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Socrate au pays des process

av Julia Funès (de) • 2017

Your job replaced thinking with process and meaning with metrics. Philosophers saw it coming.

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🏢 Corporate Culture 🏛️ Workplace Philosophy 🧠 Applied Philosophy 💼 Meaning At Work 🎭 Cultural Criticism

Socrate au pays des process

Your job replaced thinking with process and meaning with metrics. Philosophers saw it coming.

av Julia Funès (de) 2017 112 sidor

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🏢 Corporate Culture 🏛️ Workplace Philosophy 🧠 Applied Philosophy 💼 Meaning At Work 🎭 Cultural Criticism

The Myth of Santa Fe

av Chris Wilson • 1997

Santa Fe's adobe charm is a twentieth-century invention, built to attract tourists and new money.

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🏙️ Urban Identity 🧳 Tourism Economies 🎭 Invented Traditions 🏛️ Historic Preservation 🤝 Cultural Hybridity

The Myth of Santa Fe

Santa Fe's adobe charm is a twentieth-century invention, built to attract tourists and new money.

av Chris Wilson 1997 420 sidor

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🏙️ Urban Identity 🧳 Tourism Economies 🎭 Invented Traditions 🏛️ Historic Preservation 🤝 Cultural Hybridity

El Hombre Light

av Enrique Rojas • 1992

When everything is permitted and nothing matters, a new kind of person emerges: informed and hollow.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🧭 Moral Psychology 🛒 Consumerism Critique 🕳️ Existential Emptiness 📺 Media Critique

El Hombre Light

When everything is permitted and nothing matters, a new kind of person emerges: informed and hollow.

av Enrique Rojas 1992 192 sidor

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🧭 Moral Psychology 🛒 Consumerism Critique 🕳️ Existential Emptiness 📺 Media Critique

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan

av Shoba Narayan • 2018

She went to India for her roots and found them in a milk vendor's cowshed.

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🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇳 Modern India 🐄 Human-Animal Bond 🪷 Cultural Identity ⚖️ Caste System

The Cows of Bangalore [Paperback] Shoba Narayan

She went to India for her roots and found them in a milk vendor's cowshed.

av Shoba Narayan 2018 352 sidor

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🗽 Immigrant Memoir 🇮🇳 Modern India 🐄 Human-Animal Bond 🪷 Cultural Identity ⚖️ Caste System

Kicksology

av Brian Metzler • 2019

The shoe that boosted marathon speed by four percent and launched an industry arms race.

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🏃 Running Culture 👟 Sneaker Culture 💼 Sports Business 🔬 Sports Technology ✏️ Product Design

Kicksology

The shoe that boosted marathon speed by four percent and launched an industry arms race.

av Brian Metzler 2019 274 sidor

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🏃 Running Culture 👟 Sneaker Culture 💼 Sports Business 🔬 Sports Technology ✏️ Product Design

Individualism and Commitment in American Life

av Robert N. Bellah • 1989

America built its democracy on shared moral traditions. Then it built a culture that erased them.

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🏛️ Civic Republicanism 🤝 Civil Society 👥 Communitarianism 🧩 Self And Society 🛋️ Therapeutic Culture

Individualism and Commitment in American Life

America built its democracy on shared moral traditions. Then it built a culture that erased them.

av Robert N. Bellah 1989 486 sidor

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🏛️ Civic Republicanism 🤝 Civil Society 👥 Communitarianism 🧩 Self And Society 🛋️ Therapeutic Culture

Race and Racism

av Pierre L. van den Berghe • 1967

Two regimes of race relations: one intimate, one competitive. The economic logic behind the change.

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🌍 Race Relations 🧬 Race As Social Construct 🔬 Comparative Sociology 🧩 Plural Society Theory 🏛️ Paternalism And Race

Race and Racism

Two regimes of race relations: one intimate, one competitive. The economic logic behind the change.

av Pierre L. van den Berghe 1967 169 sidor

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🌍 Race Relations 🧬 Race As Social Construct 🔬 Comparative Sociology 🧩 Plural Society Theory 🏛️ Paternalism And Race

Intercultural Marriage

av Dugan Romano • 1988

Why love isn't enough when you marry across cultures, and the framework for making it work.

