50 Books like The Closing of the American Mind

The Age of American Unreason

by Susan Jacoby • 2008

Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.

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🧠 Anti-Intellectualism 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📚 Intellectual History 📺 Media Criticism 🔬 Science Denial

The Age of American Unreason 96%

Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.

by Susan Jacoby 2008

3.85

3k+ ratings

🧠 Anti-Intellectualism 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📚 Intellectual History 📺 Media Criticism 🔬 Science Denial

America's Cultural Revolution

by Christopher F. Rufo • 2023

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

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⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

America's Cultural Revolution 95%

The bombs stopped. The ideas didn't. How the 1960s left captured every institution you trust.

by Christopher F. Rufo 2023

4.21

1k+ ratings

⚔️ Culture Wars 🏛️ American Conservatism 🎓 Academic Politics ✊ Student Radicalism 🏗️ Institutional Capture

Race Marxism

by James Lindsay • 2022

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

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364

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Race Marxism 95%

Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.

by James Lindsay 2022

4.23

364 ratings

🏛️ Critical Theory 🗳️ Racial Politics ☭ Marxism 🪪 Identity Politics 🔍 Postmodernism

Speechless

by Michael J. Knowles • 2021

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

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🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

Speechless 95%

Political correctness is not politeness. It's a Gramscian takeover of culture, one word at a time.

by Michael J. Knowles 2021

4.24

3k+ ratings

🥊 Culture Wars 🗣️ Language And Politics 🤐 Speech And Censorship 🏛️ Institutional Capture 📚 Cultural Marxism

Cynical Theories

by Helen Pluckrose • 2020

How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.

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🌀 Postmodernism 📖 Critical Theory 🏷️ Identity Politics 📚 Intellectual History 🎓 Academic Culture

Cynical Theories 95%

How a philosophy that doubted all truth became an ideology that brooks no disagreement.

by Helen Pluckrose 2020

4.10

6k+ ratings

🌀 Postmodernism 📖 Critical Theory 🏷️ Identity Politics 📚 Intellectual History 🎓 Academic Culture

In Defense of a Liberal Education

by Fareed Zakaria • 2015

The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.

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📚 Liberal Arts Defense 🏛️ Higher Education Crisis ✍️ Writing As Thinking 📜 History Of Universities 💻 Online Education

In Defense of a Liberal Education Summary

In Defense of a Liberal Education 95%

The STEM panic misses the real skills gap: writing, analysis, and learning how to learn.

by Fareed Zakaria 2015

3.83

3k+ ratings

📚 Liberal Arts Defense 🏛️ Higher Education Crisis ✍️ Writing As Thinking 📜 History Of Universities 💻 Online Education

Excellent Sheep

by William Deresiewicz • 2014

Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.

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🎓 Higher Education ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💸 Class Privilege 📖 Liberal Arts Defense 🎭 Cultural Criticism

Excellent Sheep 95%

Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.

by William Deresiewicz 2014

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7k+ ratings

🎓 Higher Education ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💸 Class Privilege 📖 Liberal Arts Defense 🎭 Cultural Criticism

The Abolition of Man

by C.S. Lewis • 1943

The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.

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🏛️ Natural Law Ethics 🔬 Scientism Critique 🎭 Subjectivism Critique 📚 Classical Education ⚖️ Objectivity Of Morality

The Abolition of Man 95%

The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.

by C.S. Lewis 1943

4.12

42k+ ratings

🏛️ Natural Law Ethics 🔬 Scientism Critique 🎭 Subjectivism Critique 📚 Classical Education ⚖️ Objectivity Of Morality

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 95%

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

Ideas Have Consequences

by Richard M. Weaver • 1948

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

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🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

Ideas Have Consequences 95%

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

by Richard M. Weaver 1948

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism 📜 Thomism 📰 Mass Media Criticism

The Right Side of History

by Ben Shapiro • 2019

Greek reason plus biblical purpose built the modern West. Both are now in retreat.

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🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🏰 Traditional Conservatism

The Right Side of History 94%

Greek reason plus biblical purpose built the modern West. Both are now in retreat.

by Ben Shapiro 2019

3.86

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline 🗽 Classical Liberalism 🏰 Traditional Conservatism

How Woke Won

by Joanna Williams • 2022

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

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175

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

How Woke Won 94%

Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.

by Joanna Williams 2022

4.09

175 ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🎓 Academic Freedom 🗣️ Free Speech 😢 Victimhood Culture

How to Save the West

by Spencer Klavan • 2023

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

4.27

468

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy 👤 Embodiment 🔬 Science And Faith

How to Save the West 94%

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

by Spencer Klavan 2023

4.27

468 ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy 👤 Embodiment 🔬 Science And Faith

Don't Burn This Country

by Dave Rubin • 2022

The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.

