Die Abstiegsgesellschaft: Über das Aufbegehren in der regressiven Moderne
By: Oliver Nachtwey
4.05
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Die Möglichkeit des sozialen Aufstiegs war eines der zentralen Versprechen der »alten« BRD – und ta…
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1. The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
By: Eric J. Hobsbawm
4.28
Format: 627 pages, Paperback
Dividing the century into the Age of Catastrophe, 1914-1950, the Golden Age, 1950-1973, and the Lan… read more
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- politics
- economics
- history
- nonfiction
"Most young men and women (...) grow up in a sort of permanent present lacking any organic relation to the public past of the times they live in. This makes historians, whose business it is to remembe…"-Eric J. Hobsbawm, The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991
2. Cold Intimacies: The Making of Emotional Capitalism
By: Eva Illouz
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
It is commonly assumed that capitalism has created an a-emotional world dominated by bureaucratic r… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
3. Buying Time: The Delayed Crisis of Democratic Capitalism
By: Wolfgang Streeck
4.04
Format: 417 pages,
The financial crisis keeps us on edge and creates a diffuse sense of helplessness. Well-nigh unfath… read more
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- history
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
4. Faserland
By: Christian Kracht
4.48
Format: 334 pages,
Einmal durch die Republik, von Nord nach Sud: Christian Krachts namenloser Ich-Erzahler berichtet v… read more
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5. October: The Story of the Russian Revolution
By: China Miéville
3.82
Format: 736 pages, Hardcover
In February 1917, in the midst of bloody war, Russia was still an autocratic monarchy: nine months … read more
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6. Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
By: David Graeber
4.03
Format: 335 pages, Hardcover
From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfi… read more
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- economics
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- sociology
"Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"Bullshit jobs regularly induce feelings of hopelessness, depression, and self-loathing. They are forms of spiritual violence directed at the essence of what it means to be a human being."-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"What we are witnessing is the rise of those forms of popular culture that office workers can produce and consume during the scattered, furtive shards of time they have at their disposal in workplaces…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
"A fact-finding commission is a way of telling the public that the government is doing something it is not. But a large corporations will behave exactly the same way, if, say, there are revealed to be…"-David Graeber, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
7. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
By: David Graeber
4.20
Format: 692 pages, Hardcover
A dramatically new understanding of human history, challenging our most fundamental assumptions abo… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
"Humans - from this other perspective, which is just as extreme in its own way - are at best an arbitrary constellation of cultural elements, perhaps assembled according to some prevailing spirit, cod…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"One might ask, how could that most basic element of all human freedoms, the freedom to make promises and commitments and thus build relationships, be turned into its very opposite: into peonage, serf…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"There is an obvious objection to evolutionary models which assume that our strongest social ties are based on close biological kinship: many humans just don’t like their families very much. And this …"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
"In the Middle Ages, most people in other parts of the world who actually knew anything about northern Europe at all considered it an obscure and uninviting backwater full of religious fanatics who, a…"-David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
8. GRM: Brainfuck
By: Sibylle Berg
3.66
Format: 634 pages, Hardcover
"Vermutlich war der Einzelne schon immer unwichtig. Es fiel nur weniger auf." Die Brave New Worl… read more
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- german literature
"Ein gespaltenes Volk ist ein lenkbares Volk. Es sucht nach Feinden und einem Führer."-Sibylle Berg, GRM: Brainfuck
9. 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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- nonfiction
- history
"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
10. How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
By: Steven Levitsky
4.15
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Donald Trump's presidency has raised a question that many of us never thought we'd be asking: Is ou… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
"Authoritarian politicians cast their rivals as criminal, subversive, unpatriotic, or a threat to national security or the existing way of life."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"The drift into authoritarianism doesn’t always set off alarm bells. Citizens are often slow to realize that their democracy is being dismantled even as it happens before their eyes."-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"Institutions become political weapons, wielded forcefully by those who control them against those who do not. This is how elected autocrats subvert democracy—packing and “weaponizing"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
"But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporaril…"-Steven Levitsky, How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
11. Eurotrash
By: Christian Kracht
3.67
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
»I’ll see you in twenty-five years.« Laura Palmer. »Also, ich musste wieder auf ein paar Tage na… read more
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- german literature
- germany
12. Hyperpolitik
By: Anton Jäger
3.88
Format: 140 pages, Paperback
Die Ära der Postpolitik ist vorbeiDass die Politik wieder da ist, dass Debatten um Corona oder »Wok… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
