50 Books like Aristotle's "Best Regime"

Demopolis

by Josiah Ober • 2019

180 years of democracy without liberalism: what Athens reveals about the fundamentals of self-rule.

3.40

🗳️ Democratic Theory 🏛️ Athenian Democracy ⚖️ Political Legitimacy 🧠 Epistemic Democracy ✊ Self-Governance

Demopolis 95%

180 years of democracy without liberalism: what Athens reveals about the fundamentals of self-rule.

by Josiah Ober 2019

3.40

25 ratings

🗳️ Democratic Theory 🏛️ Athenian Democracy ⚖️ Political Legitimacy 🧠 Epistemic Democracy ✊ Self-Governance

Jag är Zlatan

by Zlatan Ibrahimović • 2011

How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.

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19k+

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer ⚖️ Political Philosophy 🧠 Epistemology 🎯 Virtue Ethics

Jag är Zlatan 93%

How the West thought: ten ideas from Plato to Rawls that still shape everything we believe.

by Zlatan Ibrahimović 2011

3.86

19k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer ⚖️ Political Philosophy 🧠 Epistemology 🎯 Virtue Ethics

Aristotle

by John Sellars • 2023

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

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232

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning 🌌 Metaphysics 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Aristotle 93%

An ancient toolkit for thought: why Aristotle's logic, ethics, and politics never went out of style.

by John Sellars 2023

3.95

232 ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🧠 Logic And Reasoning 🌌 Metaphysics 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone

by Astra Taylor • 2019

Democracy is not broken. It is eight unresolvable tensions; the work is holding them together.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🤝 Participatory Democracy 💬 Deliberative Democracy ⚖️ Freedom And Equality

Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone Summary

Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone 93%

Democracy is not broken. It is eight unresolvable tensions; the work is holding them together.

by Astra Taylor 2019

4.20

731 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 🤝 Participatory Democracy 💬 Deliberative Democracy ⚖️ Freedom And Equality

Political Philosophy

by Adam Swift • 2001

Democracy's trick: we accept losing because the game was fair, even if the result is wrong.

3.91

432

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 💬 Deliberative Democracy ⚖️ Political Equality 📊 Majority Rule

Political Philosophy 93%

Democracy's trick: we accept losing because the game was fair, even if the result is wrong.

by Adam Swift 2001

3.91

432 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 💬 Deliberative Democracy ⚖️ Political Equality 📊 Majority Rule

Our Declaration

by Danielle S. Allen • 2014

The Declaration's forgotten argument: equality is the only real shield against domination.

3.83

888

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Founding Principles 🗳️ Democratic Theory ⚖️ Civic Equality 🧠 Collective Intelligence

Our Declaration 93%

The Declaration's forgotten argument: equality is the only real shield against domination.

by Danielle S. Allen 2014

3.83

888 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Founding Principles 🗳️ Democratic Theory ⚖️ Civic Equality 🧠 Collective Intelligence

The Myth of the State

by Ernst Cassirer • 1946

The Greeks fought myth with reason. The modern state perfected it as a weapon.

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209

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 History Of Ideas ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🏰 State And Sovereignty 🎭 Myth And Politics

The Myth of the State 93%

The Greeks fought myth with reason. The modern state perfected it as a weapon.

by Ernst Cassirer 1946

3.90

209 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 History Of Ideas ⛓️ Totalitarianism 🏰 State And Sovereignty 🎭 Myth And Politics

Against Democracy

by Jason Brennan • 2016

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

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🧠 Democratic Theory 🗳️ Voter Ignorance 🔧 Governance Reform 💬 Deliberative Democracy 📊 Political Epistemology

Against Democracy 93%

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

by Jason Brennan 2016

3.68

1k+ ratings

🧠 Democratic Theory 🗳️ Voter Ignorance 🔧 Governance Reform 💬 Deliberative Democracy 📊 Political Epistemology

Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy

by Rawls • 2007

How Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, and Marx each tried to solve the problem of political legitimacy.