3.90

498

🚫 Cancel Culture Critique 💪 Self-Reliance 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Institutional Decline 🗣️ Free Speech

Don't Burn This Country 94%

The left ate itself; dissent got you canceled. A survivor's playbook.

by Dave Rubin 2022

3.90

498 ratings

🚫 Cancel Culture Critique 💪 Self-Reliance 📰 Media Criticism 🏛️ Institutional Decline 🗣️ Free Speech

The Madness of Crowds

by Douglas Murray • 2019

Identity politics became the West's substitute faith. A gay dissenter counts what we are losing.

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🏷️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 🩹 Victimhood Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

The Madness of Crowds 94%

Identity politics became the West's substitute faith. A gay dissenter counts what we are losing.

by Douglas Murray 2019

4.20

17k+ ratings

🏷️ Identity Politics ⚔️ Culture Wars 🚫 Cancel Culture 🩹 Victimhood Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

The Tyranny of Opinion

by Russell Blackford • 2018

Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.

3.92

🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🎯 Cancel Culture 🪪 Identity Politics 🐑 Conformity

The Tyranny of Opinion 94%

Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.

by Russell Blackford 2018

3.92

36 ratings

🗣️ Free Speech 🏛️ Classical Liberalism 🎯 Cancel Culture 🪪 Identity Politics 🐑 Conformity

Parasitic Mind

by Gad Saad • 2020

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

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🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🤐 Political Correctness 🩹 Victimhood Culture

Parasitic Mind 94%

The West is not just polarized; it is infected. The pathogen came from the university.

by Gad Saad 2020

3.94

9k+ ratings

🦠 Idea Contagion 🏛️ Campus Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🤐 Political Correctness 🩹 Victimhood Culture

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps

by Ben Shapiro • 2020

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

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🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps Summary

How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps 94%

Three principles made America. A rival philosophy now insists all three were the problem all along.

by Ben Shapiro 2020

4.06

5k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American Identity 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚖️ Natural Rights 🏛️ Limited Government 🎯 Cancel Culture

How to Educate a Citizen

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. • 2020

Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.

3.80

430

🔧 Education Reform 📋 Curriculum Design 🏛️ Civic Education 📚 Content Knowledge 📖 Reading Wars

How to Educate a Citizen 94%

Shared knowledge once held America together. Schools abandoned it. Evidence shows it's reversible.

by E.D. Hirsch Jr. 2020

3.80

430 ratings

🔧 Education Reform 📋 Curriculum Design 🏛️ Civic Education 📚 Content Knowledge 📖 Reading Wars

Marxismo norteamericano

by Mark R. Levin • 2021

The radical ideology that captured American institutions, and a practical guide to reclaiming them.

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🔥 Culture Wars 🚩 Modern Marxism 💼 Corporate Wokeness 📺 Media Manipulation 🗣️ Cancel Culture

Marxismo norteamericano 94%

The radical ideology that captured American institutions, and a practical guide to reclaiming them.

by Mark R. Levin 2021

4.16

4k+ ratings

🔥 Culture Wars 🚩 Modern Marxism 💼 Corporate Wokeness 📺 Media Manipulation 🗣️ Cancel Culture

The End of Education

by Neil Postman • 1995

Education has lost its story. Here are the narratives that give learning purpose again.

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📚 Educational Philosophy 💡 Humanistic Education 🤖 Technology Criticism 🗣️ Language And Worldview 🗳️ Democratic Education

The End of Education 94%

Education has lost its story. Here are the narratives that give learning purpose again.

by Neil Postman 1995

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2k+ ratings

📚 Educational Philosophy 💡 Humanistic Education 🤖 Technology Criticism 🗣️ Language And Worldview 🗳️ Democratic Education

10 Books That Screwed Up the World

by Benjamin Wiker • 2008

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

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🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

10 Books That Screwed Up the World Summary

10 Books That Screwed Up the World 94%

Fifteen books rejected God and morality, then the 20th century drowned in blood.

by Benjamin Wiker 2008

3.43

1k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political Philosophy ⛪ Critique Of Secularism ⚠️ Dangerous Ideas 🔗 Totalitarianism Origins

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy

by Christopher Lasch • 1995

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

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🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Summary

The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy 93%

The new elite left the country behind, and they took the institutions with them.

by Christopher Lasch 1995

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🏛️ Civic Virtue 🏙️ Elite Insularity 📈 American Meritocracy 📉 Middle Class Decline 🗣️ Public Deliberation

The Culture of Narcissism

by Christopher Lasch • 1978

The self-obsessed aren't full of themselves. They're empty, and the culture keeps them that way.

