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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe 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
One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
Herbert Marcuse · 282 pages
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.
The Foucault Reader: An Introduction to Foucault's Thought
Michel Foucault · 390 pages
Michael Foucault's writing has shaped the teaching of half a dozen disciplines, ranging from literary criticism to the history of criminology. But none of his books offers a satisfactory introduction to the entire complex body of his work. The Foucault Reader precisely serves that purpose. It contains selections from each area of Foucault's thought, a wealth of previously unpublished writings, and
On Liberty
John Stuart Mill · 171 pages
Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb.
The Closing of the American Mind
Allan Bloom · 400 pages
A discourse on late 20th century American students' mind and soul, and the damage done by the elite universities' turn from the eternal verities as outlined by Socrates-Plato-Aristotle, Shakespeare and Rousseau.
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.
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Friedrich Engels · 216 pages
De la démocratie en Amérique
Alexis de Tocqueville, Gustave de Beaumont · 436 pages
Theological-Political Treatise
Baruch Spinoza · 267 pages
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality: Contemporary Dialogues on the Left
Judith Butler, Ernesto Laclau, Slavoj Zizek · 330 pages
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire · 186 pages
"First published in Portuguese in 1968, [this book] was translated and published in English in 1970. Paulo Freire's work has helped to empower countless people throughout the world and continues to possess a special urgency as the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in urban centers around the world continues. The 50th anniversary edition includes a new intr
Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life
Giorgio Agamben · 199 pages
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
Leonard Peikoff · 493 pages
This brilliantly conceived and organized book is based on a lecture course given by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in 1976, entitled "The Philosophy of Objectivism." The lectures were attended by Ayn Rand, who helped prepare them and also joined Peikoff in answering questions. Ayn Rand said of these lectures: "Until or unless I write a comprehensive treatise on my philosophy, Dr. Peikoff's course is the only
The Open Society and Its Enemies - Volume Two: Hegel and Marx
Karl R. Popper · 763 pages
An open society provides its citizens with a mechanism for changing government; a closed society doesn't, forcing its citizens to rely on extra-legal revolution. Popper analyzes the open-closed society debate using three exemplars of closed-society advocacy: Plato, Hegel (and wow, does Popper hate on Hegel), and Marx. The main analytical viewpoints are historicist (backward-looking, utopian) mot
The Basic Political Writings
Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 227 pages
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
Albert Camus · 306 pages
By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution. For Albert Camus, the urge to revolt is one of the "essential dimensions" of human nature, manifested in man's timeless Promethean struggle against the conditions of his existence, as well as the popular uprisings against established orders throughout history. And yet, with an eye toward
Elements of the Philosophy of Right
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel · 490 pages
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Edmund Burke, L.G. Mitchell · 338 pages
Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France, written and published during 1789-90, has become a classic of English conservatism, and that is the reason it is still being read nearly two hundred years later. John Pocock's edition of Burke's Reflections is two classics in one: Burke's Reflections and Pocock's reflections on Burke and the eighteenth century. - Publisher.