The Sane Society
By: Erich Fromm
4.26
Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition
Social psychologist Erich Fromm’s seminal exploration of the profound ills of modern society, and h…
Want to Read $ 3.99"Solidarity isn't merely a task, it is a pleasure and the best assurance of security."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"The absolutely alienated individual worships at the altar of an idol, and it makes little difference by what names this idol is known."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
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1. The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy
By: Viktor E. Frankl
4.24
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
From the author of Man's Search for Meaning, one of the most influential works of psychiatric liter… read more
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"It goes without saying that meaning and purpose in life cannot be prescribed like a drug. It is not the job of a doctor to give meaning to the patient’s life. But it may well be his task, through an …"-Viktor E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy
"By [anticipatory anxiety] I mean that the patient reacts to an event with a fearful expectation of its recurrence. However, fear tends to make happen precisely that which one fears, and so does antic…"-Viktor E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy
2. The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
By: Wendell Berry
4.34
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Since its publication by Sierra Club Books in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized a… read more
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- philosophy
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"The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character."-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
"If we do not live where we work and when we work we are wasting our lives and our work too."-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
"If we removed the status and compensation from the destructive exploits we classify as “manly,"-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
"The specialists are profiting too well from the symptoms, evidently, to be concerned about cures—just as the myth of imminent cure (by some “breakthrough"-Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
3. Life After Life: The Investigation of a Phenomenon - Survival of Bodily Death
By: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross , Raymond A. Moody Jr. , Melvin Morse
4.10
Format: 175 pages, Paperback
Raymond Moody is the “father” of the modern NDE (Near Death Experience) movement, and his pioneerin… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
- science
4. The Undiscovered Self
By: C.G. Jung , R.F.C. Hull
4.14
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
One of the world's greatest psychiatrists reveals how to embrace our own humanity and resist the pr… read more
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- psychoanalysis
- politics
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- science
"İnancın temeli bilinç değil, bireyin inancını Tanrı ile dolaysız yolla ilişkilendiren, spontan dinsel deneyimdir."-C.G. Jung, The Undiscovered Self
"Bilinci ne kadar genişlemiş ve farklılaşmışsa, ahlaki yapısı o denli geri kalmıştır. İşte bugün önümüzdeki sorun budur. Akıl tek başına yeterli değildir."-C.G. Jung, The Undiscovered Self
"Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short-sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and mass organizations..."-C.G. Jung, The Undiscovered Self
"Kaç tane sıfırı eklerseniz ekleyin bir birim elde edemeyeceğiniz gibi, bir topluluğun değeri de onu oluşturan bireylerin ruhsal ve ahlaki büyüklüklerine bağlıdır."-C.G. Jung, The Undiscovered Self
5. Debt: The First 5,000 Years
By: David Graeber
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Before there was money, there was debt Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was inve… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
6. Man and His Symbols
By: C.G. Jung , Marie-Louise von Franz , Jolande Jacobi , Aniela Jaffé , Joseph L. Henderson , John Freeman
4.19
Format: 415 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Man and His Symbols owes its existence to one of Jung's own dreams. The great psychologist dreamed … read more
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- psychoanalysis
- psychology
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"There is a desert on the moon where the dreamer sinks so deeply into the ground that she reaches hell."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"We are so captivated by and entangled in our subjective consciousness that we have forgotten the age-old fact that God speaks chiefly through dreams and visions."-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"The girl dreams she is dangerously ill. Suddenly birds come out of her skin and cover her completely ... Swarms of gnats obscure the sun, the moon, and all the stars except one. That one start falls …"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
"It is a common illusion to believe that what we know today is all we ever can know. Nothing is more vulnerable than scientific theory, which is an ephemeral attempt to explain facts and not an everla…"-C.G. Jung, Man and His Symbols
7. The Problems of Philosophy
By: Bertrand Russell
4.50
Format: 87 pages,
A lively and still one of the best introductions to philosophy, this book pays off both a closer re… read more
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- philosophy
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8. Mad in America: Bad Science, Bad Medicine and the Enduring Mistreatment of the Mentally Ill
By: Robert Whitaker
4.04
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
In Mad in America, medical journalist Robert Whitaker reveals an astounding truth: Schizophrenics i… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- psychology
- science
9. The Yacoubian Building
By: Alaa Al Aswany , علاء الأسواني , Humphrey T. Davies
3.95
Format: None pages, Paperback
This controversial bestselling novel in the Arab world reveals the political corruption, sexual rep… read more
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10. On Life After Death
By: Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross is the world's foremost expert on the subjects of death, dying, and the a… read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- psychology
11. Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche
By: Ethan Watters
3.73
Format: None pages, Hardcover
It is well known that American culture is a dominant force at home and abroad; our exportation of e… read more
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- history
- psychology
- nonfiction
- sociology
- science
12. The Human Predicament: A Candid Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
By: David Benatar
0.00
Format: None pages,
Are our lives meaningful, or meaningless? Is our inevitable death a bad thing? Would immortality be… read more
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13. One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
By: Herbert Marcuse
4.70
Format: 84 pages, Paperback
Originally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in… read more
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14. On Liberty
By: John Stuart Mill
3.97
Format: 187 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780140432077 Published in 1859, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty p… read more
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- philosophy
- politics
- history
- nonfiction