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289

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 History Of Political Thought 🤝 Social Contract Theory ⚖️ Natural Law Tradition 😌 Utilitarian Ethics

Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary

Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy 93%

How Hobbes, Locke, Hume, Rousseau, and Marx each tried to solve the problem of political legitimacy.

by Rawls 2007

4.15

289 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 History Of Political Thought 🤝 Social Contract Theory ⚖️ Natural Law Tradition 😌 Utilitarian Ethics

The Good State

by A.C. Grayling • 2020

Most democracies fail their own test: the government reflects a minority, not the people.

3.81

130

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Constitutional Design 🗳️ Proportional Representation ⚖️ Separation Of Powers 💰 Money In Politics

The Good State 93%

Most democracies fail their own test: the government reflects a minority, not the people.

by A.C. Grayling 2020

3.81

130 ratings

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Constitutional Design 🗳️ Proportional Representation ⚖️ Separation Of Powers 💰 Money In Politics

The Future of Freedom

by Fareed Zakaria • 2003

Democracy without courts, rights, and restraints is just a machine for producing elected strongmen.

4.02

4k+

🌐 Comparative Politics 🗳️ Democratic Theory ⚖️ Rule Of Law 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

The Future of Freedom 93%

Democracy without courts, rights, and restraints is just a machine for producing elected strongmen.

by Fareed Zakaria 2003

4.02

4k+ ratings

🌐 Comparative Politics 🗳️ Democratic Theory ⚖️ Rule Of Law 📉 Democratic Backsliding 🏛️ Classical Liberalism

The Lost History of Liberalism

by Helena Rosenblatt • 2018

Liberalism was born as duty and generosity. The individual-rights version is only seventy years old.

4.04

448

🏛️ Intellectual History 📜 Political Theory 🫂 Civic Virtue 🗽 Liberal Tradition 🏟️ Civic Republicanism

The Lost History of Liberalism 93%

Liberalism was born as duty and generosity. The individual-rights version is only seventy years old.

by Helena Rosenblatt 2018

4.04

448 ratings

🏛️ Intellectual History 📜 Political Theory 🫂 Civic Virtue 🗽 Liberal Tradition 🏟️ Civic Republicanism

Plato at the Googleplex

by Rebecca Goldstein • 2014

Plato, alive today, would walk into Google and ask questions Silicon Valley still cannot answer.

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🏛️ Greek Philosophy ❓ Socratic Method 🎯 Excellence And Virtue 🗳️ Democracy Critique 🛡️ Defending Philosophy

Plato at the Googleplex 92%

Plato, alive today, would walk into Google and ask questions Silicon Valley still cannot answer.

by Rebecca Goldstein 2014

3.85

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Philosophy ❓ Socratic Method 🎯 Excellence And Virtue 🗳️ Democracy Critique 🛡️ Defending Philosophy

Liberalism and Its Discontents

by Francis Fukuyama • 2022

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

Liberalism and Its Discontents 92%

Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.

by Francis Fukuyama 2022

3.90

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📜 Classical Liberalism 💸 Neoliberalism Critique 🪪 Identity Politics

The Republic

by Plato

Why be just when no one is watching? A 2,500-year-old Socratic answer that built Western philosophy.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Philosophy 🌆 Utopian Thought 🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

The Republic 92%

Why be just when no one is watching? A 2,500-year-old Socratic answer that built Western philosophy.

by Plato

3.97

228k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏺 Ancient Philosophy 🌆 Utopian Thought 🧠 Moral Psychology ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Ancient Philosophy

by Anthony Kenny • 2004

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

3.95

580

🏛️ Classical Philosophy 📜 History Of Philosophy 🧠 Metaphysics ⚖️ Ancient Ethics 🔍 Epistemology

Ancient Philosophy 92%

The questions the ancient Greeks asked still define philosophy, and still resist easy answers.

by Anthony Kenny 2004

3.95

580 ratings

🏛️ Classical Philosophy 📜 History Of Philosophy 🧠 Metaphysics ⚖️ Ancient Ethics 🔍 Epistemology

The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle

by Aristotle

Persuasion is a system, not a gift: the rules for character, emotion, and logical proof.

