5 must-read cultural books like The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism by John Gray

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The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism

By: John Gray

3.54

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we un…

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1. How to Read Lacan

By: Slavoj Žižek , Simon Critchley

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

The How to Readseries provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate and enrich your un… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction

2. The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy

By: Carlo Rovelli

3.49

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

"Marvelous. . . . A wonderful book."--Humana.Mente "Rovelli is the dream author to conduct us on th… read more

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3. The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

By: William Egginton

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A poet, a physicist, and a philosopher explored the greatest enigmas in the universe—the nature of … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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4. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

By: Yascha Mounk

4.08

Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition

One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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5. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

By: Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Format: 432 pages, ebook

A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."

-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

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6. I've Been Thinking

By: Daniel C. Dennett

3.76

Format: 451 pages, Kindle Edition

"How unfair for one man to be blessed with such a torrent of stimulating thoughts. Stimulating is a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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7. Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches from the Wrong Side of History

By: Nellie Bowles

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles, a look at how some of the most educated people i… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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8. Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality

By: David Edmonds

4.26

Format: 408 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein’s Poker , an entertaining and illuminating biography … read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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9. Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

By: Yanis Varoufakis

4.01

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling economist shows how capitalism has been replaced by a more exploitative system, … read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Il profitto è vulnerabile alla competizione di mercato, mentre la rendita non lo è."

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"Se non è un mercato capitalista, in cosa entriamo, buon Dio, quando andiamo su amazon.com ?"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"Oltre ad avvertirci che ogni nuova epoca forgiata da qualche tecnologia rivoluzionaria produce una generazione che “mai passerà un giorno immune da fatica e dolore, struggendosi anche di notte"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

"La rivoluzione digitale potrebbe consistere nel trasformare i lavoratori salariati in proletari del cloud, che vivono una vita sempre più precaria e stressante sotto il controllo invisibile di capi a…"

-Yanis Varoufakis, Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism

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10. The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism

By: John Gray

3.54

Format: 178 pages, Kindle Edition

Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we un… read more

Similar categories in John Gray's The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism book and John Gray's The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism

  • cultural
  • social science
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • economics
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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11. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations

By: Eric H. Cline

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
  • audiobook
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12. The Crisis of Democratic Capitalism

By: Martin Wolf

3.97

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

From the chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, a magnificent reckoning with how and w… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • society
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13. The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

By: Coleman Hughes

4.46

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

An exciting new voice makes the case for a colorblind approach to politics and culture, warning tha… read more

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  • cultural
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • sociology
  • audiobook
"Neoracists believe that we must indoctrinate children to cure them of racism. I say that children are racially innocent by nature, and we should protect that racial innocence for as long as possible."

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The majority of effort channeled toward achieving racial equity hasn't been applied to the part of life that has the biggest influence on people's skills and mindsets: namely birth to eighteen years …"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"By [college], many skills, attitudes, and habits have already been formed. We can have a much bigger impact on people at younger ages. Efforts to achieve true equity should focus instead on high-qual…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

"The common humanity and anti-racism of the civil rights movement had strong ties to Christianity. And Christianity promoted the value of interracial harmony: unity in Christ. But the appeal of Christ…"

-Coleman Hughes, The End of Race Politics: Arguments for a Colorblind America

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14. Why Liberalism Failed

By: Patrick J. Deneen

3.86

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Has liberalism failed because it has succeeded? Of the three dominant ideologies of the twentieth c… read more

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  • cultural
  • social science
  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • economics
  • sociology
"Individualism and statism advance together, always mutually supportive, and always at the expense of lived and vital relations that stand in contrast to both the starkness of the autonomous individua…"

-Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed

"Rather than promoting unrealistic standards for behavior - especially self-limitation - that could at best be unreliably achieved, Machiavelli propsed grounding a political philosophy upon readily ob…"

-Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed

"One of the main goals of the expansion of commerce is the liberation of embedded individuals from their traditional ties and relationships. The liberal state serves not only the reactive function of …"

-Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed

"A main agent of that liberation becomes commerce, the expansion of opportunities and materials by which not only to realize existing desires but even to create new ones we did not know we had. The st…"

-Patrick J. Deneen, Why Liberalism Failed

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15. The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil, and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times

By: Wolfram Eilenberger

3.92

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

A soaring intellectual narrative starring the radical, brilliant, and provocative philosophers Simo… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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16. Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy

By: Quinn Slobodian

4.10

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

In a revelatory dispatch from the frontier of capitalist extremism, an acclaimed historian of ideas… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • economics
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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17. Hoe migratie echt werkt

By: Hein de Haas

4.43

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Migratie-expert Hein de Haas vertelt het ware verhaal over migratie en de effecten ervan. Al jar… read more

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  • social science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • economics
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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18. End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

By: Peter Turchin

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“Peter Turchin brings science to history. Some like it and some prefer their history plain. But eve… read more

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  • social science
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • economics
  • sociology
  • audiobook
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19. Liberalism against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times

By: Samuel Moyn

3.87

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The Cold War roots of liberalism’s present crisis     “[A] daring new book.”—Becca Rothfeld, Washin… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • history
  • nonfiction
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20. The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs

By: David Runciman

3.74

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Countless books, news reports, and opinion pieces have announced the impending arrival of artificia… read more

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  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • society
  • sociology
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21. On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything

By: Nate Silver

3.84

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Signal and the Noise, the definitive guide to our… read more

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15 must-read audiobook books like The New Leviathans: Thoughts After Liberalism by John Gray

Transform Your Habits

The Rigor of Angels: Borges, Heisenberg, Kant, and the Ultimate Nature of Reality

William Egginton

4.28

Transform Your Habits

The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time

Yascha Mounk

4.08

Transform Your Habits

The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution

Greg Lukianoff

3.93

Transform Your Habits

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Daniel C. Dennett

3.76

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Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters

Brian Klaas

4.13

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Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within

Rory Stewart

4.36

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The Russo-Ukrainian War: The Return of History

Serhii Plokhy

4.30

Transform Your Habits

Power and Progress: Our Thousand-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity

Daron Acemoğlu

3.90

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