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Dialectic of Enlightenment Summary
Dialectic of Enlightenment
Philosophical Fragments
by Max Horkheimer 1947 304 pages
4.11
7.9K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Sociology
The Least of All Possible Evils Summary
The Least of All Possible Evils
Humanitarian Violence from Arendt to Gaza
by Eyal Weizman 2012 208 pages
4.20
209 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Is It Ever Just Sex? Summary
Is It Ever Just Sex?
by Darian Leader 2023 284 pages
3.52
265 ratings
Psychology
Sexuality
Psychoanalysis
Socialism Summary
Socialism
Utopian and Scientific
by Friedrich Engels 1880 86 pages
4.24
7.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
Essential Works of Lenin Summary
Essential Works of Lenin
"What Is to Be Done?" and Other Writings
by Vladimir Lenin 1964 400 pages
4.10
711 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Being And Event Summary
Being And Event
by Alain Badiou 1988 560 pages
4.02
1.1K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Mathematics
Persuasive Games Summary
Persuasive Games
The Expressive Power of Videogames
by Ian Bogost 2007 450 pages
3.84
353 ratings
Games
Game Design
Video Games
Flatline Constructs Summary
Flatline Constructs
Gothic Materialism and Cybernetic Theory-Fiction
by Mark Fisher 2018 212 pages
4.12
272 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
The Numbers Game Summary
The Numbers Game
The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life
by Michael Blastland 2008 210 pages
3.65
339 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Economics
Passwords Summary
Passwords
by Jean Baudrillard 2000 120 pages
3.74
389 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Hatred of Democracy Summary
Hatred of Democracy
by Jacques Rancière 2005 106 pages
3.71
930 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Practical Anarchism Summary
Practical Anarchism
A Guide for Daily Life
by Shuli Branson 2022 192 pages
4.04
223 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Philosophy
Archaeologies of the Future Summary
Archaeologies of the Future
The Desire Called Utopia and Other Science Fictions
by Fredric Jameson 2005 448 pages
4.04
578 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Utopia
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born Summary
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
From Progressive Neoliberalism to Trump and Beyond
by Nancy Fraser 2019 63 pages
3.94
1.0K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
The Man Without Content Summary
The Man Without Content
by Giorgio Agamben 1970 144 pages
4.16
365 ratings
Philosophy
Art
Theory
Understanding Socialism Summary
Understanding Socialism
by Richard D. Wolff 2019 150 pages
4.01
573 ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Demanding the Impossible Summary
Demanding the Impossible
A History of Anarchism
by Peter H. Marshall 1992 767 pages
4.12
1.1K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Democracy at Work Summary
Democracy at Work
A Cure for Capitalism
by Richard D. Wolff 2012 220 pages
3.95
1.7K ratings
Economics
Politics
Philosophy
Extrastatecraft Summary
Extrastatecraft
The Power of Infrastructure Space
by Keller Easterling 2014 252 pages
3.70
383 ratings
Architecture
Politics
Theory
Methodology of the Oppressed Summary
Methodology of the Oppressed
by Chela Sandoval 2000 232 pages
4.14
409 ratings
Feminism
Theory
Academic
A People's Guide to Capitalism Summary
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
by Hadas Thier 2018 300 pages
4.30
1.2K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
The Dialectical Imagination Summary
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
by Martin Jay 1973 420 pages
4.08
409 ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
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