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Agonistics Summary
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The Mass Psychology of Fascism Summary
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Radical Inclusion Summary
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The Embodied Mind Summary
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What Is Property? Summary
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Manufacturing Consent Summary
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Noam Chomsky and the Media
by Mark Achbar 1994 264 pages
4.4
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Dialogism Summary
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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State Summary
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by Friedrich Engels 2001 220 pages
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Che Guevara Reader Summary
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355 ratings
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Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust Summary
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by John Henrik Clarke 1994 131 pages
4.45
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Captains Of Consciousness Summary
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Elite Capture Summary
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How to Change the World Summary
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3.88
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Our Lives in Their Portfolios Summary
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4.01
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In the Dust of This Planet Summary
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Hayek's Bastards Summary
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4.07
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The Wages of Whiteness Summary
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3.99
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Aesthetics of Excess Summary
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4.21
39 ratings
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Oligarchy Summary
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by Jeffrey A. Winters 2011 344 pages
4.3
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Debunking Economics Summary
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4.04
820 ratings
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The Translator's Invisibility Summary
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by Lawrence Venuti 1994 368 pages
3.79
272 ratings
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Progressivism Summary
Progressivism
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by Walter Nugent 2009 160 pages
3.5
123 ratings
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The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism Summary
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by Daniel Bell 1996 363 pages
3.83
301 ratings
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Abolition Of White Democracy Summary
Abolition Of White Democracy
by Joel Olson 2004 230 pages
4.38
117 ratings
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The Capital Order Summary
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4.31
489 ratings
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The Acquisitive Society Summary
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4.09
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The Age of Choice Summary
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On Settler Colonialism Summary
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3.99
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The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere Summary
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An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Society
by Jürgen Habermas 1991 301 pages
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The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism Summary
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4.27
186 ratings
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In the Ruins of Neoliberalism Summary
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
The Rise of Antidemocratic Politics in the West
by Wendy Brown 2019 264 pages
4.11
473 ratings
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The Authoritarian Personality Summary
The Authoritarian Personality
by Theodor W. Adorno 1993 976 pages
3.8
385 ratings
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The Power of Market Fundamentalism Summary
The Power of Market Fundamentalism
Karl Polanyi's Critique
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4.34
67 ratings
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Feminist Theory Summary
Feminist Theory
From Margin to Center
by bell hooks 1984 174 pages
4.45
9.1K ratings
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