THE JUST CITY PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Jo Walton | 368 pages | 02 Jul 2015 | Little, Brown Book Group | 9781472150769 | English | London, United Kingdom The Just City PDF Book Golds pursue art and philosophy and mathematics all day while Irons do all the work. She conducted three casestudies namely New York, London and Amsterdam and studied them in detail with respect to these three central concepts. The book begins with Apollo after Daphne is turned into a tree in order to escape his embrace. I had no idea how this was going to end, and just kept reading, enjoying the philosophical discussions, the scholarly delight as certain aspects were revealed or facts became known, the different ways that agape presented itself. I am aware of emotional arcs like comets across the canopy of stars; I retain a memory of the shooting stars instead of the panoply of constellations. Your donation to Just City will help us create a smaller, fairer, and more humane criminal justice system. If you expected a sci-fi or fantasy novel: you may be slightly disappointed. In many ways and intentionally reading this book is similar to reading Plato. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The people involved range from ancient philosophers to intelligent women from more recent times who were frustrated by their lack of choices in life. Smash them all together; tell me more. About Us. There would not be a lack of rulers due to incompetence or laziness, but for the reason that each is entitled to rule oneself as long as others are considered in each action one makes. Unfortunately, she seems to have slightly more difficulty with endings of books, and so by the time I got there my enthusiasm had waned somewhat. The ending was fairly dramatic, actually, and I suspect there may be quite a bit more action in the second book. Many of the scenes felt like they'd been patched in. This is a book which took me far to long to get through considering the length of it but I will mention I had about 2 weeks where I didn't even try to read this. Now, while I liked the characters and their growth arcs and really well done plotting I love Sokrates being introduced as a kind of trickster figure in year 5 of the experiment! He's like a poorly socialized home-schooled kid, but he's aware of his deficiencies and has a genuine desire to learn and grow. Butler, thankyouverymuch. And more debate! I really enjoyed all the characters, especially Apollo. Skip to content. He has taken a mortal journey to better understand mortals and concepts like free will. October 13, Restructuring of global economy took place. Instead of viewing each on its own, Socrates shows how one evolves into the other. Things I really, really disliked: So much sexual violence. Contact us to see if you qualify for expungement. I needed a second reading to begin to articulate why I love this book so much. More Details Error rating book. And again, he gives him a warning: But to produce arguments when one is uncertain and searching, as I am doing, is a frightening thing and makes one feel insecure. Aug 24, Hilary rated it it was amazing Shelves: historical-fiction , mythology-folklore , philosophy. Since the masters had all prayed to Athena specifically to join this city, there was not an equal representation of people through out all of time. She got an opportunity to interview one of the philosophers and she asked her if the theories of social justice worked in the real world to which the philosopher replied that she was a philosopher and did not worry if the theory worked in the real world or not. I am not afraid of being ridiculed…but I am afraid that if fail to secure the truth, just where it is most important to do so, I will not only fall myself but drag my friends down with as well. And in this way, the book never once felt like it was lecturing at me. They pull together philosophers and dreamers from all eras of history to set the city up, then people it with ten year old Greek slave children. The book ends abruptly, after a debate between Athena and Socrates. Oh man and she rescues all of the books from the Library of Alexandria! On this second reading, I found myself delighted by how Walton chose not to bring Plato in as a character. What is the writing style like? Jo Walton is brilliant, I think I can say that without much need to couch. The Just City Writer I heart Jo Walton. Retrieved March 5, Walton presents to us the pros and cons of a society loosely? It doesn't have to end like this Between Pages is a newsletter for readers like you. Ok Privacy policy. Restructuring of global economy took place. No trivia or quizzes yet. And Athene offers him a chance to be mortal in her new experiment, the Just City. It was in the wheelhouse at the end of my alley. October 13, Check out our 3-Year Report. Podcast Videos Latest News Shop. Sign Up. Among other things, his work at Just City focuses on advocating on behalf of Just City clients to have their court debt waived so that they can successfully have their records expunged. I seldom notice such things as I needed a second reading to begin to articulate why I love this book so much. E-Mail required will not be published. POV characters are raped on-page three times in this book, and a lot of other rapes are mentioned as well. This inspired her to come up with an urban theory of social justice. Rape that I felt was taken too lightly and not dealt with. It's sad but it's real and true. View all 8 comments. Aug 24, Hilary rated it it was amazing Shelves: historical-fiction , mythology-folklore , philosophy. So this was a very mixed bag for me. The founders of America recognized this and went far out of their way to insure that we would never subject ourselves to pure, rampant democracy. Moon bases! Only Apollo and Athene played major roles in the story, and a few others were mentioned sparingly. Likewise, the philosophy was presented in an accessible way. Is biology destiny, as the women once again get stuck with the child care? Again Socrates here is hinting that they may be on the wrong path to the ideal city, but, because Glaucon insists, he continues towards the goal. For a novel in which Socrates is a main character and characters are living within a giant philosophical experiment, their conversations rarely get into the issues in any depth—should I feel, within a few minutes of starting the novel, that I have already anticipated all of the problems, conflicts, and conclusions which it will take some of the greatest philosophical minds in history over a decade, and a couple of hundred pages of text to reach? The kids become teens, and they are organized according to Plato's ideals, the goal always being arete or excellence--one's best self--but underlying the smaller incidents are Apollo's original questions about volition and equal significance. Jo Walton It depends what you like about it. I just loved it! This speaks more to the aspects of the novel which touch on eugenics and divisions of labor. So Fainstein says that she is an urban planner and would have to worry about the working of social theories in the real world. Maia is a woman from 19th century England, a world which does not value women who think. There was a feminist bent to the story in its strong female characters, but a rather weak position on rape and, while condoning male-on-male sexuality, a complete absence of female- female Another GR commenter suggested the Thessaly series and I was enthusiastic to give it a shot. More filters. Apollo asks his question, and receives a reply that surprises him because he has never considered his female play partners' volition anymore than he has considered the idea of equal significance. The Just City Reviews How do you make everyone equal in practice? I really enjoyed all the characters, especially Apollo. I do like the idea that the god Apollo decides to become human in order to learn things t My second book this year in which the Greek gods play main roles as characters the first being Kraken Bake by Karen Dudley. But unlike Christ, Apollo didn't become human to save humanity, he became human out of curiosity. So he agrees and the stage is set. Human nature is inherently flawed. I guess it's very experimental, is what I'm saying and extremely clever. Looots of debate! What we see now in the political life of the United States is the mutation of Constitutional politeia into populist democracy. There's very little action, and quite a lot of exploration of various ideas. This was my first Walton book and it was one I decided to read as a buddy read which I think certainly made it more fun. They finally got it right! You've successfully signed in. The people involved range from ancient philosophers to intelligent women from more recent times who were frustrated by their lack of choices in life. The details of many of the issues brought up in the discussion of many of these issues are very contemporary in feel - more so than the characters' purported backgrounds would seem to indicate.