6 Top psychology books like What Should We Do with Our Brain? (Que faire de notre cerveau?) by Catherine Malabou

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What Should We Do with Our Brain? (Que faire de notre cerveau?)

By: Catherine Malabou

3.88

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Recent neuroscience, in replacing the old model of the brain as a single centralized source of cont…

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1. Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

By: David Graeber

4.21

Format: 102 pages, Paperback

Everywhere anarchism is on the upswing as a political philosophy—everywhere, that is, except the ac… read more

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"...státní aparát [...] skupina lidí, kteří si jako jediní osobují právo - alespoň tehdy, když jsou ve své oficiální roli - používat násilí."

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"The theory of exodus proposes that the most effective way of opposing capitalism and the liberal state is not through direct confrontation but by means of what Paolo Virno has called “engaged withdra…"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"A revolution on a world scale will take a very long time. But it is also possible to recognize that it is already starting to happen. The easiest way to get our minds around it is to stop thinking ab…"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

"... most Amazonians don't want to give others the power to threaten them with physical injury if they don't do as they are told. Maybe we should better be asking what it says about ourselves that we …"

-David Graeber, Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

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2. Pedagogy of the Oppressed

By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more

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"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

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3. Aurora Leigh

By: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

3.74

Format: 361 pages, Paperback

This verse-novel tells the story of a female writer, balancing work and love. It is and based on El… read more

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"Italy/Is one thing, England one."

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

"Good aims not always make good books."

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

"The world of books is still the world."

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

"Witch, scholar, poet, dreamer, and the rest..."

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

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4. The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self

By: Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley

4.03

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Michel Foucault takes us into the first two centuries of our own era, into the Golden Age of Rome, … read more

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  • france
"Nature, keeping only useless secrets, had placed within reach and in sight of human beings the things it was necessary for them to know."

-Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self

"The basic attitude that one must have toward political activ­ity was related to the general principle that whatever one is, it is not owing to the rank one holds, to the responsibility one exercises,…"

-Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self

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5. The Argonauts

By: Maggie Nelson

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Ma… read more

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  • nonfiction
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6. The Aleph and Other Stories

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

4.33

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's mo… read more

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7. The Interpretation of Dreams

By: Sigmund Freud

3.86

Format: 136 pages,

The Interpretation of Dreams 1st appeared in German in 11/1899 as Die Traumdeutung (publisher postd… read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
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8. A Universal History of Iniquity

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals… read more

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9. Minima Moralia: Reflections from a Damaged Life

By: Theodor W. Adorno , None

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Adorno's literary and philosophical masterpiece, built from aphorisms and reflections. A reflection… read more

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10. Soul

By: John Berger , Andrei Platonov , Robert Chandler , None

3.60

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

A New York Review Books Original The Soviet writer Andrey Platonov saw much of his work suppressed … read more

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11. Critique of Pure Reason

By: Immanuel Kant , Allen W. Wood , Paul Guyer

3.96

Format: 785 pages, Paperback

'The purpose of this critique of pure speculative reason consists in the attempt to change the old … read more

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"The great mass of people are worthy of our respect."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"I had to deny knowledge in order to make room for faith."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild.."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

"Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind."

-Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

12. Vernon Subutex, 2 (Vernon Subutex, #2)

By: Virginie Despentes

3.10

Format: None pages,

QUI EST VERNON SUBUTEX ? Une legende urbaine. Un ange dechu. Un disparu qui ne cesse de ressurgir. … read more

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13. Manifesto Cyborg

By: Donna J. Haraway

3.26

Format: 32 pages,

Dopo aver tematizzato l'esistenza del cyborg, "creatura della realta sociale econtemporaneamente de… read more

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14. Culture and Value

By: Ludwig Wittgenstein , Georg Henrik von Wright , Peter Winch

4.75

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

Peter Winch's translation of Wittgenstein's remarks on culture & value presents all entries chronol… read more

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15. Şeyh ve Arzu

By: Saffet Murat Tura

2.56

Format: 201 pages, Paperback

Metis "Otekini Dinlemek" dizisinin editoru, "Gunumuzde Psikoterapi" ve "Freud'dan Lacan'a Psikanali… read more

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16. Kairos

By: Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

Format: 379 pages, Hardcover

Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more

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"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."

-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos

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17. The Years

By: Annie Ernaux

4.17

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Considered by many to be the iconic French memoirist’s defining work and a breakout bestseller when… read more

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  • france
"Sauver quelque chose du temps où l'on ne sera plus jamais."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"La profusion des choses cachait la rareté des idées et l'usure des croyances."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"The profusion of things concealed the scarcity of ideas and the erosion of beliefs."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

"Je ne suis nulle part dans le temps. Il est l'ange qui fait revivre le passé, rend éternel."

-Annie Ernaux, The Years

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18. 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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"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

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19. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book II: The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-1955

By: Jacques Lacan

4.28

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

A complete translation of the seminar that Jacques Lacan gave in the course of a year's teaching wi… read more

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"All sorts of things in this world behave like mirrors."

-Jacques Lacan, The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book II: The Ego in Freud's Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954-1955

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20. What Should We Do with Our Brain? (Que faire de notre cerveau?)

By: Catherine Malabou

3.88

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Recent neuroscience, in replacing the old model of the brain as a single centralized source of cont… read more

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  • theory
  • biology
  • academic
  • psychology
  • philosophy
  • neuroscience
  • brain
  • france
  • nonfiction
  • science
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21. Against Nature (Untimely Meditations)

By: Lorraine Daston

3.77

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A pithy work of philosophical anthropology that explores why humans find moral orders in natural or… read more

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  • philosophy
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9 must-read philosophy books like What Should We Do with Our Brain? (Que faire de notre cerveau?) by Catherine Malabou

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Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology (Paradigm)

David Graeber

4.21

Transform Your Habits

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

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The History of Sexuality, Volume 3: The Care of the Self

Michel Foucault , Robert Hurley

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Interpretation of Dreams

Sigmund Freud

3.86

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Hopscotch

Julio Cortázar , Gregory Rabassa

4.20

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Julio Cortázar

4.49

Transform Your Habits

Final del juego

Julio Cortázar

3.87

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Julio Cortázar , Paul Blackburn

4.39

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