13. Noch wach?
By: Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre
3.49
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Berlin: Eine junge Frau erzählt von ihrem neuen Job bei einem großen Fernsehsender, von ihrem neuen… read more
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- german literature
14. Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy
By: Adam Tooze
3.84
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022THE TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2021'A complex … read more
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- economics
- history
- nonfiction
"What has made central bankers into the exemplar of modern crisis-fighting is the vacuum created by the evisceration of organized labor, the absence of inflationary pressure, and more broadly, the lac…"-Adam Tooze, Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy
"Despite the successful suppression campaign in February, the coronavirus crisis of 2020 could easily have been a major liability for Xi's regime. Instead, it became an occasion for what has been aptl…"-Adam Tooze, Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World's Economy
15. Monde vor der Landung
By: Clemens J. Setz
3.75
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
Worms, Anfang der zwanziger Jahre des letzten Jahrhunderts. Peter Bender, ehemals Fliegerleutnant d… read more
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- german literature
16. Eine Arbeiterin
By: Didier Eribon
4.11
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Eigentlich hatte Didier Eribon sich vorgenommen, ab jetzt regelmäßig nach Fismes zu fahren. Doch se… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
17. What Tech Calls Thinking: An Inquiry into the Intellectual Bedrock of Silicon Valley (FSG Originals x Logic)
By: Adrian Daub
3.64
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
From FSGO x Logic: a Stanford professor's spirited dismantling of Silicon Valley's intellectual ori… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
18. Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet
By: Matthew T. Huber
4.00
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Why the struggle against climate change is a class struggle The climate crisis is not primarily … read more
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- politics
- economics
- class
- nonfiction
"Why do we not focus on the activities associated with production and investment when considering the individual's carbon footprint? I argue that it is because what Marx called the "hidden abode of pr…"-Matthew T. Huber, Climate Change as Class War: Building Socialism on a Warming Planet
19. For a Left Populism
By: Chantal Mouffe
3.58
Format: 112 pages, Kindle Edition
What is the “populist moment” and what does it mean for the left?We are currently witnessing in Wes… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
20. Superyachten: Luxus und Stille im Kapitalozän
By: Grégory Salle
3.88
Format: 170 pages, Paperback
Abramowitsch hat eine, der Emir von Abu Dhabi auch, Jeff Bezos sowieso: Superyachten sind Ausweis d… read more
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- nonfiction
21. Land Sickness
By: Nikolaj Schultz
3.61
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
As a heatwave hits Paris, the author's entire existence is disrupted and disoriented by the effects… read more
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22. Prisoners of the American Dream: Politics and Economy in the History of the US Working Class (Essential Mike Davis)
By: Mike Davis
4.38
Format: 332 pages, Paperback
Prisoners of the American Dream is Mike Davis's brilliant exegesis of a persistent and major analyt… read more
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- history
- class
- politics
- nonfiction
- economics
23. Ungleich vereint
By: Steffen Mau
4.26
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
Die Diskussion über Ostdeutschland und das Verhältnis zwischen Ost und West flammt immer wieder auf… read more
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- history
- politics
- germany
- nonfiction
24. Die Abstiegsgesellschaft: Über das Aufbegehren in der regressiven Moderne
By: Oliver Nachtwey
4.05
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Die Möglichkeit des sozialen Aufstiegs war eines der zentralen Versprechen der »alten« BRD – und ta… read more
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- history
- class
- politics
- germany
- nonfiction
- economics
- sociology
25. Die Altenrepublik: Wie der demographische Wandel unsere Zukunft gefährdet
By: Stefan Schulz
4.18
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Bundesweit zählen wir bald jährlich eine halbe Million mehr Neu-Rentner als Menschen, die die Vollj… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
26. Gekränkte Freiheit - Aspekte des libertären Autoritarismus
By: Carolin Amlinger
4.06
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Corona-Leugner mit Blumenketten, Künstlerinnen, die naturwissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse infrage ste… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
27. Prophets of Deceit: A Study of the Techniques of the American Agitator
By: Leo Löwenthal
4.03
Format: 164 pages, Paperback
This book analyzes and defines media appeals specific to American pro-fascist and anti-Semite agita… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- sociology
28. Männer, die die Welt verbrennen
By: Christian Stöcker
4.35
Format: 391 pages, Kindle Edition
Warum wir den Kampf gegen gewissenlose Geldmacher, egomane Staatslenker und verlogene Propagandiste… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
29. Stoffwechselpolitik: Arbeit, Natur und die Zukunft des Planeten (edition suhrkamp)
By: Simon Schaupp
4.36
Format: 422 pages, Paperback
Wenn wir die ökologische Krise verstehen wollen, müssen wir die Arbeitswelt verstehen. Denn es ist … read more
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- politics
30. Anpassung. Leitmotiv der nächsten Gesellschaft
By: Philipp Staab
3.40
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
In der Moderne dominierte der Glaube, die Welt ließe sich gestalten und der Fortschritt sorge quasi… read more
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- sociology
31. Zentralbankkapitalismus. Transformationen des globalen Finanzsystems in Krisenzeiten
By: Joscha Wullweber
4.34
Format: 297 pages, Paperback
Das globale Finanzsystem befindet sich in einer tiefen Krise. Die Hüter des Geldes, Zentralbanken w… read more
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