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👑 Temporal Power

Stories and analyses of worldly political authority — especially as it clashes with spiritual or moral claims to legitimacy.
Pontifex Maximus
by Christopher Lascelles • 2017
The papacy's claim to divine authority is shaky; its real story is power, corruption, and scandal.
3.93
140
⛪ Church History🏛️ Papacy⚔️ Crusades
Pontifex Maximus Summary
Pontifex Maximus 89%
The papacy's claim to divine authority is shaky; its real story is power, corruption, and scandal.
by Christopher Lascelles 2017
3.93
140 ratings
⛪ Church History🏛️ Papacy⚔️ Crusades
Kings or People
by Reinhard Bendix • 1978
Sacred kingship fell. Some nations got parliaments, others commissars. The 2,500-year story of why.
3.88
17
🏛️ Comparative History🏗️ State Formation👑 Political Legitimacy
Kings or People Summary
Kings or People 88%
Sacred kingship fell. Some nations got parliaments, others commissars. The 2,500-year story of why.
by Reinhard Bendix 1978
3.88
17 ratings
🏛️ Comparative History🏗️ State Formation👑 Political Legitimacy
City of Echoes
by Jessica Wärnberg • 2023
Rome's popes: from a fisherman's grave to global power, the 2,000-year struggle for supremacy.
3.60
78
🏛️ Papal History🎖️ Papal Authority⚔️ Church-State Conflict
City of Echoes Summary
City of Echoes 88%
Rome's popes: from a fisherman's grave to global power, the 2,000-year struggle for supremacy.
by Jessica Wärnberg 2023
3.60
78 ratings
🏛️ Papal History🎖️ Papal Authority⚔️ Church-State Conflict
The End of Power
by Moisés Naím • 2013
Power is crumbling everywhere at once. The three hidden forces dismantling every hierarchy.
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4k+
🏛️ Political Decay🌐 Dispersion Of Power🌎 Post-Hegemonic World
The End of Power Summary
The End of Power 88%
Power is crumbling everywhere at once. The three hidden forces dismantling every hierarchy.
by Moisés Naím 2013
3.63
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Decay🌐 Dispersion Of Power🌎 Post-Hegemonic World
The Powers That Be
by Walter Wink • 1998
Every institution is a spirit. The cross exposed the violence that holds civilization together.
4.24
1k+
🧭 Political Theology✊🏾 Nonviolent Resistance👁️ Powers And Principalities
The Powers That Be Summary
The Powers That Be 87%
Every institution is a spirit. The cross exposed the violence that holds civilization together.
by Walter Wink 1998
4.24
1k+ ratings
🧭 Political Theology✊🏾 Nonviolent Resistance👁️ Powers And Principalities
Naming the Powers
by Walter Wink • 1983
Your bank and government have a spiritual bloodstream, and the New Testament writers named it.
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275
📖 Biblical Studies🏛️ Principalities And Powers🏗️ Power Structures
Naming the Powers Summary
Naming the Powers 87%
Your bank and government have a spiritual bloodstream, and the New Testament writers named it.
by Walter Wink 1983
4.20
275 ratings
📖 Biblical Studies🏛️ Principalities And Powers🏗️ Power Structures
Christian Nationalism
by Andrew Torba • 2022
Escape theology taught Christians to wait. The counter-doctrine and the plan to take dominion.
3.82
357
✝️ Christian Nationalism👑 Dominion Theology🏛️ Political Theology
Christian Nationalism Summary
Christian Nationalism 87%
Escape theology taught Christians to wait. The counter-doctrine and the plan to take dominion.
by Andrew Torba 2022
3.82
357 ratings
✝️ Christian Nationalism👑 Dominion Theology🏛️ Political Theology
The Stillborn God
by Mark Lilla • 2007
Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.
3.60
289
⛪ Political Theology🏛️ Secularization🇩🇪 German Philosophy
The Stillborn God Summary
The Stillborn God 87%
Politics broke from God only recently, and Weimar nearly put them back together.
by Mark Lilla 2007
3.60
289 ratings
⛪ Political Theology🏛️ Secularization🇩🇪 German Philosophy
Inventing the Individual
by Larry Siedentop • 2014
Liberalism wasn't born against Christianity. Christianity invented the individual.