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🌍 Intercultural Marriage 😵 Culture Shock ✈️ Expatriate Life 🧠 Cross-Cultural Values 🧒 Bicultural Children

Intercultural Marriage

Why love isn't enough when you marry across cultures, and the framework for making it work.

av Dugan Romano 1988 250 sidor

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🌍 Intercultural Marriage 😵 Culture Shock ✈️ Expatriate Life 🧠 Cross-Cultural Values 🧒 Bicultural Children

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

av Lyse Doucet • 2025

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

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🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory 👥 People's History 🎤 War Reportage

The Finest Hotel in Kabul

One Kabul hotel, open since 1969: kings, communists, warlords, the Taliban. The staff never left.

av Lyse Doucet 2025 420 sidor

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🏛️ Afghan History 🕌 Middle East Politics 🔍 Microhistory 👥 People's History 🎤 War Reportage

American Exceptionalism

av Deborah L. Madsen • 1998

How a Puritan theology of chosenness became the alibi for a continent's conquest and distant wars.

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🇺🇸 American Studies 🗺️ Manifest Destiny ✊ Counter-Narratives ⛪ Political Theology 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

American Exceptionalism

How a Puritan theology of chosenness became the alibi for a continent's conquest and distant wars.

av Deborah L. Madsen 1998

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🇺🇸 American Studies 🗺️ Manifest Destiny ✊ Counter-Narratives ⛪ Political Theology 🌍 Postcolonial Theory

North from Mexico

av Carey McWilliams • 1969

The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.

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🏜️ Chicano History 🗺️ Borderlands History 👷 Labor Migration ⚖️ Systemic Discrimination ⚔️ Conquest And Colonization

North from Mexico

The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.

av Carey McWilliams 1969 372 sidor

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🏜️ Chicano History 🗺️ Borderlands History 👷 Labor Migration ⚖️ Systemic Discrimination ⚔️ Conquest And Colonization

Indians and English

av Karen Ordahl Kupperman • 2000

Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.

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🇺🇸 Early American History ⚓ Colonial Encounters 📜 Ethnohistory 🏹 Native Agency 🌊 Atlantic World

Indians and English

Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.

av Karen Ordahl Kupperman 2000 320 sidor

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🇺🇸 Early American History ⚓ Colonial Encounters 📜 Ethnohistory 🏹 Native Agency 🌊 Atlantic World

Travels with Charley

av John Steinbeck • 1961

At 58, Steinbeck set out with his poodle to find the America his memory had lost.

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🛣️ American Road Trips 📖 Literary Travelogues 🏔️ Aging And Adventure 🐕 Canine Companions 🕰️ Nostalgia And Change

Travels with Charley

At 58, Steinbeck set out with his poodle to find the America his memory had lost.

av John Steinbeck 1961 214 sidor

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🛣️ American Road Trips 📖 Literary Travelogues 🏔️ Aging And Adventure 🐕 Canine Companions 🕰️ Nostalgia And Change

Asymmetric Politics

av Matt Grossmann • 2016

Republicans push ideology. Democrats serve groups. The mismatch broke American politics.

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🗳️ Party Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization 🐘 Conservative Movement 📡 Media Ecosystems

Asymmetric Politics

Republicans push ideology. Democrats serve groups. The mismatch broke American politics.

av Matt Grossmann 2016 414 sidor

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🗳️ Party Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics ⚖️ Political Polarization 🐘 Conservative Movement 📡 Media Ecosystems

The Economist Guide to Organisation Design

av Naomi Stanford • 2015

Stop redrawing the org chart. Organization design aligns strategy, people, and culture to deliver.