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🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Literary Theory 🏺 Greek Philosophy 🗣️ Argumentation 🗳️ Political Speech

The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle Summary

The Rhetoric & The Poetics of Aristotle 92%

Persuasion is a system, not a gift: the rules for character, emotion, and logical proof.

by Aristotle

4.00

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Literary Theory 🏺 Greek Philosophy 🗣️ Argumentation 🗳️ Political Speech

The Art of Rhetoric

by Aristotle

Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.

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🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Greek Philosophy 🎙️ Modes Of Persuasion ❤️ Emotional Appeals 🧠 Logical Argument

The Art of Rhetoric 92%

Persuasion isn't one thing. It's three, and mixing them up loses the audience every time.

by Aristotle

3.87

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Greek Philosophy 🎙️ Modes Of Persuasion ❤️ Emotional Appeals 🧠 Logical Argument

Democracy Rules

by Jan-Werner Müller • 2021

Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.

3.46

168

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Political Philosophy 🗳️ Populism Critique 🏢 Democratic Institutions 💰 Campaign Finance

Democracy Rules 92%

Losing is the skill democracy forgot, and without institutions to structure conflict, it unravels.

by Jan-Werner Müller 2021

3.46

168 ratings

🏛️ Democratic Theory 📜 Political Philosophy 🗳️ Populism Critique 🏢 Democratic Institutions 💰 Campaign Finance

Hatred of Democracy

by Jacques Rancière • 2005

Democracy is not about elections. It is the scandal that no one is born to rule.

3.72

970

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 💰 Oligarchy Critique 👥 Popular Sovereignty 🎭 Representation Critique

Hatred of Democracy 92%

Democracy is not about elections. It is the scandal that no one is born to rule.

by Jacques Rancière 2005

3.72

970 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🗳️ Democratic Theory 💰 Oligarchy Critique 👥 Popular Sovereignty 🎭 Representation Critique

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

3.74

3k+

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 92%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

The Quest for Character

by Massimo Pigliucci • 2022

Socrates couldn't make Alcibiades virtuous. Their failure explains why good leaders are so rare.

3.97

242

🎯 Virtue Ethics ⚡ Modern Stoicism 📜 Political Philosophy 🫡 Ethical Leadership 🌱 Character Development

The Quest for Character 92%

Socrates couldn't make Alcibiades virtuous. Their failure explains why good leaders are so rare.

by Massimo Pigliucci 2022

3.97

242 ratings

🎯 Virtue Ethics ⚡ Modern Stoicism 📜 Political Philosophy 🫡 Ethical Leadership 🌱 Character Development

Democracy in America

by Alexis de Tocqueville • 1835

Equality built American democracy—and made majority rule the new despotism.

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🏛️ Democratic Theory 🌍 Comparative Politics ⚖️ Social Equality ⚠️ Democratic Pathologies ✝️ Faith And Freedom

Democracy in America 92%

Equality built American democracy—and made majority rule the new despotism.

by Alexis de Tocqueville 1835

4.05

27k+ ratings

🏛️ Democratic Theory 🌍 Comparative Politics ⚖️ Social Equality ⚠️ Democratic Pathologies ✝️ Faith And Freedom

What Can Aristotle Do For You?

by Edith Hall • 2018

From decision-making to facing death: Aristotle's twelve practical rules for a flourishing life.

3.68

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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 🌱 Character Development 🤔 Decision Frameworks

What Can Aristotle Do For You? 92%

From decision-making to facing death: Aristotle's twelve practical rules for a flourishing life.

by Edith Hall 2018

3.68

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🛠️ Practical Philosophy 🌱 Character Development 🤔 Decision Frameworks

Fearless

by Max Lucado • 2009

Ten philosophers, ten arguments that still govern how we think about truth, justice, and ourselves.

4.16

13k+

🏛️ Western Philosophy 🗳️ Political Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer 💡 History Of Ideas ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

Fearless 92%

Ten philosophers, ten arguments that still govern how we think about truth, justice, and ourselves.

by Max Lucado 2009

4.16

13k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Philosophy 🗳️ Political Philosophy 📚 Philosophy Primer 💡 History Of Ideas ⚖️ Moral Philosophy

The Socratic Dialogues

by Plato • 2009

From cave shadows to the form of beauty: the conversations that built Western philosophy.