"خير لى أن أكون سقراطا ساخرا , من أن أبقى خنزيرا راضيا"-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Both teachers and learners go to sleep at their post as soon as there is no enemy in the field."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"An objection which applies to all conduct can be no valid objection to any conduct in particular."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement."-John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
15. The Courage to Create
By: Rollo May
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
What if imagination and art are not, as many of us might think, the frosting on life but the founta… read more
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16. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
By: David Hume
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Philosopher David Hume was considered to one of the most important figures in the age of Scottish e… read more
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17. The Burnout Society
By: Byung-Chul Han
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more
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18. The Schopenhauer Cure
By: Irvin D. Yalom
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Suddenly confronted with his own mortality after a routine checkup, eminent psychotherapist Julius … read more
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19. On Pain
By: Ernst Jünger , Russell A. Berman , None
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
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20. Understanding Human Nature
By: Alfred Adler
4.33
Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Originally published in 1927 this book attempts to acquaint the general public with the fundamental… read more
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21. The Denial of Death
By: Daniel Goleman , Ernest Becker , Sam Keen
4.32
Format: 80 pages,
Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, "The Denial of Death" is… read more
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22. The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
By: R.D. Laing
3.78
Format: None pages,
In The Divided Self (1960), Laing contrasted the experience of the "ontologically secure" person wi… read more
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23. Civilization and Its Discontents
By: Sigmund Freud , James Strachey , Peter Gay
4.02
Format: 360 pages, Paperback
It stands as a brilliant summary of the views on culture from a psychoanalytic perspective that he … read more
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24. Modern Man in Search of a Soul
By: C.G. Jung
4.20
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A provocative and enlightening look at spiritual unease and its contribution to the void in modern … read more
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- psychoanalysis
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"Is that which science calls the “psyche"-C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul
"Art has a way of anticipating future changes in man’s fundamental outlook."-C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul
"We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate; it oppresses."-C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul
"Much of the evil in this world is due to the fact that man, in general, is hopelessly unconscious."-C.G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul
25. 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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- nonfiction
- sociology
"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
26. Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures
By: Mark Fisher
4.29
Format: 211 pages, None
Edited with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this idiosyncratic collection of lecture notes and t… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
- sociology
27. Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
By: Kathleen Belew
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
"Belew's book helps explain how we got to today's alt right."―Terry Gross, Fresh Air The white p… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- history
- sociology
"The story of white power as a social movement exposes something broader about the enduring impact of state violence in America. It reveals one catastrophic ricochet of the Vietnam War, in the form of…"-Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America
28. Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
By: Byung-Chul Han
4.09
Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition
Exploring how neoliberalism has discovered the productive force of the psycheByung-Chul Han, a star… read more
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- psychology
- philosophy
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- sociology
"İkinci Aydınlanma salt verilerle işleyen bilginin devrimidir."-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
"Geleceğimiz, üretimin ötesinde, 'kullanılmazı kullanmayı' becerebilecek durumda olup olmamamıza bağlıdır."-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
"People who fail in the neoliberal archievement-society see themselves as responsible for their lot and feel shame instead of questioning society or the system."-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
"Günümüzün üretim tarzını niteleyen birilikte çalışan 'çokluk' (Multitude) değil, yalıtılmış, kendiyle kavga eden, kendini gönüllü olarak sömüren girişimcinin yalnızlığıdır (Solitude)."-Byung-Chul Han, Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power
29. Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
By: Christopher Ryan
4.14
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Progress, the basic illusion of our age, is exhausted. Kids typically no longer expect their lives … read more
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- history
- politics
- psychology
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- nonfiction
- society
- sociology
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"When you're going in the wrong direction, progress is the last thing you need."-Christopher Ryan, Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
"The depiction of human nature embedded in the NPP isn't science; it's a marketing campaign for the status quo. The politics of perpetual fear is corrosive to our well-being and our innate capacities …"-Christopher Ryan, Civilized to Death: What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
30. The Sane Society
By: Erich Fromm
4.26
Format: 386 pages, Kindle Edition
Social psychologist Erich Fromm’s seminal exploration of the profound ills of modern society, and h… read more
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- social
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- sociology
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"Solidarity isn't merely a task, it is a pleasure and the best assurance of security."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"That millions of people share the same forms of mental pathology does not make these people sane."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
"The absolutely alienated individual worships at the altar of an idol, and it makes little difference by what names this idol is known."-Erich Fromm, The Sane Society
31. The Buddhist and the Ethicist: Conversations on Effective Altruism, Engaged Buddhism, and How to Build a Better World
By: Peter Singer
3.79
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Eastern spirituality and utilitarian philosophy meet in these unique dialogues between a Buddhist m… read more
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