4.11
710
🧠 Intellectual History📜 Political Thought🗽 Origins Of Liberalism
Inventing the Individual Summary
Inventing the Individual 87%
Liberalism wasn't born against Christianity. Christianity invented the individual.
by Larry Siedentop 2014
4.11
710 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History📜 Political Thought🗽 Origins Of Liberalism
The Godfather Doctrine
by Dr John C. Hulsman • 2009
America's unipolar era is over. A Godfather parable shows why realism outlasts its rivals.
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🌍 Political Realism🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolar World
The Godfather Doctrine Summary
The Godfather Doctrine 87%
America's unipolar era is over. A Godfather parable shows why realism outlasts its rivals.
by Dr John C. Hulsman 2009
3.85
80 ratings
🌍 Political Realism🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy🌐 Multipolar World
Power
by Dennis Wrong • 1996
Power must become authority to last, and every command carries both threat and attachment.
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18
🏛️ Political Sociology📜 Political Theory⚖️ Coercion And Consent
Power Summary
Power 87%
Power must become authority to last, and every command carries both threat and attachment.
by Dennis Wrong 1996
4.00
18 ratings
🏛️ Political Sociology📜 Political Theory⚖️ Coercion And Consent
War and Change in World Politics
by Robert Gilpin • 1999
International order never lasts. Uneven growth among states eventually demands a reset by war.
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🏛️ Power Transitions🔭 Realist Theory📉 Great Power Decline
War and Change in World Politics Summary
War and Change in World Politics 87%
International order never lasts. Uneven growth among states eventually demands a reset by war.
by Robert Gilpin 1999
3.97
362 ratings
🏛️ Power Transitions🔭 Realist Theory📉 Great Power Decline
Homo Sacer
by Giorgio Agamben • 1994
Sovereignty's hidden purpose, revealed by a forgotten Roman law: the power to produce killable life.
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5k+
📚 Continental Philosophy⚖️ Political Theory🧬 Biopolitics
Homo Sacer Summary
Homo Sacer 87%
Sovereignty's hidden purpose, revealed by a forgotten Roman law: the power to produce killable life.
by Giorgio Agamben 1994
4.06
5k+ ratings
📚 Continental Philosophy⚖️ Political Theory🧬 Biopolitics
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince
by Tim Phillips • 2008
Machiavelli's playbook, translated: why being loved is overrated, and what to do about it.
3.63
181
🏛️ Power Dynamics📜 Classics Reinterpreted💼 Executive Leadership
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince Summary
Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince 87%
Machiavelli's playbook, translated: why being loved is overrated, and what to do about it.
by Tim Phillips 2008
3.63
181 ratings
🏛️ Power Dynamics📜 Classics Reinterpreted💼 Executive Leadership
The Development of the Modern State
by Gianfranco Poggi • 1978
How the modern state, from feudalism to liberalism, created its own crisis of legitimacy.
3.48
86
📜 State Formation📖 Historical Sociology📜 Constitutionalism
The Development of the Modern State Summary
The Development of the Modern State 87%
How the modern state, from feudalism to liberalism, created its own crisis of legitimacy.
by Gianfranco Poggi 1978
3.48
86 ratings
📜 State Formation📖 Historical Sociology📜 Constitutionalism
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
✝️ Catholic Political Thought🏛️ Political Theology👤 Theological Anthropology
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles Summary
Essays on Catholicism, Liberalism and Socialism; Considered in Their Fundamental Principles 87%
For a 19th-century diplomat, liberalism was an evasion and socialism a counterfeit religion.
by Juan Donoso Cortés 1851
4.13
135 ratings
✝️ Catholic Political Thought🏛️ Political Theology👤 Theological Anthropology
The Populist Delusion
by Neema Parvini • 2020
Organization inevitably creates oligarchy. Every union, party, and revolution proves it.
