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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorIll Fares the Land
Tony Judt · 256 pages
In "Ill Fares The Land," Tony Judt, one of our leading historians and thinkers, reveals how we have arrived at our present dangerously confused moment and offers the language we need to address our common needs, rejecting the nihilistic individualism of the far right and the debunked socialism of the past. To find a way forward, Judt argues that we must look to our not so distant past and to socia
The Future of Freedom: Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad
Fareed Zakaria · 304 pages
Examines the influence of democracy on politics, business and economics, law, culture, and religion in different regions of the world; explores the dark side of the democratic process; and reflects on the future of world democracy.
The German Ideology
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels · 214 pages
The 2d work is a translation of Einleitung zu einer Kritik der politischen Ökonomie.Includes a translation of Marx's original version of Thesen über Feuerbach. Includes bibliographical references.
Why Not Socialism?
Gerald A. Cohen · 96 pages
Is socialism desirable? Is it even possible? In this concise book, one of the world's leading political philosophers presents with clarity and wit a compelling moral case for socialism and argues that the obstacles in its way are exaggerated. There are times, G. A. Cohen notes, when we all behave like socialists. On a camping trip, for example, campers wouldn't dream of charging each other to use
The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1978-1979
Michel Foucault · 346 pages
"Michel Foucault's 1979 lectures at the College de France, The Birth of Biopolitics, pursue and develop further the themes of his lectures from the previous year, Security, Territory, Population. Having shown how eighteenth century political economy marks the birth of a new governmental reason, Foucault undertakes the detailed analysis of the forms of this liberal governmentality. This involves de
Precarious Life: The Powers of Mourning and Violence
Judith Butler · 168 pages
The author responds in this appraisal of post-9/11 America to the current U.S. policies to wage perpetual war, and calls for a deeper understanding of how mourning and violence might instead inspire solidarity and a quest for global justice.
Selected Writings
Karl Marx · 625 pages
Kenneth Winkler's deft abridgment of Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding includes generous selections from the Essay, topically arranged passages from the replies to Stillingfleet, a chronology, a bibliography, a glossary, and an index based on the entries that Locke himself devised. His insightful introduction provides the reader with both a historical and a philosophical context in whic
Broke : The Plan to Restore our Trust, Truth and Treasure
Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe
Confidence Men
Ron Suskind · 515 pages
Draws on hundreds of hours of interviews and in-depth research to relate the complete story of the nation's financial meltdown, from the trading floors of lower Manhattan to the power corridors inside the Beltway.
The Common Good
Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian, Arthur Naiman · 190 pages
This illusion-shattering masterpiece discusses Aristotle, the U.S. left, postmodernism and everything in between, based on interviews conducted in 1996 and 1997. Includes a list of 160 progressive organizations worth supporting.
When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order
Martin Jacques · 699 pages
Explains how China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty-first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world.
Cuentos Chinos: El engaño de Washington, la mentira populista y la esperanza de América Latina
Andres Oppenheimer · 352 pages
Greedy Bastards: Corporate Communists, Banksters, and the Other Vampires Who Suck America Dry
Dylan Ratigan · 245 pages
To combat the "vampires" of our society and to isolate the systematic ways in which our once productive industries and our government have been breached, Ratigan provides readers with a set of values that together form the answer for how each of us can not only understand what has gone wrong--but join together to make it right.
Beyond Outrage: What has gone wrong with our economy and our democracy, and how to fix them
Robert B. Reich · 151 pages
Argues that real change can only come when party lines are ignored and people from both sides of the aisle band together to enact common sense policies.
World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
Amy Chua · 346 pages
The New York Times bestseller. In the current affairs/globalisation tradition of Naomi Klein and Noreena Hertz; the most original contribution to the globalisation debate in years.Amy Chua's remarkable and provocative book explores the tensions of the post-Cold War globalising world. As global markets open, ethnic conflict worsens and democracy in developing nations can turn ugly and violent. Chua
The Constitution of Liberty
Friedrich A. Hayek · 569 pages
"In this classic work Hayek restates the ideals of freedom that he believes have guided, and must continue to guide, the growth of Western civilization. Hayek's book, first published in 1960, urges us to clarify our beliefs in today's struggle of political ideologies"--P. [4] of cover.
The New New Deal: The Hidden Story of Change in the Obama Era
Michael Grunwald · 518 pages
A riveting story about change in the Obama era--and an essential handbook for voters who want the truth about the president, his record, and his enemies by "Time" senior correspondent Grunwald.
World Orders, Old and New
Noam Chomsky · 327 pages
**World Orders Old and New** is a book by Noam Chomsky, first published in 1994 and updated in 1996 by Columbia University Press. In the book, Chomsky writes about the international scene since 1945, devoting particular attention to events following the collapse of the Soviet Union. He critiques Western government, from imperialist foreign policies to the Clinton administration's promises to the p
The Conservative Heart: How To Build A Fairer, Happier, And More Prosperous America
Arthur C. Brooks · 246 pages
"The prominent economist and president of the American Enterprise Institute--the leading intellectual think tank on the right--offers a bold new vision for conservatism as a movement for social and economic justice. In The Conservative Heart, Arthur C. Brooks contends that after years of focusing on economic growth and traditional social values, it is time for a new kind of conservatism--one that
Back to Work: Why We Need Smart Government for a Strong Economy
Bill Clinton · 208 pages
The Looting Machine: Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth
Tom Burgis · 336 pages
The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of t