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🏗️ Organization Design 🔄 Organizational Change 🧩 Systems Thinking 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🌊 Adaptive Organizations

The Economist Guide to Organisation Design

Stop redrawing the org chart. Organization design aligns strategy, people, and culture to deliver.

av Naomi Stanford 2015 351 sidor

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🏗️ Organization Design 🔄 Organizational Change 🧩 Systems Thinking 🏛️ Organizational Culture 🌊 Adaptive Organizations

The Age of Choice

av Sophia Rosenfeld • 2025

Choice became freedom only recently. The history reveals why more options leave us less free.

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🧠 Intellectual History 🗽 History Of Freedom 🛍️ History Of Consumerism 🧍 Modern Individualism 🏛️ Modern Liberalism

The Age of Choice

Choice became freedom only recently. The history reveals why more options leave us less free.

av Sophia Rosenfeld 2025 480 sidor

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🧠 Intellectual History 🗽 History Of Freedom 🛍️ History Of Consumerism 🧍 Modern Individualism 🏛️ Modern Liberalism

Us Against Them

av Donald R. Kinder • 2009

An instinct to split the world into us and them shapes nearly every American political opinion.

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🧠 Political Psychology 📊 Public Opinion 👥 Intergroup Relations 🎯 In-Group Bias 🔍 Prejudice Research

Us Against Them

An instinct to split the world into us and them shapes nearly every American political opinion.

av Donald R. Kinder 2009 354 sidor

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🧠 Political Psychology 📊 Public Opinion 👥 Intergroup Relations 🎯 In-Group Bias 🔍 Prejudice Research

The Pursuit of Loneliness

av Philip Slater • 1970

America chose self-reliance. It got loneliness, and the hidden need for others is turning to rage.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 American Culture 🏚️ Social Alienation 🧍 Individualism Critique ⚙️ Technological Critique

The Pursuit of Loneliness

America chose self-reliance. It got loneliness, and the hidden need for others is turning to rage.

av Philip Slater 1970 208 sidor

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 American Culture 🏚️ Social Alienation 🧍 Individualism Critique ⚙️ Technological Critique

The Nationalist Revival

av John B. Judis • 2018

Nationalism never disappeared. Globalization just pretended it had, and the revolt was inevitable.

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🏴 Political Nationalism 🌐 Globalization Backlash 🗳️ Populist Movements 🚪 Immigration Politics 🇪🇺 Euroskepticism

The Nationalist Revival

Nationalism never disappeared. Globalization just pretended it had, and the revolt was inevitable.

av John B. Judis 2018 158 sidor

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🏴 Political Nationalism 🌐 Globalization Backlash 🗳️ Populist Movements 🚪 Immigration Politics 🇪🇺 Euroskepticism

The Ruling Race

av James Oakes • 1982

They weren't aristocrats. Restless hunger for land and slaves pushed the South to secession.

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🏛️ Antebellum South ⛓️ American Slavery 👔 Planter Class 📊 Economic History 🚂 Westward Expansion

The Ruling Race

They weren't aristocrats. Restless hunger for land and slaves pushed the South to secession.

av James Oakes 1982 307 sidor

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🏛️ Antebellum South ⛓️ American Slavery 👔 Planter Class 📊 Economic History 🚂 Westward Expansion

Management in India

av Rahul Goyal • 2012

Coding got you promoted. Leading in Indian tech demands a cultural playbook, not a Western one.

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🕌 Indian Business Culture 🛠️ Frugal Innovation 🎯 Accidental Managers 🧘 Spirituality In Business 🌍 Managing Diversity

Management in India

Coding got you promoted. Leading in Indian tech demands a cultural playbook, not a Western one.

av Rahul Goyal 2012 328 sidor

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🕌 Indian Business Culture 🛠️ Frugal Innovation 🎯 Accidental Managers 🧘 Spirituality In Business 🌍 Managing Diversity

Someday, Maybe

av Onyi Nwabineli • 2022

After her husband's suicide, Eve must endure his mother's blame and an unexpected pregnancy.

