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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Road to Character
David Brooks · 320 pages
With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In The Social Animal, he explored the neuroscience of human connection and how we can flourish together. Now, in The Road to Character, he focuses on the deep
Eros and Civilization: A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud
Herbert Marcuse · 277 pages
This is Herbert Marcuse's masterpiece which transfixed youth in the 1960s, convincing the New Left there was hope in revolutionary activity. It's also Marcuse encounter with Signmund Freud, well worth the time to decipher it. Narcuse is optimistic, in that if we tame or transform capitalism, we can fix ourselves. It's a far cry from Freud's pessimistic outlook.
Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?
Michael J. Sandel · 320 pages
Michael Sandel offers a searching, lyrical exploration of the meaning of justice that considers familiar controversies such as affirmative action, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, national service, patriotism and dissent, and the moral limits of markets in fresh and illuminating ways.
Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason
Michel Foucault · 299 pages
A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Gilles Deleuze, Felix Guattari
Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Young-Girl
Tiqqun · 140 pages
"Concepts made for war do not call for unanimity. And it is only natural that they should be condemned for the ignominious realities they reveal. As for those who have shut their eyes to the sheer and massive fact of the Young-Girl, what difference could a little more blindness make? The Young-Girl is herself the product of misogyny, but the theory of the Young-Girl is not. Open up any women's mag
Violence
Slavoj Zizek · 262 pages
"Using history, philosophy, books, movies, Lacanian psychiatry, and jokes, Slavoj Zizek examines the ways we perceive and misperceive violence. Drawing from his unique cultural vision, Zizek brings new light to the Paris riots of 2005; he questions the permissiveness of violence in philanthropy; and, in daring terms, he reflects on the powerful image and determination of contemporary terrorists."
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
Judith Butler · 221 pages
One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category 'woman' and continues in this vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the femin
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Max Horkheimer, Theodor W. Adorno · 192 pages
The Human Condition
Hannah Arendt · 340 pages
A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human condition is in many respects more relevant now than when it first appeared in 1958. In her study of the state of modern humanity, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems Arendt identified then--diminishing human agency and political freedom, the paradox th
Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
Fredric Jameson · 438 pages
This wide-ranging work seeks to crystallize a definition of postmodernism. The author looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from high art to low; from market ideology to architecture, from painting to punk; film, from video art to literature.
Feminist Thought: A More Comprehensive Introduction
Rosemarie Tong · 320 pages
"Feminist Thought is a clear, comprehensive, and incisive introduction to the major traditions of feminist theory, from liberal feminism, radical feminism, and Marxist and socialist feminism to care-focused feminism, psychoanalytic feminism, women of color feminisms, and ecofeminism. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded. The chapter on multiculturalism was renamed Women of C
Minima Moralia: Reflections from a Damaged Life
Theodor W. Adorno · 256 pages
A reflection on everyday existence in the ‘sphere of consumption of late Capitalism’, this work is Adorno’s literary and philosophical masterpiece.
Introducing Foucault: A Graphic Guide
Chris Horrocks, Zoran Jevtic · 176 pages
The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels · 56 pages
"The Communist Manifesto," penned by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is a revolutionary treatise advocating for the overthrow of capitalist systems and the establishment of a classless society. Published in 1848, its succinct yet powerful prose remains a cornerstone of socialist ideology, inspiring movements worldwide.
We Have Never Been Modern
Bruno Latour · 157 pages
With the rise of science, we moderns believe, the world changed irrevocably separating us for ever from our primitive, premodern ancestors. But if we were to let go of this fond conviction, Bruno Latour asks, what would the world look like? His book, an anthropology of science, shows us how much of modernity is actually a matter of faith. What does it mean to be modern? What difference does the sc
The Construction of Social Reality
John Rogers Searle · 256 pages
In The Construction of Social Reality, John Searle argues that there are two kinds of facts--some that are independent of human observers, and some that require human agreement.
The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · 128 pages
By the author of the modern classic The Black Swan, this collection of aphorisms and meditations expresses Taleb's view of modern civilization's hubristic side effects--modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming reality for not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs, defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, and convincing people that employment is not sla
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
Alasdair MacIntyre · 269 pages
'After Virtue' provides a re-evaluation of contemporary moral philosophy. The author elaborates his position on the connection between philosophy and history, relativism, and the relation of moral philosophy to theology.
Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
Johan Huizinga · 227 pages
Ein klassischer Essay der Kulturgeschichte und Anthropologie Ein grundlegendes Element unserer Kultur ist das Spiel. Der Mensch ist ein Spieler – und ohne seine Lust und Fähigkeit zum Spielen hätten sich ganze Bereiche seiner Kultur nicht entwickelt: die Dichtung, das Recht, die Wissenschaft, die bildende Kunst, die Philosophie und viele andere. Johan Huizinga, der große holländische Historiker u
Comments on the Society of the Spectacle
Guy Debord · 94 pages
Presents an update to "Society of the Spectacle" that offers insights into the phenomenon of the spectacle, which is the use of mass media, consumerism, capitalism, and political systems to create a world distorted from reality.