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🧐 Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏚️ Social Atomization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🛋️ Therapeutic Culture

The Culture of Narcissism 93%

The self-obsessed aren't full of themselves. They're empty, and the culture keeps them that way.

by Christopher Lasch 1978

3.96

4k+ ratings

🧐 Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏚️ Social Atomization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🛋️ Therapeutic Culture

One Nation Under Therapy

by Christina Hoff Sommers • 2005

Therapy culture taught Americans to be fragile. Resilience and moral clarity are the antidote.

3.60

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🧑‍⚕️ Therapeutic Culture 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Personal Accountability 🇺🇸 Civic Education 🛡️ Child Overprotection

One Nation Under Therapy 93%

Therapy culture taught Americans to be fragile. Resilience and moral clarity are the antidote.

by Christina Hoff Sommers 2005

3.60

376 ratings

🧑‍⚕️ Therapeutic Culture 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Personal Accountability 🇺🇸 Civic Education 🛡️ Child Overprotection

The Tyranny of Merit

by Michael J. Sandel • 2020

Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📈 Social Mobility 📜 Credentialism 🔨 Dignity Of Work 🎓 Higher Education Critique

The Tyranny of Merit 93%

Winning through talent was supposed to be just. It taught winners contempt and losers self-blame.

by Michael J. Sandel 2020

4.19

14k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📈 Social Mobility 📜 Credentialism 🔨 Dignity Of Work 🎓 Higher Education Critique

Intellectuals and Society

by Thomas Sowellm • 2009

The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📢 Social Criticism 🧠 Intellectual Overreach 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚙️ Social Engineering

Intellectuals and Society 93%

The most educated minds keep getting the biggest questions wrong. It is not bad luck.

by Thomas Sowellm 2009

4.29

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📢 Social Criticism 🧠 Intellectual Overreach 📜 Classical Liberalism ⚙️ Social Engineering

The Death of Expertise

by Thomas M. Nichols • 2017

Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.

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🛡️ Anti-Intellectualism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗞️ Media Criticism 🎓 Higher Education Critique 🏛️ Trust In Institutions

The Death of Expertise 93%

Why do people resent the experts who know more? A diagnosis of the cultural war on knowledge.

by Thomas M. Nichols 2017

3.82

10k+ ratings

🛡️ Anti-Intellectualism 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🗞️ Media Criticism 🎓 Higher Education Critique 🏛️ Trust In Institutions

The Identity Trap

by Yascha Mounk • 2023

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

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🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality 📚 Critical Theory Critique 🌐 Social Cohesion

The Identity Trap 93%

An ideology that centers race and gender is dividing the left. The origin story, and a better way.

by Yascha Mounk 2023

4.05

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Identity Politics 💬 Free Speech Debate ⚖️ Equity Vs Equality 📚 Critical Theory Critique 🌐 Social Cohesion

The Vision of the Anointed

by Thomas Sowell • 1995

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

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🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies 💥 Policy Failure 🎭 Ideological Bias

The Vision of the Anointed 93%

Why failed policies survive: how the elite turns evidence into heresy and failure into virtue.

by Thomas Sowell 1995

4.40

3k+ ratings

🧐 Public Policy 📢 Social Criticism 📊 Statistical Fallacies 💥 Policy Failure 🎭 Ideological Bias

Nation of Victims

by Vivek Ramaswamy • 2022

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

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🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Nation of Victims 93%

America turned grievance into social currency, and the bill is coming due.

by Vivek Ramaswamy 2022

3.90

1k+ ratings

🗳️ Victimhood Culture 🎭 Identity Politics ⚖️ Meritocracy Debates 🏛️ Constitutional Law 📜 Critical Race Theory

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed

by Howard Gardner • 2010

Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.