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💔 Suicide Aftermath 🖤 Sudden Widowhood ⚔️ Mother-In-Law Tension ❤️ Chosen Family 🎨 Healing Through Art

Someday, Maybe

After her husband's suicide, Eve must endure his mother's blame and an unexpected pregnancy.

av Onyi Nwabineli 2022 342 sidor

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💔 Suicide Aftermath 🖤 Sudden Widowhood ⚔️ Mother-In-Law Tension ❤️ Chosen Family 🎨 Healing Through Art

You Are Not Your Own

av Alan Noble • 2021

Modern life promised you freedom and handed you exhaustion. The diagnosis goes deeper than burnout.

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⛪ Reformed Theology 🏙️ Cultural Criticism 👤 Theological Anthropology 🪞 Modern Individualism 🔥 Burnout Culture

You Are Not Your Own

Modern life promised you freedom and handed you exhaustion. The diagnosis goes deeper than burnout.

av Alan Noble 2021 232 sidor

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⛪ Reformed Theology 🏙️ Cultural Criticism 👤 Theological Anthropology 🪞 Modern Individualism 🔥 Burnout Culture

The Curse of God

av Harris Sultan • 2018

Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.

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🗣️ Ex-Muslim Voices ⚛️ New Atheism ☪️ Islamic Theology 😈 Problem Of Evil ⚖️ Secular Morality

The Curse of God

Predatory prophet, flawed scripture, impossible god: an ex-Muslim states the case against Islam.

av Harris Sultan 2018 250 sidor

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🗣️ Ex-Muslim Voices ⚛️ New Atheism ☪️ Islamic Theology 😈 Problem Of Evil ⚖️ Secular Morality

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy

av William G. Howell • 2020

The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.

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🇺🇸 American Politics 📢 Populism 📜 Constitutional Reform 🏛️ Presidential Power 🏢 Congressional Dysfunction

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy

The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.

av William G. Howell 2020 256 sidor

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🇺🇸 American Politics 📢 Populism 📜 Constitutional Reform 🏛️ Presidential Power 🏢 Congressional Dysfunction

Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies

av Benjamin M. Studebaker • 2024

Democracies survive today not by solving problems but by multiplying stories about why they can't.

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🏛️ Democratic Legitimacy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📖 Critical Theory 😞 Political Despair ⚙️ State Capacity

Legitimacy in Liberal Democracies

Democracies survive today not by solving problems but by multiplying stories about why they can't.

av Benjamin M. Studebaker 2024 208 sidor

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🏛️ Democratic Legitimacy 🗳️ Liberal Democracy 📖 Critical Theory 😞 Political Despair ⚙️ State Capacity

NAGOMI

av Ken Mogi • 2024

Japan's philosophy for whole living: acceptance plus creativity, mixed daily until life tastes right

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🎋 Japanese Philosophy 🍱 Cultural Wisdom ⚖️ Balance And Harmony 🧘 Acceptance Practice 🌿 Holistic Well-Being

NAGOMI

Japan's philosophy for whole living: acceptance plus creativity, mixed daily until life tastes right

av Ken Mogi 2024

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🎋 Japanese Philosophy 🍱 Cultural Wisdom ⚖️ Balance And Harmony 🧘 Acceptance Practice 🌿 Holistic Well-Being

Party of One

av Anneli Rufus • 2003

Your preference for solitude isn't a disorder. Society just needs you to believe it is.

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🫂 Solitude And Society 🔇 Introversion Advocacy 🧬 Temperament Psychology 🎨 Creative Solitude 📺 Cultural Criticism

Party of One

Your preference for solitude isn't a disorder. Society just needs you to believe it is.

av Anneli Rufus 2003 286 sidor

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🫂 Solitude And Society 🔇 Introversion Advocacy 🧬 Temperament Psychology 🎨 Creative Solitude 📺 Cultural Criticism

Lynching and Leisure

av Terry Anne Scott • 2022

Lynching was entertainment, complete with chartered trains, souvenir bones, and Sunday sightseers.

