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Against the Web
by Michael Brooks • 2020
Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.
4.10
2k+
Against the Web Summary
Against the Web 91%
Internet 'free-thinkers' rebrand old defenses of hierarchy with pseudoscience and myth.
by Michael Brooks 2020
4.10
2k+ ratings
Main Currents Of Marxism
by Leszek Kołakowski • 2005
Marxism's own contradictions made authoritarianism inevitable, not an aberration.
4.25
455
Main Currents Of Marxism Summary
Main Currents Of Marxism 90%
Marxism's own contradictions made authoritarianism inevitable, not an aberration.
by Leszek Kołakowski 2005
4.25
455 ratings
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism
by Bertrand Russell • 1920
Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.
3.99
411
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism Summary
The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism 90%
Russell expected a workers' paradise. He found a religion enforced by secret police.
by Bertrand Russell 1920
3.99
411 ratings
Slavoj Zizek
by Tony Myers • 2003
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
3.82
266
Slavoj Zizek Summary
Slavoj Zizek 90%
Your cynicism isn't rebellion. According to Žižek, it's the purest form of ideology.
by Tony Myers 2003
3.82
266 ratings
Political Ideologies
by Andrew Heywood • 1992
Ideologies are flexible lenses that shape what you see as real, possible, and worth fighting for.
4.10
1k+
Political Ideologies Summary
Political Ideologies 90%
Ideologies are flexible lenses that shape what you see as real, possible, and worth fighting for.
by Andrew Heywood 1992
4.10
1k+ ratings
Trouble in Paradise
by Slavoj Žižek • 2014
Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.
3.73
1k+
Trouble in Paradise Summary
Trouble in Paradise 90%
Financial crises don't break capitalism. They renew it. The way out was buried on purpose.
by Slavoj Žižek 2014
3.73
1k+ ratings
Unhumans
by Jack Posobiec • 2024
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
3.99
1k+
Unhumans Summary
Unhumans 90%
The playbook that toppled societies from Robespierre to Mao is now targeting the West.
by Jack Posobiec 2024
3.99
1k+ ratings
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
by Ernesto Laclau • 1985
Consensus is a mirage. Conflict is ineradicable; any left project that forgets this fails.
3.82
1k+
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy 90%
Consensus is a mirage. Conflict is ineradicable; any left project that forgets this fails.
by Ernesto Laclau 1985
3.82
1k+ ratings
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt
by Peter Gratton • 2020
Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt Summary
The Bloomsbury Companion to Arendt 90%
Why totalitarianism aims to make humans unnecessary, and the public acts that can stop it.
by Peter Gratton 2020
How Propaganda Works
by Jason F. Stanley • 2015
How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.
3.59
859
How Propaganda Works Summary
How Propaganda Works 90%
How coded language and elite myths rig democratic debate, and why the educated fall hardest.
by Jason F. Stanley 2015
3.59
859 ratings
The Socialist Manifesto
by Bhaskar Sunkara • 2019
Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.
3.62
2k+
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto 90%
Capitalism was an accident, socialism a response. A history of what followed, and what comes next.
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019
3.62
2k+ ratings
How Fascism Works
by Jason F. Stanley • 2018
A philosopher isolates ten political tactics that turn democratic citizens into hostile tribes.
4.25
17k+
How Fascism Works Summary
How Fascism Works 90%
A philosopher isolates ten political tactics that turn democratic citizens into hostile tribes.
by Jason F. Stanley 2018
4.25
17k+ ratings
Madilog
by Tan Malaka • 1946
Reality is material. Contradiction drives change. Dialectical thinking for an occupied mind.
4.26
3k+
Madilog Summary
Madilog 90%
Reality is material. Contradiction drives change. Dialectical thinking for an occupied mind.
by Tan Malaka 1946
4.26
3k+ ratings
Contesting Democracy
by Jan-Werner Müller • 2006
It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.
4.00
159
Contesting Democracy Summary
Contesting Democracy 90%
It wasn't democracy versus its enemies. It was a fight over what 'democracy' actually meant.
by Jan-Werner Müller 2006
4.00
159 ratings
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism
by Wendy Brown • 2019
The right-wing populism unraveling democracy didn't defeat neoliberalism. It built it.
4.11
480
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism Summary
In the Ruins of Neoliberalism 90%
The right-wing populism unraveling democracy didn't defeat neoliberalism. It built it.
by Wendy Brown 2019
4.11
480 ratings
Race Marxism
by James Lindsay • 2022
Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.
4.23
364
Race Marxism Summary
Race Marxism 90%
Critical race theory is Marxism rebuilt around race, and its goal is not reform but revolution.
by James Lindsay 2022
4.23
364 ratings
Hayek's Bastards
by Quinn Slobodian • 2025
The far right didn't reject neoliberalism. It grew inside it, blending markets with race science.