3.94

141

🗣️ Socratic Method ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🏛️ Ancient Greek Thought 📐 Platonism 💡 Theory Of Forms

The Socratic Dialogues 91%

From cave shadows to the form of beauty: the conversations that built Western philosophy.

by Plato 2009

3.94

141 ratings

🗣️ Socratic Method ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 🏛️ Ancient Greek Thought 📐 Platonism 💡 Theory Of Forms

How to Win an Election

by Quintus Tullius Cicero

Cicero's brother wrote the campaign playbook: flatter, promise, know your enemy's secrets.

3.78

1k+

🗳️ Political Campaigns 🔍 Opposition Research 🧠 Voter Psychology 🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Ancient Wisdom

How to Win an Election 91%

Cicero's brother wrote the campaign playbook: flatter, promise, know your enemy's secrets.

by Quintus Tullius Cicero

3.78

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Political Campaigns 🔍 Opposition Research 🧠 Voter Psychology 🏛️ Classical Rhetoric 📜 Ancient Wisdom

The Social Contract

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau • 1762

Freedom through total surrender: the paradox that built modern democracy and still threatens it.

3.78

58k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Social Contract Theory 🗳️ Popular Sovereignty 💡 Enlightenment Thought ⚖️ State Legitimacy

The Social Contract 91%

Freedom through total surrender: the paradox that built modern democracy and still threatens it.

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1762

3.78

58k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Social Contract Theory 🗳️ Popular Sovereignty 💡 Enlightenment Thought ⚖️ State Legitimacy

The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy

by Peter J. Ahrensdorf • 1995

Plato's Phaedo rigs its own arguments to fail, forcing readers to reason without a teacher.

3.63

🏛️ Plato's Socrates 💬 Socratic Method 📖 Literary Criticism 💀 Death And Immortality 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy Summary

The Death of Socrates and the Life of Philosophy 91%

Plato's Phaedo rigs its own arguments to fail, forcing readers to reason without a teacher.

by Peter J. Ahrensdorf 1995

3.63

16 ratings

🏛️ Plato's Socrates 💬 Socratic Method 📖 Literary Criticism 💀 Death And Immortality 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

Justice

by Michael J. Sandel • 2007

Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.

4.30

28k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🧠 Thought Experiments 💰 Markets And Morality 🏘️ Communitarianism

Justice 91%

Three centuries of thinking about justice, one shared evasion: the good life.

by Michael J. Sandel 2007

4.30

28k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy ⚖️ Distributive Justice 🧠 Thought Experiments 💰 Markets And Morality 🏘️ Communitarianism

Free and Equal

by Daniel Chandler • 2023

Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.

3.95

439

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Social Contract ⚖️ Economic Justice 📊 Progressive Economics 🗳️ Democratic Reform

Free and Equal 91%

Forget who you are, design society. Rawls did; the result might be our fairest system.

by Daniel Chandler 2023

3.95

439 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Social Contract ⚖️ Economic Justice 📊 Progressive Economics 🗳️ Democratic Reform

First Principles

by Thomas E. Ricks • 2020

Locke and Montesquieu get the credit. America's founders were actually reading Cicero and Cato.

4.06

4k+

🏛️ Founding Fathers 📜 Early American Republic 📚 Intellectual History 🏺 Greco-Roman Thought 🫡 Civic Virtue

First Principles 91%

Locke and Montesquieu get the credit. America's founders were actually reading Cicero and Cato.

by Thomas E. Ricks 2020

4.06

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Founding Fathers 📜 Early American Republic 📚 Intellectual History 🏺 Greco-Roman Thought 🫡 Civic Virtue

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman

by Joseph R. Fornieri • 2013

Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.