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📜 Jim Crow Era 🩸 Racial Terror 🎪 Public Spectacle 👻 White Supremacy 🏭 Racial Capitalism

Lynching and Leisure

Lynching was entertainment, complete with chartered trains, souvenir bones, and Sunday sightseers.

av Terry Anne Scott 2022 394 sidor

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📜 Jim Crow Era 🩸 Racial Terror 🎪 Public Spectacle 👻 White Supremacy 🏭 Racial Capitalism

American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion

av John D. Wilsey • 2015

The belief that God chose America has fueled conquest, racism, and self-delusion. An honest history.

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🏛️ Civil Religion 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⛪ Religion And Politics 📜 Political Theology

American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion

The belief that God chose America has fueled conquest, racism, and self-delusion. An honest history.

av John D. Wilsey 2015 263 sidor

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🏛️ Civil Religion 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⛪ Religion And Politics 📜 Political Theology

Non-Verbal Communication

av Phillip Roy • 2012

The silent signals that decide if you get the job, the sale, or the date.

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🤫 Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Interpersonal Skills 🌍 Cultural Sensitivity 📈 Career Development 👂 Active Listening

Non-Verbal Communication

The silent signals that decide if you get the job, the sale, or the date.

av Phillip Roy 2012 16 sidor

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🤫 Nonverbal Communication 🤝 Interpersonal Skills 🌍 Cultural Sensitivity 📈 Career Development 👂 Active Listening

Kings or People

av Reinhard Bendix • 1978

Sacred kingship fell. Some nations got parliaments, others commissars. The 2,500-year story of why.

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🏛️ Comparative History 🏗️ State Formation 👑 Political Legitimacy 📊 Historical Sociology ⚔️ Feudal Systems

Kings or People

Sacred kingship fell. Some nations got parliaments, others commissars. The 2,500-year story of why.

av Reinhard Bendix 1978 704 sidor

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🏛️ Comparative History 🏗️ State Formation 👑 Political Legitimacy 📊 Historical Sociology ⚔️ Feudal Systems

The Future of Liberalism

av Alan Wolfe • 2009

Why liberalism owns modernity's past and future, and why its defenders need to stop apologizing.

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🗽 Liberal Tradition 📜 Intellectual History 🛡️ Defense Of Liberalism ⚖️ Rule Of Law ⛪ Church And State

The Future of Liberalism

Why liberalism owns modernity's past and future, and why its defenders need to stop apologizing.

av Alan Wolfe 2009 352 sidor

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🗽 Liberal Tradition 📜 Intellectual History 🛡️ Defense Of Liberalism ⚖️ Rule Of Law ⛪ Church And State

Your Intercultural Marriage

av Marla Alupoaicei • 2009

Married across cultures? The clashes are coming. Here is how to make them strengthen your marriage.

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🫂 Intercultural Marriage ⛪ Christian Marriage ✝️ Christian Living 👨‍👩‍👧 Bicultural Parenting 🧠 Cultural Sensitivity

Your Intercultural Marriage

Married across cultures? The clashes are coming. Here is how to make them strengthen your marriage.

av Marla Alupoaicei 2009 224 sidor

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🫂 Intercultural Marriage ⛪ Christian Marriage ✝️ Christian Living 👨‍👩‍👧 Bicultural Parenting 🧠 Cultural Sensitivity

Vote for US

av Joshua A. Douglas • 2019

How to fix American elections from the ground up, with reforms that are already winning.

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🗳️ Elections And Voting ✊ Voting Rights 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 💰 Campaign Finance Reform 📊 Ranked Choice Voting

Vote for US

How to fix American elections from the ground up, with reforms that are already winning.

av Joshua A. Douglas 2019 352 sidor

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🗳️ Elections And Voting ✊ Voting Rights 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 💰 Campaign Finance Reform 📊 Ranked Choice Voting

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth

av Benjamin M. Friedman • 2005

Why tolerance and democracy depend on a growing economy, and why stagnation turns societies inward.

