Welcome to Overthink, the podcast where two philosophers talk about things we've enjoyed reading.
And occasionally stuff that we didn't enjoy so much.
I'm Dr.
Ellie Anderson.
And I'm Dr.
David Pena Guzman.
David, today we are talking about one of our favorite activities, reading.
Yeah.
Something that every academic is deeply passionate about, each of us, in our own way.
And I recently read Proust's Journey de lecture, which translates into days of reading.
And I have to say, it was a beautiful book about Proust's childhood where he describes the joy,
the intense joy that he got from reading as a kid.
And he talks about it in such a.
In a way that I really related to, because I was a nerd, you know, as a child, and I really enjoyed reading.
I used to go to the park with my books and be a nerd.
And Proust talks about reading as something that awakens the imagination of children
and as something that begins to develop a child's consciousness
and their sense of time and space and gives them a sense of belonging in the world.
And I think that's definitely how I think of reading, as a world building, nest, creating activity.
Yes.