4.67

🏛️ Statesmanship ⚔️ Civil War Era 🦉 Practical Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Leadership 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman Summary

Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman 91%

Lincoln's secret: he wrestled with eternal principles before he ever grasped for power.

by Joseph R. Fornieri 2013

4.67

6 ratings

🏛️ Statesmanship ⚔️ Civil War Era 🦉 Practical Wisdom ⚖️ Moral Leadership 🗣️ Rhetoric And Persuasion

In the Long Run

by Jonathan White • 2024

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

3.78

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

In the Long Run 91%

The future made democracy possible. Calculated, secret, and algorithmic futures are dismantling it.

by Jonathan White 2024

3.78

85 ratings

🗳️ Democratic Theory 📜 Intellectual History 💭 Political Imagination ⏳ Long-Term Thinking 🤖 Algorithmic Governance

Metaphysics

by Aristotle

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

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🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🇬🇷 Greek Philosophy ⛓️ Causality

Metaphysics 91%

What is being? Aristotle’s inquiry into the first causes and architecture of reality itself.

by Aristotle

4.07

18k+ ratings

🌌 Metaphysics 🧱 Ontology 🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🇬🇷 Greek Philosophy ⛓️ Causality

Poetics

by Aristotle

Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.

3.83

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🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 📖 Literary Theory 🎭 Dramatic Structure 😢 Tragic Drama 📜 Narrative Theory

Poetics 91%

Plot is everything. Character is secondary. The ancient blueprint for a tragedy that devastates.

by Aristotle

3.83

30k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Greek Philosophy 📖 Literary Theory 🎭 Dramatic Structure 😢 Tragic Drama 📜 Narrative Theory

The Trial and Death of Socrates

by Plato

Athens tried its greatest thinker. He turned a death sentence into philosophy's founding argument.

4.12

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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🧠 Intellectual Humility ⚔️ Moral Courage 🔍 Self-Examination 🗳️ Civic Duty

The Trial and Death of Socrates 91%

Athens tried its greatest thinker. He turned a death sentence into philosophy's founding argument.

by Plato

4.12

46k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🧠 Intellectual Humility ⚔️ Moral Courage 🔍 Self-Examination 🗳️ Civic Duty

Why Liberalism Failed

by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique 📉 Meritocracy Critique 🏚️ Civic Decline

Why Liberalism Failed 91%

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

by Patrick J. Deneen 2018

3.84

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique 📉 Meritocracy Critique 🏚️ Civic Decline

What Is Populism?

by Jan-Werner Müller • 2014

Forget anti-elite anger. Populism's core is the claim that opponents are not the real people.

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🗳️ Populism Studies 🏛️ Democratic Theory 🚫 Anti-Pluralism 👥 Political Identity 🏗️ State Capture

What Is Populism? 91%

Forget anti-elite anger. Populism's core is the claim that opponents are not the real people.

by Jan-Werner Müller 2014

3.82

3k+ ratings

🗳️ Populism Studies 🏛️ Democratic Theory 🚫 Anti-Pluralism 👥 Political Identity 🏗️ State Capture

The People vs. Democracy

by Yascha Mounk • 2018

Populists dismantle institutions; unelected courts rule from above; split tearing democracy apart.

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🏛️ Liberal Democracy 🗳️ Populism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 💰 Economic Inequality 💻 Technology And Democracy

The People vs. Democracy 91%

Populists dismantle institutions; unelected courts rule from above; split tearing democracy apart.

by Yascha Mounk 2018

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Liberal Democracy 🗳️ Populism 📉 Democratic Backsliding 💰 Economic Inequality 💻 Technology And Democracy

Reading the Constitution

by Stephen Breyer • 2024

Text isn't enough. A Supreme Court justice shows what else judges must consider.

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🏛️ Judicial Philosophy 📜 Constitutional Interpretation ⚖️ Legal Pragmatism 🌱 Living Constitutionalism 🔍 Originalism Critique

Reading the Constitution 91%

Text isn't enough. A Supreme Court justice shows what else judges must consider.

by Stephen Breyer 2024

3.98

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Judicial Philosophy 📜 Constitutional Interpretation ⚖️ Legal Pragmatism 🌱 Living Constitutionalism 🔍 Originalism Critique

The Bill of Obligations

by Richard N. Haass • 2023

Rights are half the contract. Democracy's survival depends on ten duties Americans have forgotten.

4.12

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🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Civic Duty ⚡ Political Polarization 🤝 Political Compromise 🕳️ Democratic Erosion

The Bill of Obligations 91%

Rights are half the contract. Democracy's survival depends on ten duties Americans have forgotten.

by Richard N. Haass 2023

4.12

2k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 📜 Civic Duty ⚡ Political Polarization 🤝 Political Compromise 🕳️ Democratic Erosion

Early Socratic Dialogues

by Plato

Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.