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📜 Economic History ⚖️ Moral Economy 🏛️ Political Economy 🕊️ Prosperity And Tolerance 📉 Stagnation And Decline

The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth

Why tolerance and democracy depend on a growing economy, and why stagnation turns societies inward.

av Benjamin M. Friedman 2005 592 sidor

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📜 Economic History ⚖️ Moral Economy 🏛️ Political Economy 🕊️ Prosperity And Tolerance 📉 Stagnation And Decline

Audience of One

av James Poniewozik • 2019

Television didn't just cover Trump. It created him, and the presidency became its season finale.

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📺 Media Criticism 🏛️ Presidential Politics ⚔️ American Culture Wars 🖥️ Reality Television 📼 Nostalgia Politics

Audience of One

Television didn't just cover Trump. It created him, and the presidency became its season finale.

av James Poniewozik 2019 304 sidor

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📺 Media Criticism 🏛️ Presidential Politics ⚔️ American Culture Wars 🖥️ Reality Television 📼 Nostalgia Politics

After Utopia

av Judith N. Shklar • 1970

When political faith collapsed, every tradition fell into its own fatalism. Theory never recovered.

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🏛️ Political Theory 📜 Intellectual History 🌑 Cultural Pessimism 🧠 Critique Of Rationalism 🏭 Modern Alienation

After Utopia

When political faith collapsed, every tradition fell into its own fatalism. Theory never recovered.

av Judith N. Shklar 1970 309 sidor

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🏛️ Political Theory 📜 Intellectual History 🌑 Cultural Pessimism 🧠 Critique Of Rationalism 🏭 Modern Alienation

Sufi Political Thought

av Milad Milani • 2019

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam 👑 Religious Authority 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

Sufi Political Thought

Sufi mystics were never removed from power. They built it, legitimized it, and sometimes seized it.

av Milad Milani 2019 158 sidor

🕌 Mystical Islam 🌀 Sufi Orders 🏛️ Political Islam 👑 Religious Authority 🤝 Interfaith Dialogue

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence

av Peter Mayle • 2019

A rainy detour, a brothel lodging, and 25 years of rosé mornings in Provence.

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🌻 Southern France 🌍 Expat Memoirs 🥖 French Culture 🍷 Food And Wine 🏘️ Village Life

My Twenty-Five Years in Provence

A rainy detour, a brothel lodging, and 25 years of rosé mornings in Provence.

av Peter Mayle 2019 192 sidor

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🌻 Southern France 🌍 Expat Memoirs 🥖 French Culture 🍷 Food And Wine 🏘️ Village Life

Symbolic Misery, Volume 1

av Bernard Stiegler • 2014

Industry has seized control of our shared symbols, destroying desire, community, and the self.

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🕹️ Control Societies 💔 Libidinal Economy 🧬 Biopolitics 🎭 Aesthetics And Politics 📚 Continental Philosophy

Symbolic Misery, Volume 1

Industry has seized control of our shared symbols, destroying desire, community, and the self.

av Bernard Stiegler 2014 128 sidor

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🕹️ Control Societies 💔 Libidinal Economy 🧬 Biopolitics 🎭 Aesthetics And Politics 📚 Continental Philosophy

Children of the Days

av Eduardo Galeano • 2012

A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.

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🕵️ Hidden Histories 🏴 Decolonial Thought ✊ Stories Of Resistance 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🧶 Collective Memory

Children of the Days

A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.

av Eduardo Galeano 2012 423 sidor

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🕵️ Hidden Histories 🏴 Decolonial Thought ✊ Stories Of Resistance 🌿 Indigenous Wisdom 🧶 Collective Memory

African American Herbalism

av Lucretia VanDyke • 2023

Black herbal tradition, erased from textbooks: rootwork, spiritual baths, kitchen remedies.

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🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Folk Healing 🖤 Black Folk Medicine 🏚️ Southern Folkways 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

African American Herbalism

Black herbal tradition, erased from textbooks: rootwork, spiritual baths, kitchen remedies.

av Lucretia VanDyke 2023 200 sidor

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🪴 Herbal Medicine 🌿 Folk Healing 🖤 Black Folk Medicine 🏚️ Southern Folkways 🕯️ Ancestral Healing

The War Against the Past

av Frank Furedi • 2024

A civilization that condemns its own past has already started to dismantle itself.