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🧭 Moral Education 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💻 Digital Age Ethics 🎨 Aesthetic Education 👶 Child Moral Development

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed Summary

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness Reframed 93%

Three ancient virtues, dismantled by the digital age, reconstructed for it.

by Howard Gardner 2010

3.48

216 ratings

🧭 Moral Education 🏛️ Virtue Ethics 💻 Digital Age Ethics 🎨 Aesthetic Education 👶 Child Moral Development

Life at the Bottom

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2001

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

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🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Welfare State Critique 🎭 Victimhood Culture 🌐 Cultural Relativism ✍️ Cultural Criticism

Life at the Bottom 93%

Poverty didn't wreck the underclass. A set of ideas did—and intellectuals handed them down.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2001

4.23

4k+ ratings

🏙️ Urban Poverty 🏛️ Welfare State Critique 🎭 Victimhood Culture 🌐 Cultural Relativism ✍️ Cultural Criticism

Radical Curiosity

by Seth Goldenberg • 2022

Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.

3.61

103

🧐 Questioning Culture 📚 Critical Pedagogy 📱 Attention Economy ⚡ Social Polarization 🔄 Unlearning

Radical Curiosity 93%

Retrain your curiosity to reclaim your attention, bridge divides, and build a future worth wanting.

by Seth Goldenberg 2022

3.61

103 ratings

🧐 Questioning Culture 📚 Critical Pedagogy 📱 Attention Economy ⚡ Social Polarization 🔄 Unlearning

Social Justice Fallacies

by Thomas Sowell • 2023

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

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📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies 👥 Group Differences 🧠 Knowledge Problem

Social Justice Fallacies 93%

Before you remake society for fairness, check the facts. They rarely support the theory.

by Thomas Sowell 2023

4.38

3k+ ratings

📋 Public Policy Critique 🔄 Unintended Consequences 📊 Statistical Fallacies 👥 Group Differences 🧠 Knowledge Problem

Strange New World

by Carl R. Trueman • 2022

The creed of inner feelings has a genealogy, and the sexual revolution made it law.

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🪧 Sexual Revolution 📚 Intellectual History 🪪 Modern Identity 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ✝️ Reformed Theology

Strange New World 93%

The creed of inner feelings has a genealogy, and the sexual revolution made it law.

by Carl R. Trueman 2022

4.47

5k+ ratings

🪧 Sexual Revolution 📚 Intellectual History 🪪 Modern Identity 🏛️ Cultural Criticism ✝️ Reformed Theology

The Real World of College

by Wendy Fischman • 2022

Half want a degree, not an education. The other half are too anxious to think.

3.86

🎓 Higher Education Reform 🏛️ College Culture 🧠 Mental Health On Campus 🤝 Belonging And Alienation 🌊 Mission Creep

The Real World of College 93%

Half want a degree, not an education. The other half are too anxious to think.

by Wendy Fischman 2022

3.86

50 ratings

🎓 Higher Education Reform 🏛️ College Culture 🧠 Mental Health On Campus 🤝 Belonging And Alienation 🌊 Mission Creep

Status Anxiety

by Alain de Botton • 2004

Why you care what others think: not weakness, but modern life working as designed.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 📊 Social Status 👀 Social Comparison ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 🛒 Consumer Culture

Status Anxiety 93%

Why you care what others think: not weakness, but modern life working as designed.

by Alain de Botton 2004

3.89

22k+ ratings

🏛️ Cultural Criticism 📊 Social Status 👀 Social Comparison ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 🛒 Consumer Culture

Alasdair Macintyre

by Peter McMylor • 1991

Our moral arguments never end because we threw out the framework that made them work.

2.90

🧭 Virtue Ethics 🏘️ Communitarianism 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 💡 Enlightenment Critique 📋 Managerialism

Alasdair Macintyre 93%

Our moral arguments never end because we threw out the framework that made them work.

by Peter McMylor 1991

2.90

10 ratings

🧭 Virtue Ethics 🏘️ Communitarianism 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 💡 Enlightenment Critique 📋 Managerialism

The Age of Abundance

by Brink Lindsey • 2007

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

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🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

The Age of Abundance 93%

Postwar abundance split America into two rival faiths; their deadlock still defines us.

by Brink Lindsey 2007

3.51

134 ratings

🇺🇸 Postwar America 💰 Mass Affluence ✌️ Counterculture ⛪ Evangelical Politics 🏛️ Political Realignment

Bobos in Paradise

by David Brooks • 2000

Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.