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551
🏛️ Elite Theory🔗 Oligarchy🏢 Managerialism
The Populist Delusion Summary
The Populist Delusion 87%
Organization inevitably creates oligarchy. Every union, party, and revolution proves it.
by Neema Parvini 2020
4.32
551 ratings
🏛️ Elite Theory🔗 Oligarchy🏢 Managerialism
Revolt Against the Modern World
by Julius Evola • 1934
Progress is backwards: history is the long descent from sacred kingship to the rule of the masses.
3.98
2k+
🏛️ Traditionalist School🔄 Cyclical History👑 Sacred Kingship
Revolt Against the Modern World Summary
Revolt Against the Modern World 87%
Progress is backwards: history is the long descent from sacred kingship to the rule of the masses.
by Julius Evola 1934
3.98
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Traditionalist School🔄 Cyclical History👑 Sacred Kingship
Heart of Europe
by Peter H. Wilson • 2016
Twice as old as imperial Rome, this was a political order built on compromise, not command.
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1k+
🦅 Holy Roman Empire🤝 Political Consensus🔍 Revisionist History
Heart of Europe Summary
Heart of Europe 87%
Twice as old as imperial Rome, this was a political order built on compromise, not command.
by Peter H. Wilson 2016
3.75
1k+ ratings
🦅 Holy Roman Empire🤝 Political Consensus🔍 Revisionist History
The Great Powers and Global Struggle, 1490-1990
by Karen Rasler • 2009
Five centuries of war follow one pattern: maritime innovators rise, then fall to land powers.
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3
🌐 International Relations🗺️ Geopolitics💡 Technological Innovation
The Great Powers and Global Struggle, 1490-1990 Summary
The Great Powers and Global Struggle, 1490-1990 87%
Five centuries of war follow one pattern: maritime innovators rise, then fall to land powers.
by Karen Rasler 2009
4.00
3 ratings
🌐 International Relations🗺️ Geopolitics💡 Technological Innovation
The Storm Before the Calm
by George Friedman • 2020
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
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🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal
The Storm Before the Calm Summary
The Storm Before the Calm 87%
Every eighty years America's government breaks; every fifty, its economy. Now both arrive at once.
by George Friedman 2020
4.05
3k+ ratings
🏛️ American Political History🔄 Cyclical History🌪️ Crisis And Renewal
The Case for Christian Nationalism
by Stephen Wolfe • 2022
Secularism has failed; the repair is a government that orders all law and culture toward Christ.
3.56
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🏛️ Political Theology✝️ Christian Nationalism⚖️ Natural Law Theory
The Case for Christian Nationalism Summary
The Case for Christian Nationalism 87%
Secularism has failed; the repair is a government that orders all law and culture toward Christ.
by Stephen Wolfe 2022
3.56
638 ratings
🏛️ Political Theology✝️ Christian Nationalism⚖️ Natural Law Theory
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
by John Bagot Glubb • 1978
Ten generations: energy, conquest, affluence, decay. The West is running out of time.
4.21
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🏛️ Imperial Decay🔄 Cyclical History🌍 Geopolitics
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival Summary
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival 87%
Ten generations: energy, conquest, affluence, decay. The West is running out of time.
by John Bagot Glubb 1978
4.21
751 ratings
🏛️ Imperial Decay🔄 Cyclical History🌍 Geopolitics
The Great Façade
by Christopher A. Ferrara • 2002
Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.
4.30
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🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church📖 Liturgical Reform
The Great Façade Summary
The Great Façade 87%
Empty seminaries, liturgical chaos, missionary collapse: not despite Vatican II, but because of it.
by Christopher A. Ferrara 2002
4.30
77 ratings
🕯️ Catholic Traditionalism🏛️ Post-Conciliar Church📖 Liturgical Reform
Machiavelli
by Quentin Skinner • 1981
A Florentine diplomat lost his job, then wrote the rules of power that still scandalize.