4.05

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🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🏺 Greek Ethics 💬 Socratic Method ❓ Definitional Inquiry ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

Early Socratic Dialogues 91%

Virtue is knowledge, wickedness is ignorance, and Socrates proved that no one in Athens had either.

by Plato

4.05

417 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🏺 Greek Ethics 💬 Socratic Method ❓ Definitional Inquiry ⚖️ Virtue Ethics

No Democracy Lasts Forever

by Erwin Chemerinsky • 2024

The document Americans revere was built to thwart popular rule. Now it is breaking the country.

3.93

337

🏛️ Constitutional Law 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Democratic Decline 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚠️ Constitutional Crisis

No Democracy Lasts Forever 91%

The document Americans revere was built to thwart popular rule. Now it is breaking the country.

by Erwin Chemerinsky 2024

3.93

337 ratings

🏛️ Constitutional Law 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Democratic Decline 🗳️ Electoral Reform ⚠️ Constitutional Crisis

The Logic of Political Survival

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita • 2003

Why democracies build roads and dictatorships build patronage: the math of political survival.

3.98

162

🏛️ Political Incentives 🌍 Comparative Politics 🧮 Rational Choice 🗳️ Public Choice Theory 🔒 Authoritarian Politics

The Logic of Political Survival 91%

Why democracies build roads and dictatorships build patronage: the math of political survival.

by Bruce Bueno de Mesquita 2003

3.98

162 ratings

🏛️ Political Incentives 🌍 Comparative Politics 🧮 Rational Choice 🗳️ Public Choice Theory 🔒 Authoritarian Politics

The Common Good

by Robert B. Reich • 2018

America had a deal: we owe each other something. Four decades of self-interest undid it.

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🇺🇸 American Politics 🤝 Social Trust 🏦 Money In Politics 💰 Income Inequality 💼 Corporate Ethics

The Common Good 91%

America had a deal: we owe each other something. Four decades of self-interest undid it.

by Robert B. Reich 2018

4.11

3k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Politics 🤝 Social Trust 🏦 Money In Politics 💰 Income Inequality 💼 Corporate Ethics

Per la pace perpetua

by Immanuel Kant • 1795

A Dutch inn sign with a cemetery: Kant's starting point for a plan to end war.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌐 International Relations 📜 Kantian Ethics 🌍 Cosmopolitanism 🕊️ Peace Theory

Per la pace perpetua 91%

A Dutch inn sign with a cemetery: Kant's starting point for a plan to end war.

by Immanuel Kant 1795

3.59

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌐 International Relations 📜 Kantian Ethics 🌍 Cosmopolitanism 🕊️ Peace Theory

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by W. Cleon Skousen • 1981

The principles that compressed 5,000 years of political trial into a single working republic.

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🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚖️ Natural Law 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🫡 Civic Virtue 📜 Originalism

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The principles that compressed 5,000 years of political trial into a single working republic.

by W. Cleon Skousen 1981

4.27

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Founding Fathers ⚖️ Natural Law 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🫡 Civic Virtue 📜 Originalism

Conversations of Socrates

by Xenophon

The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue

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Conversations of Socrates 91%

The Socrates who masters desire, runs a household, and believes the gods care about virtue

by Xenophon

4.04

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 🗣️ Socratic Dialogues 🧘 Self-Mastery 🧠 Practical Wisdom 💬 Socratic Method

The Rule of Law

by Tom Bingham • 2010

Eight standards for the rule of law. Cross them, and a lawful state becomes tyranny.

4.09

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🏛️ Rule Of Law 🧠 Legal Philosophy 📜 Constitutional Law ✊ Human Rights Law 🚪 Access To Justice

The Rule of Law 91%

Eight standards for the rule of law. Cross them, and a lawful state becomes tyranny.

by Tom Bingham 2010

4.09

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Rule Of Law 🧠 Legal Philosophy 📜 Constitutional Law ✊ Human Rights Law 🚪 Access To Justice

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