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🏛️ American Elites 📊 Class Analysis 🎭 Cultural Capital 📡 Status Signaling 🏢 Information Economy

Bobos in Paradise 93%

Why the new elite spends fortunes on kitchen stoves but despises luxury cars.

by David Brooks 2000

3.62

5k+ ratings

🏛️ American Elites 📊 Class Analysis 🎭 Cultural Capital 📡 Status Signaling 🏢 Information Economy

Defeating Big Government Socialism

by Newt Gingrich • 2022

Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.

4.19

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🗣️ Conservative Polemics 📈 Free Market Advocacy 🚫 Anti-Socialism 🏛️ Limited Government 📋 Bureaucratic Bloat

Defeating Big Government Socialism Summary

Defeating Big Government Socialism 93%

Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.

by Newt Gingrich 2022

4.19

288 ratings

🗣️ Conservative Polemics 📈 Free Market Advocacy 🚫 Anti-Socialism 🏛️ Limited Government 📋 Bureaucratic Bloat

Lost in Thought

by Zena Hitz • 2020

The intellectual life as a secret refuge: why the best thinking happens far from ambition.

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💭 Life Of The Mind 🧘 Contemplative Life 📖 Defenses Of Reading ⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✝️ Christian Humanism

Lost in Thought 93%

The intellectual life as a secret refuge: why the best thinking happens far from ambition.

by Zena Hitz 2020

3.64

2k+ ratings

💭 Life Of The Mind 🧘 Contemplative Life 📖 Defenses Of Reading ⚖️ Virtue Ethics ✝️ Christian Humanism

Cynicism

by Ansgar Allen • 2014

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

3.71

146

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy 💬 Social Critique 🔄 Value Subversion

Cynicism 93%

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

by Ansgar Allen 2014

3.71

146 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy 💬 Social Critique 🔄 Value Subversion

Amusing Ourselves to Death

by Neil Postman • 1985

The real danger isn't censorship. It's a culture so entertained it forgets how to think.

4.17

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🏞️ Media Ecology 📰 Media Criticism 🗳️ Political Communication 📡 Medium Theory 👁️ Attention Economy

Amusing Ourselves to Death 93%

The real danger isn't censorship. It's a culture so entertained it forgets how to think.

by Neil Postman 1985

4.17

39k+ ratings

🏞️ Media Ecology 📰 Media Criticism 🗳️ Political Communication 📡 Medium Theory 👁️ Attention Economy

The New Vichy Syndrome

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2010

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

3.89

238

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism 📉 Demographic Decline 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

The New Vichy Syndrome 93%

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2010

3.89

238 ratings

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism 📉 Demographic Decline 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism

The Constitution of Knowledge

by Jonathan Rauch • 2021

Two invisible rules keep society tethered to reality. Both are being dismantled.

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🧠 Social Epistemology 🏛️ Liberal Tradition 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🎯 Cancel Culture

The Constitution of Knowledge 93%

Two invisible rules keep society tethered to reality. Both are being dismantled.

by Jonathan Rauch 2021

4.25

2k+ ratings

🧠 Social Epistemology 🏛️ Liberal Tradition 🔍 Cognitive Biases 📢 Disinformation 🎯 Cancel Culture

The Dying Citizen

by Victor Davis Hanson • 2021

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

4.35

2k+

🗽 American Citizenship 🏴 National Identity 📉 Middle Class Decline 🏢 Bureaucratic State 🎭 Identity Politics Critique

The Dying Citizen 93%

The four forces dismantling American citizenship are one crisis, each speeding the others.

by Victor Davis Hanson 2021

4.35

2k+ ratings

🗽 American Citizenship 🏴 National Identity 📉 Middle Class Decline 🏢 Bureaucratic State 🎭 Identity Politics Critique

Coming Apart

by Charles Murray • 2012

Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.

3.81

6k+

🧱 Class Divide 📉 Cultural Decline 🤝 Social Capital 🏛️ Elite Isolation ⛪ Secularization

Coming Apart 93%

Post-1963, the working class unraveled while a new elite sealed itself away.

by Charles Murray 2012

3.81

6k+ ratings

🧱 Class Divide 📉 Cultural Decline 🤝 Social Capital 🏛️ Elite Isolation ⛪ Secularization

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell • 2005

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

4.37

10k+

⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary

Black Rednecks and White Liberals 92%

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

by Thomas Sowell 2005

4.37

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

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