Ideas for Assignment 2.

I have taken the first step today on the path to Assignment 2.

I looked at the titles available for the assignment and after reading through the summaries of each book, I narrowed it down to two titles, The Outsider and Choice.

Amazon Uk website (2015) summarises Albert Camus' The Outsider as "an exploration of the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms". After a brief read of the overview, I found this the type of story that I would enjoy and as spare time is something I don't have a lot of, I thought that any time that I could fit in to read this book , it would catch my attention.

Choice by Renata Salecl is defined by Amazon Uk (2015) as "an exploration of how late capitalisms shrill exhortations to 'be oneself' can be a tyranny which only leads to ever-greater disquiet and how insistence on choice being a purely individual matter prevents social change." This book appeared more factual and I was curious to read it, thinking it would be a more interesting read.

So I have ordered my copy and will try to read what I can when I can, even if it means a chapter a day.







References:
Amazon Uk (2015) The Outsider (Penguin Modern Classics) [online] available at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Outsider-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/0141198060 [accessed March 10th 2015]
Amazon Uk (2015) The Tyranny of Choice(Big Ideas) [online[ available at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tyranny-Choice-Big-Ideas/dp/1846681863/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1427229408&sr=1-1&keywords=renata+salecl [accessed March 10th 2015]