Derek Baker

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Derek Baker

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Derek’s favorite books

Five Dialogues by Plato

Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

The Gnostic Scriptures by Bentley Layton

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

Timaeus and Critias by Plato

Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

Stories from Ancient Canaan by Michael D. Coogan

Seven Theories of Religion by Daniel L. Pals

The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin

Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud

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Derek’s Notes & Highlights

Book cover for Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism

Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism by Benedict Anderson

For museums, and the museumizing imagination, are both profoundly political.

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2026 Reading Challenge

Derek Baker has read 2 of 12 books.

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