4.07
718
Hayek's Bastards Summary
Hayek's Bastards 90%
The far right didn't reject neoliberalism. It grew inside it, blending markets with race science.
by Quinn Slobodian 2025
4.07
718 ratings
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
36
The Tyranny of Opinion Summary
The Tyranny of Opinion 90%
Conformity is eating liberalism from the inside, and censors don't all sit on the right.
by Russell Blackford 2018
3.92
36 ratings
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles
by Juan Donoso Cortés • 1851
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
4.13
135
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles Summary
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles 90%
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851
4.13
135 ratings
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista
by China Miéville • 2022
A novelist on the Communist Manifesto as a live spell and the moral case for class hatred.
3.97
1k+
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista Summary
Un espectro recorre el mundo. Sobre el Manifiesto comunista 90%
A novelist on the Communist Manifesto as a live spell and the moral case for class hatred.
by China Miéville 2022
3.97
1k+ ratings
The New Leviathans
by John Gray • 2023
Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.
3.42
980
The New Leviathans Summary
The New Leviathans 90%
Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.
by John Gray 2023
3.42
980 ratings
Karl Marx
by William D. Dennison • 2017
Marx's communism is Christianity minus God. A Reformed theologian reveals why the story cannot hold.
3.80
59
Karl Marx Summary
Karl Marx 89%
Marx's communism is Christianity minus God. A Reformed theologian reveals why the story cannot hold.
by William D. Dennison 2017
3.80
59 ratings
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings
by Karl Marx • 2005
History is class struggle, and the bourgeoisie forged the weapons now aimed at its own throat.
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2k+
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings Summary
The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings 89%
History is class struggle, and the bourgeoisie forged the weapons now aimed at its own throat.
by Karl Marx 2005
3.63
2k+ ratings
Marx
by Peter Singer • 1980
Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.
3.71
3k+
Marx Summary
Marx 89%
Why Marx's critique of capitalism still explains inequality, globalization, and the climate crisis.
by Peter Singer 1980
3.71
3k+ ratings
Shitbürgertum
by Ulf Poschardt • 2025
Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.
3.21
301
Shitbürgertum Summary
Shitbürgertum 89%
Moral posturing, language control, contempt for ambition: how a parasitic class captured Germany.
by Ulf Poschardt 2025
3.21
301 ratings
Why Liberalism Failed
by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
3.84
4k+
Why Liberalism Failed Summary
Why Liberalism Failed 89%
Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.
by Patrick J. Deneen 2018
3.84
4k+ ratings
Nordic Ideology
by Hanzi Freinacht • 2019
Out-liberate liberalism: a politics that rewires the hidden rules of everyday life.
4.46
142
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology 89%
Out-liberate liberalism: a politics that rewires the hidden rules of everyday life.
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019
4.46
142 ratings
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel • 1978
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
4.22
4k+
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless 89%
Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.
by Václav Havel 1978
4.22
4k+ ratings
Socialism
by Friedrich Engels • 1880
Socialism is not a dream: it is the scientific endpoint of capitalism's own contradictions.
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9k+
Socialism Summary
Socialism 89%
Socialism is not a dream: it is the scientific endpoint of capitalism's own contradictions.
by Friedrich Engels 1880
4.26
9k+ ratings
What Is to Be Done?
by Vladimir Lenin • 1902
Workers alone only win wage fights. A secret vanguard must bring revolutionary thought from outside.
4.11
6k+
What Is to Be Done? Summary
What Is to Be Done? 89%
Workers alone only win wage fights. A secret vanguard must bring revolutionary thought from outside.
by Vladimir Lenin 1902
4.11
6k+ ratings
Wars and Capital (Semiotext
by Éric Alliez • 2016
Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.
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29
Wars and Capital (Semiotext Summary
Wars and Capital (Semiotext 89%
Capitalism is a war system that uses markets, not an economic system that uses war.
by Éric Alliez 2016
3.93
29 ratings
Rise
by Brigitte Gabriel • 2018
Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.
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100
Rise Summary
Rise 89%
Radical Islam and the left share one project: dismantling the West. A former refugee's battle plan.
by Brigitte Gabriel 2018
4.31
100 ratings
The Case Against Socialism
by Rand Paul • 2019
Why socialism always ends in bread lines and body counts, from Venezuela to Mao's China.
4.18
1k+
The Case Against Socialism Summary
The Case Against Socialism 89%
Why socialism always ends in bread lines and body counts, from Venezuela to Mao's China.
by Rand Paul 2019
4.18
1k+ ratings
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy
by Karl Marx • 1846
History's engine is not ideas but the struggle over who controls the tools of survival.
