Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens
By: Josiah Ober
4.12
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions a…
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1. Rationalism in Politics and other essays
By: Michael Oakeshott , Timothy Fuller
4.01
Format: 582 pages, Paperback
Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the… read more
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"Like Midas, the Rationalist is always in the unfortunate position of not being able to touch anything, without transforming it into an abstraction; he can never get a square meal of experience."-Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays
"To be conservative, then, is to prefer the familiar to the unknown, to prefer the tried to the untried, fact to mystery, the actual to the possible, the limited to the unbounded, the near to the dist…"-Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays
"This, I believe, is the appropriate image of human intercourse -- appropriate because it recognizes the qualities, the diversities, and the proper relationships of human utterances. As civilized huma…"-Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays
"The conduct of affairs, for the Rationalist, is a matter of solving problems, and in this no man can hope to be successful whose reason has become inflexible by surrender to habit or is clouded by th…"-Michael Oakeshott, Rationalism in Politics and other essays
2. Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language: An Elementary Exposition
By: Saul A. Kripke
4.03
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In this book Saul Kripke brings his powerful philosophic intelligence to bear on Wittgenstein's ana… read more
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3. The Human Condition
By: Hannah Arendt , Margaret Canovan
3.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
A work of striking originality bursting with unexpected insights, The Human Conditionis a in many r… read more
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4. Main Currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution Volume 1: The Founders
By: Leszek Kołakowski , P.S. Falla
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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5. The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies
By: Scott E. Page
4.03
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this landmark book, Scott Page redefines the way we understand ourselves in relation to one anot… read more
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6. Introduction to Critical Theory: Horkheimer to Habermas
By: David Held
3.93
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
The writings of the critical theorists caught the imagination of students and intellectuals in the … read more
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7. Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
By: William Deresiewicz
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and l… read more
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8. The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies
By: Bryan Caplan
2.82
Format: 3 pages, Hardcover
The greatest obstacle to sound economic policy is not entrenched special interests or rampant lobby… read more
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9. Democracy and Its Critics
By: Robert A. Dahl
4.36
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In this prize-winning book, one of the most prominent political theorists of our time makes a major… read more
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10. 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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11. Good Work If You Can Get It: How to Succeed in Academia
By: Jason Brennan
4.16
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Do you want to go to graduate school? Then you're in good company: nearly 80,000 students will begi… read more
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12. Private Truths, Public Lies: The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification
By: Timur Kuran
4.17
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
Preference falsification, according to the economist Timur Kuran, is the act of misrepresenting one… read more
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13. The State of Democratic Theory
By: Ian Shapiro
3.76
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
What should we expect from democracy, and how likely is it that democracies will live up to those e… read more
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14. Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in Classical Athens
By: Josiah Ober
4.12
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
When does democracy work well, and why? Is democracy the best form of government? These questions a… read more
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15. Democratic Reason: Politics, Collective Intelligence, and the Rule of the Many
By: Hélène Landemore
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Individual decision making can often be wrong due to misinformation, impulses, or biases. Collectiv… read more
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