17

I enjoyed every other series Professor Harl has made, but this one was sub-par. I found myself wondering why he was really hitting hard on the positive stuff about the Ottomans and downplaying the negative, when what I'd admired about his other lectures was the relatively unbiased approach. They weren't apologies but they weren't condemnations either, it was simply history. This series really felt like an op ed piece at times, and Harl often exhibits doublethink (ex: denies that the Armenian genocide occurred because it doesn't fit the UN definition of genocide, but then dismisses the German govt's acknowledgement of the genocide since he "doesn't think politics should play a role in deciding what actually happened"). Once he said he has a Turkish wife though, it started to make sense. There's still some good information in the course, if you don't mind that he glosses over some of the more gruesome aspects of Ottoman society, like how the Janissaries were kidnapped and forcibly circumcized, or the fact that he never really explains that whole silk cord thing or any of the cultural background in which such practices emerged.

That being said, I don't think this course is worth purchasing, you could get all this information on wikipedia and you wouldn't be missing out on any thing really. The most interesting part of the narrative is whenever Europeans enter the scene and Harl has plenty of other quality courses on those subjects, like The Era of the Crusades, World of Byzantium, and Great Ancient Civilizations of Asia Minor.

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