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🥊 Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🧠 Collective Memory 🏛️ Western Civilization 📜 Uses Of History

The War Against the Past

A civilization that condemns its own past has already started to dismantle itself.

av Frank Furedi 2024 272 sidor

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🥊 Culture Wars 🎭 Identity Politics 🧠 Collective Memory 🏛️ Western Civilization 📜 Uses Of History

There's No Going Back

av David M. Stewart • 2025

Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.

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🎬 Independent Cinema 🎥 Director Biographies 🎵 Music In Film 🎨 Artist Biographies ✊ Film And Activism

There's No Going Back

Punk rock, Haitian activism, and radical trust: how a Corman pupil built an unlikely Oscar career.

av David M. Stewart 2025 280 sidor

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🎬 Independent Cinema 🎥 Director Biographies 🎵 Music In Film 🎨 Artist Biographies ✊ Film And Activism

Echo Chamber

av Kathleen Hall Jamieson • 2008

Three outlets, one ideology, and a shared strategy for keeping their audience inside the walls.

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📡 Media Ecosystems ↔️ Political Polarization 🐘 Conservative Media 📺 Media Effects 🔍 Selective Exposure

Echo Chamber

Three outlets, one ideology, and a shared strategy for keeping their audience inside the walls.

av Kathleen Hall Jamieson 2008 320 sidor

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📡 Media Ecosystems ↔️ Political Polarization 🐘 Conservative Media 📺 Media Effects 🔍 Selective Exposure

A Little History of Literature

av John Sutherland • 2013

Myths, money, and modernism: how literature got from campfire tales to your e-reader.

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📚 Literary History 🗣️ Storytelling Traditions 🏛️ Western Canon ⚖️ Literature And Society ✍️ Author Studies

A Little History of Literature

Myths, money, and modernism: how literature got from campfire tales to your e-reader.

av John Sutherland 2013 276 sidor

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📚 Literary History 🗣️ Storytelling Traditions 🏛️ Western Canon ⚖️ Literature And Society ✍️ Author Studies

Trust and Market Institutions in Africa

av Kingsley Obi Omeihe • 2023

Why Africa's entrepreneurs lean on chiefs, imams, and cousins instead of contracts.

🌍 African Enterprise 📊 Institutional Economics 🤝 Trust And Business 🏛️ Indigenous Institutions 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kinship Networks

Trust and Market Institutions in Africa

Why Africa's entrepreneurs lean on chiefs, imams, and cousins instead of contracts.

av Kingsley Obi Omeihe 2023 224 sidor

🌍 African Enterprise 📊 Institutional Economics 🤝 Trust And Business 🏛️ Indigenous Institutions 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Kinship Networks

Lectures on Calvinism

av Abraham Kuyper • 1932

The engine behind modern democracy, science, and art? Calvinism, not secularism.

4.06

1 000+

📜 Calvinism 🛐 Reformed Theology 🌐 Worldview Studies 🏛️ Cultural Engagement 👑 Divine Sovereignty

Lectures on Calvinism

The engine behind modern democracy, science, and art? Calvinism, not secularism.

av Abraham Kuyper 1932 200 sidor

4.06

1 000+ betyg

📜 Calvinism 🛐 Reformed Theology 🌐 Worldview Studies 🏛️ Cultural Engagement 👑 Divine Sovereignty

The Taste of Conquest

av Michael Krondl • 2007

Nutmeg once outweighed gold. Three cities chased it across oceans and dragged the world behind them.

3.75

500+

🌶️ Spice Trade 🍖 Medieval Cuisine ⛵ Age Of Exploration 📦 Commodity Histories 👑 Food And Empire

The Taste of Conquest

Nutmeg once outweighed gold. Three cities chased it across oceans and dragged the world behind them.

av Michael Krondl 2007 320 sidor

3.75

500+ betyg

🌶️ Spice Trade 🍖 Medieval Cuisine ⛵ Age Of Exploration 📦 Commodity Histories 👑 Food And Empire

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