3.84
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🏛️ Political Philosophy🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy🎭 Political Realism
Machiavelli Summary
Machiavelli 87%
A Florentine diplomat lost his job, then wrote the rules of power that still scandalize.
by Quentin Skinner 1981
3.84
942 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy🇮🇹 Renaissance Italy🎭 Political Realism
On Power
by Robert A. Caro • 2017
How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.
3.95
1k+
🏙️ Urban Planning🏛️ Political Power🗳️ Machine Politics
On Power Summary
On Power 87%
How one man built a financial empire inside the government and became untouchable.
by Robert A. Caro 2017
3.95
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Planning🏛️ Political Power🗳️ Machine Politics
The Theological Origins of Modernity
by Michael Allen Gillespie • 2008
The modern world is a theological argument that left the church and took over everything.
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📜 Intellectual History⛪ Political Theology🏛️ Medieval Philosophy
The Theological Origins of Modernity Summary
The Theological Origins of Modernity 87%
The modern world is a theological argument that left the church and took over everything.
by Michael Allen Gillespie 2008
4.23
270 ratings
📜 Intellectual History⛪ Political Theology🏛️ Medieval Philosophy
Dominion
by Tom Holland • 2019
Secularism, human rights, even atheism: a historian shows why these are all products of the cross.
4.26
12k+
✝️ Church History🏛️ Western Civilization🎭 Cultural History
Dominion Summary
Dominion 87%
Secularism, human rights, even atheism: a historian shows why these are all products of the cross.
by Tom Holland 2019
4.26
12k+ ratings
✝️ Church History🏛️ Western Civilization🎭 Cultural History
The Project
by David A. Graham • 2025
A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.
4.02
2k+
🏛️ Presidential Power✝️ Christian Nationalism🐘 American Conservatism
The Project Summary
The Project 87%
A manual for capturing the state: gut the civil service, politicize the DOJ, and nullify Congress.
by David A. Graham 2025
4.02
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Presidential Power✝️ Christian Nationalism🐘 American Conservatism
The 48 Laws of Power
by Robert Greene • 1999
The rules of power are unwritten, ancient, and amoral. This book writes them down.
4.08
231k+
🏛️ Machiavellian Philosophy🏢 Corporate Politics👑 Court Politics
The 48 Laws of Power Summary
The 48 Laws of Power 87%
The rules of power are unwritten, ancient, and amoral. This book writes them down.
by Robert Greene 1999
4.08
231k+ ratings
🏛️ Machiavellian Philosophy🏢 Corporate Politics👑 Court Politics
The Handover
by David Runciman • 2023
Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.
3.71
234
🏛️ Political Theory🏢 Corporate Power🤖 Ai Governance
The Handover Summary
The Handover 87%
Three inhuman agents run the world: states, corporations, and now AI. We have to pick one.
by David Runciman 2023
3.71
234 ratings
🏛️ Political Theory🏢 Corporate Power🤖 Ai Governance
Corruptible
by Brian Klaas • 2021
Power corrupts, but that is only half the problem. The other half: corruptible people chase power.
4.18
3k+
😈 Dark Triad Leadership🧠 Psychology Of Power🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch
Corruptible Summary
Corruptible 86%
Power corrupts, but that is only half the problem. The other half: corruptible people chase power.
by Brian Klaas 2021
4.18
3k+ ratings
😈 Dark Triad Leadership🧠 Psychology Of Power🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch
The History of the Ancient World
by Susan Wise Bauer • 2007
The recurring patterns that built and then quietly destroyed ancient civs from Sumer to Rome.
4.11
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🏛️ Ancient Civilizations🌍 World History🔄 Empire Cycles
The History of the Ancient World Summary
The History of the Ancient World 86%
The recurring patterns that built and then quietly destroyed ancient civs from Sumer to Rome.
by Susan Wise Bauer 2007
4.11
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Ancient Civilizations🌍 World History🔄 Empire Cycles
What Is Populism?
by Jan-Werner Müller • 2014
Forget anti-elite anger. Populism's core is the claim that opponents are not the real people.
