8 Top philosophy books like Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life by Axel Honneth

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Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life

By: Axel Honneth

3.47

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Theories of justice often fixate on purely normative, abstract principles unrelated to real-world a…

If you liked the philosophy plot in Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life by Axel Honneth , here is a list of 8 books like this:

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1. The Remains of the Day

By: Kazuo Ishiguro

4.14

Format: 258 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ISBN 0571225381 here. In the summer of 1956, St… read more

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"The rest of my life stretches out as an emptiness before me."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

"One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

"If you are under the impression you have already perfected yourself, you will never rise to the heights you are no doubt capable of."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

"شاید بهتر بود خداوند مارا هم مثل گیاهان خلق می‌کرد، یعنی پایمان محکم توی زمین باشد. آن‌وقت هیچ‌کدام از این کثافت‌کاری مربوط به جنگ و مرز و این چیزها اصلاً پیش نمی‌آمد."

-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day

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2. Das Kapital

By: Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Das Kapital, Karl Marx's seminal work, is the book that above all others formed the twentieth centu… read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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3. Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right

By: Angela Nagle

4.08

Format: 88 pages, ebook

Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle … read more

Similar categories in Angela Nagle's Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right book and Axel Honneth's Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life

  • politics
  • nonfiction
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4. Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

By: Michel Foucault , Alan Sheridan , None , None , None

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found . In this brilliant work, the mos… read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction

5. Phaedrus

By: Plato , Paul Woodruff , Alexander Nehamas , Albert A. Anderson

3.50

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text edit… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction

6. Elements of the Philosophy of Right

By: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel , Allen W. Wood , Raymond Geuss

4.19

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

This book is a translation of a classic work of modern social and political thought, Elements of th… read more

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7. The Symposium

By: Plato , Christopher Gill

4.09

Format: 90 pages, Paperback

A fascinating discussion on sex, gender, and human instincts, as relevant today as ever. In the … read more

Similar categories in Plato's The Symposium book and Axel Honneth's Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life

  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
"The truth about eros is terrifying."

-Plato, The Symposium

"At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet"

-Plato, The Symposium

"Ali,srecnice moj,mozda sam ja nista,a ti to ne primecujes."

-Plato, The Symposium

"καὶ οὗτος ἄρα καὶ ἄλλος πᾶς ὁ ἐπιθυμῶν τοῦ μὴ ἐτοίμου ἐπιθυμεῖ"

-Plato, The Symposium

8. Samarkand

By: Amin Maalouf , Russell Harris

3.82

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Accused of mocking the inviolate codes of Islam, the Persian poet and sage Omar Khayyam fortuitousl… read more

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9. The Republic

By: Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Presented in the form of a dialogue between Socrates and three different interlocutors, this classi… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
"Appearance tyrannizes over truth."

-Plato, The Republic

"The comprehensive mind is always dialectical."

-Plato, The Republic

"Those who don't know must learn from those who do."

-Plato, The Republic

"The beginning is the most important part of the work."

-Plato, The Republic

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10. 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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11. Anéantir

By: Michel Houellebecq

3.84

Format: 734 pages, Hardcover

Ce roman de Michel Houellebecq nous projette à la fin du second mandat du président à travers un ré… read more

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"La prise de vues donnait une étrange impression de neutralité."

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

"Les chrétiens ont du mal en général, avec l’absurde, ça n’entre pas vraiment dans leurs catégories."

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

"Certains lundis de la toute fin novembre, ou du début de décembre, surtout lorsqu'on est célibataire, on a la sensation d'être dans le couloir de la mort. Les vacances d'été sont depuis longtemps oub…"

-Michel Houellebecq, Anéantir

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12. El enigma de la habitación 622

By: Joël Dicker

3.89

Format: 696 pages, Paperback

Una noche de diciembre, un cadáver yace en el suelo de la habitación 622 del Palace de Verbier, un … read more

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"El amor no es tanto alquimia como obra del tiempo. El amor es sobre todo esfuerzo. Te deseo que te esfuerces lo bastante para amar y que te amen."

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas"

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas."

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

"La vida es una novela que ya sabemos cómo termina: al final el protagonista muere. Así que lo más importante no es cómo acaba nuestra historia, sino cómo vamos a llenar las páginas. Pues la vida, igu…"

-Joël Dicker, El enigma de la habitación 622

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13. Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It

By: Nancy Fraser

4.04

Format: 209 pages, Kindle Edition

A trenchant look at contemporary capitalism’s insatiable appetite—and a rallying cry for everyone w… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Fraser's Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We Can Do About It book and Axel Honneth's Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life

  • theory
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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14. Mute Compulsion. A Theory of the Economic Power of Capital

By: Søren Mau

4.40

Format: None pages, ebook

[From Author's Summary] Despite a decade of crisis and social unrest, capitalism is in many ways … read more

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  • theory
  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction
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15. Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life

By: Axel Honneth

3.47

Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition

Theories of justice often fixate on purely normative, abstract principles unrelated to real-world a… read more

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  • philosophy
  • politics
  • nonfiction

7 Best politics books like Freedom's Right: The Social Foundations of Democratic Life by Axel Honneth

Transform Your Habits

Das Kapital

Karl Marx , Friedrich Engels , Serge L. Levitsky

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Right

Angela Nagle

4.08

Transform Your Habits

Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison

Michel Foucault , Alan Sheridan , None , None , None

3.35

Transform Your Habits

The Republic

Plato , Desmond Lee

3.96

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Prophet Song

Paul Lynch

4.10

Transform Your Habits

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Itamar Vieira Junior

4.49

Transform Your Habits

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Anne Enright

3.55

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Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46

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