4.13
5k+
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy Summary
The German Ideology / Theses on Feuerbach / Introduction to the Critique of Political Economy 89%
History's engine is not ideas but the struggle over who controls the tools of survival.
by Karl Marx 1846
4.13
5k+ ratings
The Ideological Brain
by Leor Zmigrod • 2025
Rigid minds make rigid ideologies, and the evidence is in the brain scans.
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597
The Ideological Brain Summary
The Ideological Brain 89%
Rigid minds make rigid ideologies, and the evidence is in the brain scans.
by Leor Zmigrod 2025
3.66
597 ratings
The Twilight of Common Dreams
by Todd Gitlin • 1995
The Left abandoned class for identity, and the Right took the country. An anatomy of surrender.
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53
The Twilight of Common Dreams Summary
The Twilight of Common Dreams 89%
The Left abandoned class for identity, and the Right took the country. An anatomy of surrender.
by Todd Gitlin 1995
3.43
53 ratings
The Rhetoric of Reaction
by Albert O. Hirschman • 1991
Every reactionary argument against progress falls into one of three patterns.
4.02
532
The Rhetoric of Reaction Summary
The Rhetoric of Reaction 89%
Every reactionary argument against progress falls into one of three patterns.
by Albert O. Hirschman 1991
4.02
532 ratings
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci • 1947
Why revolutions fail: a jailed Marxist argues the real fight is over culture and common sense.
4.21
5k+
Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks 89%
Why revolutions fail: a jailed Marxist argues the real fight is over culture and common sense.
by Antonio Gramsci 1947
4.21
5k+ ratings
How Woke Won
by Joanna Williams • 2022
Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.
4.09
175
How Woke Won Summary
How Woke Won 89%
Woke ideology was not a grassroots uprising: it was imposed from above to divide and control.
by Joanna Williams 2022
4.09
175 ratings
Capitalism Unbound
by Andrew Bernstein • 2009
Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.
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50
Capitalism Unbound Summary
Capitalism Unbound 89%
Before capitalism, life expectancy was under 35. The moral case for freedom starts with that number.
by Andrew Bernstein 2009
4.36
50 ratings
How to Change the World
by Eric J. Hobsbawm • 2011
The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.
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988
How to Change the World Summary
How to Change the World 89%
The regimes that claimed Marx fell. After 2008, his analysis of capitalism became inescapable again.
by Eric J. Hobsbawm 2011
3.88
988 ratings
Capitalist Realism
by Mark Fisher • 2009
Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.
4.21
41k+
Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism 89%
Capitalism won by making its alternatives unthinkable, and its dysfunctions feel like facts of life.
by Mark Fisher 2009
4.21
41k+ ratings
How to Stop Fascism
by Paul Mason • 2021
The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.
4.05
390
How to Stop Fascism Summary
How to Stop Fascism 89%
The antifascist playbook, updated for an era of online radicalization and cascading global crises.
by Paul Mason 2021
4.05
390 ratings
The Dark Enlightenment
by Nick Land • 2012
Democracy is not a broken system; it is a self-destructive engine that devours civilization.
3.26
733
The Dark Enlightenment Summary
The Dark Enlightenment 89%
Democracy is not a broken system; it is a self-destructive engine that devours civilization.
by Nick Land 2012
3.26
733 ratings
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama • 2022
Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.
3.90
3k+
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents 89%
Liberalism's enemies on left and right agree on one thing. Neither has a workable replacement.
by Francis Fukuyama 2022
3.90
3k+ ratings
Archaeologies of the Future
by Fredric Jameson • 2005
Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.
4.04
596
Archaeologies of the Future Summary
Archaeologies of the Future 89%
Utopia's function is not to predict the future but to prove the present is not inevitable.
by Fredric Jameson 2005
4.04
596 ratings
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
by Nancy Fraser • 2019
Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.
3.93
1k+
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born Summary
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born 89%
Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.
by Nancy Fraser 2019
3.93
1k+ ratings
Doppelganger
by Naomi Klein • 2023
Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.
4.19
37k+
Doppelganger Summary
Doppelganger 89%
Mistaken for her alt-right double, a leftist author maps the mirror world devouring our politics.
by Naomi Klein 2023
4.19
37k+ ratings
Agonistics
by Chantal Mouffe • 2013
Consensus is the liberal dream. Real democracy thrives on adversaries and a good fight.
3.87
351
Agonistics Summary
Agonistics 89%
Consensus is the liberal dream. Real democracy thrives on adversaries and a good fight.
by Chantal Mouffe 2013
3.87
351 ratings
Defeating Big Government Socialism
by Newt Gingrich • 2022
Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.
4.19
288
Defeating Big Government Socialism Summary
Defeating Big Government Socialism 89%
Bureaucratic socialism hollowed out America; reclaiming it takes history, civility, a long fight.
by Newt Gingrich 2022
4.19
288 ratings
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