3.82
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🗳️ Populism Studies🏛️ Democratic Theory🚫 Anti-Pluralism
What Is Populism? Summary
What Is Populism? 86%
Forget anti-elite anger. Populism's core is the claim that opponents are not the real people.
by Jan-Werner Müller 2014
3.82
3k+ ratings
🗳️ Populism Studies🏛️ Democratic Theory🚫 Anti-Pluralism
Scandalous Witness
by Lee C. Camp • 2020
Christianity is inherently political. The American church just backed the wrong kingdom.
4.29
402
🏛️ Political Theology🇺🇸 American Christianity⚖️ Church And State
Scandalous Witness Summary
Scandalous Witness 86%
Christianity is inherently political. The American church just backed the wrong kingdom.
by Lee C. Camp 2020
4.29
402 ratings
🏛️ Political Theology🇺🇸 American Christianity⚖️ Church And State
The Servile State
by Hilaire Belloc • 1912
Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.
3.96
659
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Economic History💰 Capitalism Critique
The Servile State Summary
The Servile State 86%
Capitalism's true successor is not a worker's state but a legally enforced servitude already here.
by Hilaire Belloc 1912
3.96
659 ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Economic History💰 Capitalism Critique
EL PRÍNCIPE - Maquiavelo
by Nicolás Maquiavelo • 2023
Moral rulers get ruined. The ones who survive know exactly when to abandon virtue.
3.87
713
🌐 Political Realism🏛️ Statecraft🎭 Renaissance Politics
EL PRÍNCIPE - Maquiavelo Summary
EL PRÍNCIPE - Maquiavelo 86%
Moral rulers get ruined. The ones who survive know exactly when to abandon virtue.
by Nicolás Maquiavelo 2023
3.87
713 ratings
🌐 Political Realism🏛️ Statecraft🎭 Renaissance Politics
The Myth of the Strong Leader
by Archie Brown • 2014
The forceful leader who centralizes power: admired today, but the historical record is brutal.
3.66
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🏛️ Political Leadership🌐 Comparative Politics⚡ Power Dynamics
The Myth of the Strong Leader Summary
The Myth of the Strong Leader 86%
The forceful leader who centralizes power: admired today, but the historical record is brutal.
by Archie Brown 2014
3.66
806 ratings
🏛️ Political Leadership🌐 Comparative Politics⚡ Power Dynamics
Globalismo
by Agustín Laje • 2024
Social engineering survived the Terror and went global. Your sovereignty is its target.
4.46
145
🌐 Global Governance🏛️ National Sovereignty🛠️ Social Engineering
Globalismo Summary
Globalismo 86%
Social engineering survived the Terror and went global. Your sovereignty is its target.
by Agustín Laje 2024
4.46
145 ratings
🌐 Global Governance🏛️ National Sovereignty🛠️ Social Engineering
New Power
by Jeremy Heimans • 2018
Power spreads through networks, not hierarchies. The blueprint for ideas the crowd will carry.
3.81
2k+
🥊 Power Dynamics🌐 Network Society✊ Digital Activism
New Power Summary
New Power 86%
Power spreads through networks, not hierarchies. The blueprint for ideas the crowd will carry.
by Jeremy Heimans 2018
3.81
2k+ ratings
🥊 Power Dynamics🌐 Network Society✊ Digital Activism
Opus
by Gareth Gore • 2024
Shell companies and coerced women built an empire. The blueprint belonged to a Catholic order.
4.17
2k+
🏛️ Catholic Power Structures🕵️ Secret Societies📰 Investigative Journalism
Opus Summary
Opus 86%
Shell companies and coerced women built an empire. The blueprint belonged to a Catholic order.
by Gareth Gore 2024
4.17
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Catholic Power Structures🕵️ Secret Societies📰 Investigative Journalism
The Mind of Napoleon
by Napoléon Bonaparte • 1955
Calculate everything, seize the decisive moment, rewrite history: Napoleon's own playbook for power.
