On Nationalism
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
As the most distinguished left-wing historian of his generation, Eric Hobsbawn did not like nationa…
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1. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
By: Walter Rodney , Vincent Harding
4.42
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
The decisiveness of the short period of colonialism and its negative consequences for Africa spring… read more
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"It was economics that Europe should invest in Africa and control the continent's raw materials and labour. It was racism which confirmed the decision that form of control should be direct colonial ru…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"On any basic figure of the Africans landed alive in the Americas, one would have to make several extensions- starting with a calculation to cover mortality in transshipment. The Atlantic crossing, or…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"There was a period when the capitalist system increased the well-being of significant numbers of people as a by-product of seeking out profits for a few, but today the quests for profits comes into s…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"Governor Cameroon of Tanganyika in the 1920s was known as a "progressive" governor. But when he was attacked for trying to preserve the African personality in the educational system, he denied the ch…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
2. Orientalism
By: None , Edward W. Said
4.12
Format: 424 pages, Paperback
More than three decades after its first publication, Edward Said's groundbreaking critique of the W… read more
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"Toda época y toda sociedad recrea sus «otros»."-None, Orientalism
"الإستشرق في جوهره مذهب سياسي فُرِضَ فَرْضاً على الشرق لأن الشرق كان أضعف من الغرب، وإنه تجاهل اختلاف الشرق الراجع إلى ضعفه."-None, Orientalism
"It seems a common human failing to prefer the schematic authority of a text to the disorientations of direct encounters with the human."-None, Orientalism
"إن مناقشات الشرق كانت تتسم بالغياب الكامل للشرق، لكن المرء يحس بأن المستشرق ومايقوله حاضران، ومع ذلك فيجب ألا ننسى أن الذي يمكِّن المستشرق من الحضور هو الغياب الفعلي للشرق."-None, Orientalism
3. North American Lake Monsters
By: Nathan Ballingrud
3.97
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
Nathan Ballingrud's Shirley Jackson Award winning debut collection is a shattering and luminous exp… read more
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"He imagined the room bathed in blood, himself striding through it, a raven amongst the carcasses. Strutting like any carrion king."-Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters
"A ghost is something that fills a hole inside you, where you lost something. It's a memory. Sometimes it can be painful, and sometimes it can be scary. Sometimes it's hard to tell where the ghost end…"-Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters
"Sounds rose from the earth. New sounds: cobwebs of exhalations, pauses of the heart, the monastic work of the worms translating flesh to soil, the slow crawl of rock. There was another kind of indust…"-Nathan Ballingrud, North American Lake Monsters
4. The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
By: Andrea Wulf
3.44
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, th… read more
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5. On Violence
By: Hannah Arendt
3.96
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
An analysis of the nature, causes, and significance of violence in the second half of the twentieth… read more
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7. The Origins of Totalitarianism
By: Hannah Arendt
3.37
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Hannah Arendt's definitive work on totalitarianism and an essential component of any study of twent… read more
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8. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism
By: Benedict Anderson
3.77
Format: None pages, Paperback
What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many stud… read more
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9. Ten Myths about Israel
By: Ilan Pappé
4.03
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What are the myths--and reality--behind the state of Israel? Ilan Pappe is one of the most outspoke… read more
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10. The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
By: William Dalrymple
4.20
Format: 544 pages, Hardcover
The story of how the East India Company took over large swaths of Asia, and the devastating results… read more
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11. Notes on Nationalism
By: George Orwell
4.01
Format: 52 pages, Paperback
In this essay, Orwell discusses the notion of nationalism, and argues that it causes people to disr… read more
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"Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism."-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"For those who feel deeply about contemporary politics, certain topics have become so infected by considerations of prestige that a genuinely rational approach to them is almost impossible."-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of…"-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
"By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled…"-George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism
12. The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
By: Vincent Bevins
4.61
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The hidden story of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world -- ba… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- history
- war
"locals came to him, time and time again, and asked, with genuine mystification: 'We just don't understand America. You were once a colony. You know what colonialism is. You fought and bled and died f…"-Vincent Bevins, The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
13. 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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"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
14. What Does Israel Fear From Palestine?
By: Raja Shehadeh
4.34
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
A searing reflection on the failures of Israel to treat Palestine and Palestinians as equals, as pa… read more
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15. Washington Bullets
By: Vijay Prashad
4.40
Format: 162 pages, Paperback
Washington Bullets is written in the best traditions of Marxist journalism and history-writing. It … read more
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16. The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens our Businesses, Infantilizes our Governments and Warps our Economies
By: Mariana Mazzucato
3.63
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vital and timely investigation into the opaque and powerful consulting industry and what to do ab… read more
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17. Melancolia
By: Mircea Cărtărescu
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Ajunse la rond, unde îl aștepta Vasile Singurătate. Coborâse de pe soclul său și levita la o palmă … read more
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18. Il fascismo non è mai morto
By: Luciano Canfora
3.73
Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition
Secondo alcuni, il fascismo è finito 79 anni fa. Per chi abbia familiarità con i tempi lunghi della… read more
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19. On Nationalism
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
3.67
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
As the most distinguished left-wing historian of his generation, Eric Hobsbawn did not like nationa… read more
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20. Gaza ante la historia (Spanish Edition)
By: Enzo Traverso
4.26
Format: 93 pages, Kindle Edition
¿Es la destrucción de Gaza una consecuencia del ataque del 7 de octubre o el epílogo de un largo pr… read more
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21. La pace è finita. Così ricomincia la storia in Europa
By: Lucio Caracciolo
3.13
Format: 141 pages, Paperback
Quando crollò il Muro di Berlino, i cantori della vittoria dell’Occidente nella Guerra fredda annun… read more
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