Ordered it last week, for the same reason.
Wanna add some detail. This sounds fascinating!Guided study can be useful, but it is always important to remember that in such a setting you are being "guided" by someone else's view of what is important. It is a fascinating paradox in that it really helps to have expert guidance in getting a rough picture together, but that picture then limits what you can see. I ran head on into this years ago, and one of my truly great prof's suggested a couple of tactics that I have used ever since then.
Excellent advice. Also where possible, check the actual content of any footnoted references. Books which are PhD thesis re-prints are usually riddled with "errors".So, start tracking down the works of people who they are arguing with and read their stuff.
Can't improve on what Ken said, plus beware reading lists that are being used to further agendas.
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