4.18
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🏛️ Political Philosophy⚔️ Military Strategy🦅 Realpolitik
The Mind of Napoleon Summary
The Mind of Napoleon 86%
Calculate everything, seize the decisive moment, rewrite history: Napoleon's own playbook for power.
by Napoléon Bonaparte 1955
4.18
109 ratings
🏛️ Political Philosophy⚔️ Military Strategy🦅 Realpolitik
The New Class War
by Michael Lind • 2017
A new class war is on: the college-educated managerial minority versus the working majority.
3.74
840
⚔️ Class Conflict🏭 Labor Relations📢 Populism Studies
The New Class War Summary
The New Class War 86%
A new class war is on: the college-educated managerial minority versus the working majority.
by Michael Lind 2017
3.74
840 ratings
⚔️ Class Conflict🏭 Labor Relations📢 Populism Studies
The Crisis of the Modern World
by René Guénon • 1927
Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.
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🕉️ Perennial Philosophy🏙️ Critique Of Modernity🔄 Cyclical History
The Crisis of the Modern World Summary
The Crisis of the Modern World 86%
Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.
by René Guénon 1927
4.09
2k+ ratings
🕉️ Perennial Philosophy🏙️ Critique Of Modernity🔄 Cyclical History
HOMBRES QUE CAMBIARON LA HISTORIA
by Jaime Maristany • 2014
From Moses to Napoleon: the leadership moves that turned ten mortals into history's architects.
3.28
170
👥 Collective Biography🏺 Ancient History📜 Great Man Theory
HOMBRES QUE CAMBIARON LA HISTORIA Summary
HOMBRES QUE CAMBIARON LA HISTORIA 86%
From Moses to Napoleon: the leadership moves that turned ten mortals into history's architects.
by Jaime Maristany 2014
3.28
170 ratings
👥 Collective Biography🏺 Ancient History📜 Great Man Theory
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion
by John D. Wilsey • 2015
The belief that God chose America has fueled conquest, racism, and self-delusion. An honest history.
4.17
175
🏛️ Civil Religion🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism✝️ Christian Nationalism
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion Summary
American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion 86%
The belief that God chose America has fueled conquest, racism, and self-delusion. An honest history.
by John D. Wilsey 2015
4.17
175 ratings
🏛️ Civil Religion🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism✝️ Christian Nationalism
The Forum and the Tower
by Mary Ann Glendon • 2011
Lasting law is a two-person job: a thinker and a ruler, together despite themselves.
3.95
66
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⚖️ Legal History
The Forum and the Tower Summary
The Forum and the Tower 86%
Lasting law is a two-person job: a thinker and a ruler, together despite themselves.
by Mary Ann Glendon 2011
3.95
66 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⚖️ Legal History
The Oligarchs’ Grip
by David Lingelbach • 2023
Oligarchs turn money into power and power into money. The playbook predates Rome, and it's winning.
3.67
3
🔬 Political Economy💰 Wealth Inequality🎯 State Capture
The Oligarchs’ Grip Summary
The Oligarchs’ Grip 86%
Oligarchs turn money into power and power into money. The playbook predates Rome, and it's winning.
by David Lingelbach 2023
3.67
3 ratings
🔬 Political Economy💰 Wealth Inequality🎯 State Capture
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber • 2013
The modern state's one true monopoly is not mail or schools. It is the legitimate use of force.
3.77
709
🗳️ Political Authority🏛️ State Power⚖️ Political Ethics
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation 86%
The modern state's one true monopoly is not mail or schools. It is the legitimate use of force.
by Max Weber 2013
3.77
709 ratings
🗳️ Political Authority🏛️ State Power⚖️ Political Ethics
The Second Vatican Council
by Roberto de Mattei • 2010
No new dogmas, but a revolution: how Vatican II changed the Church more than any council before it.
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66
🏛️ Council History⛪ Catholic Traditionalism🔄 Liturgical Reform
The Second Vatican Council Summary
The Second Vatican Council 86%
No new dogmas, but a revolution: how Vatican II changed the Church more than any council before it.
by Roberto de Mattei 2010
4.47
66 ratings
🏛️ Council History⛪ Catholic Traditionalism🔄 Liturgical Reform
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