18 books like La Société du spectacle
Discipline and Punish
English version of "Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison"
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
Considered the first in-depth critique of consumerism, economist Thorstein Veblen's 1899 book The Theory of the Leisure Class has come to be regarded as one of the great works of economic theory. Using contemporary and anthropological accounts, Veblen held that our economic and social norms are driven by traces of our early tribal life, rather than ideas of utility.
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Human Nature and Conduct An Introduction to Social Psychology
nfluential work by the great educator/philosopher maintains that the key to social psychology lies in an understanding of the many varieties of habit; individual mental activity is guided by subordinate factors of impulse and intelligence. His investigation focuses on three main areas of conduct: habit, impulse, and intelligence, with each factor receiving an incisive treatment.
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Made to stick
Mark Twain once observed, "A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on." His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas--business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others--struggle to make their ideas "stick." Why do some ideas thrive…
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Cours de philosophie positive
Auguste Comte publie de 1830 à 1842 son Cours de philosophie positive, dont les quatre volumes constituent un système philosophique englobant l’ensemble des branches de la connaissance, parmi lesquelles la science ultime, la nouvelle « physique sociale », ou « sociologie », qui envisage de manière globale l’évolution de l’esprit humain.
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The Tipping Point
"New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell looks at why major changes in our society so often happen suddenly and unexpectedly. Ideas, behavior, messages, and products, he argues, often spread like outbreaks of infectious disease. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a few fare-beaters and graffiti artists fuel a subway crime wave, or a satisfied customer fill the…
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Précis de décomposition
"Toute idée devrait être neutre ; mais l'homme l'anime, y projette ses flammes et ses démences : le passage de la logique à l'épilepsie est consommée... Ainsi naissent les mythologies, les doctrines, et les farces sanglantes. Point d'intolérance ou de prosélytisme qui ne révèle le fond bestial de l'enthousiasme.
Ce qu'il faut détruire dans l'homme, c'est sa propension à croire, son appétit de…
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Sexuality (Key Ideas)
Sexuality is the fifth revised and updated edition of the classic text for understanding human sexuality. This new edition brings the arguments and evidence fully up to date and explores their implication for many topical controversies, around LGBTQ+ rights, the trans experience and gender fluidity, same-sex marriage, sexual autonomy and consent, and the meanings of sexual choice.Since it was…
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Этика
Ethics: Origin and Development is a book by Peter Kropotkin, published posthumously in 1921. It continues the argument of Mutual Aid, that sociable morality is essential to human survival. It was translated into English by Louis S. Friedland and Joseph R. Piroshnikoff in 1924.
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Paradigms and fairy tales
This book is an introduction to the epistemology and practice of social science. It provides an exposition and critique of the ideology and practice of social science, and an examination of the professional social scientist as a manipulator of ideas and appearances.
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Philosophy of Social Science
Now in its second edition, this comprehensive textbook offers an exceptionally accessible yet in-depth introduction to the philosophy of social science. Students with no previous knowledge will find themselves taken on an engaging philosophical journey: the book’s unique dialogue format anticipates their most frequently asked questions and provides clear explanations of specialised terminology…
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Eros and Civilization
This is Herbert Marcuse's masterpiece which transfixed youth in the 1960s, convincing the New Left there was hope in revolutionary activity. It's also Marcuse encounter with Signmund Freud, well worth the time to decipher it. Narcuse is optimistic, in that if we tame or transform capitalism, we can fix ourselves. It's a far cry from Freud's pessimistic outlook.
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The crisis of psychoanalysis
Dr. Fromm analyzes the role and promise of psychoanalysis in nine brilliant essays.
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Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme
Positivism is a philosophy of science based on the view that information derived from sensory experience, logical and mathematical treatments is the exclusive source of all authoritative knowledge, that there is valid knowledge (truth) only in scientific knowledge. Verified data received from the senses is known as empirical evidence. This view, when applied to the social as to the natural…
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Escape from Freedom
Escape from Freedom is a book by the Frankfurt-born psychoanalyst Erich Fromm, first published in the United States by Farrar & Rinehart in 1941 with the title Escape from Freedom and a year later as The Fear of Freedom in UK by Routledge & Kegan Paul. It was translated into German and first published in 1952 under the title 'Die Angst vor der Freiheit' (The Fear of Freedom). In the book, Fromm…
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The Open Society and Its Enemies (1+2)
An open society provides its citizens with a mechanism for changing government; a closed society doesn't, forcing its citizens to rely on extra-legal revolution. Popper analyzes the open-closed society debate using three exemplars of closed-society advocacy: Plato, Hegel (and wow, does Popper hate on Hegel), and Marx. The main analytical viewpoints are historicist (backward-looking, utopian)…
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Philosophy and living
This Excellent Collection brings together Stapledon's longer, major books and a fine selection of shorter pieces and Science-Fiction Books. This Books created and collected in Olaf Stapledon's Most important Works illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of the XX century - a man who elevated political writing to an art.
William Olaf Stapledon (1886-1950) is one of the…
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La philosophie dans le boudoir, ou, Les instituteurs libertins
Sade a fait de sa sexualité une éthique, qu'il a manifestée dans une oeuvre littéraire. C'est par ce mouvement réfléchi de sa vie d'adulte qu'il a conquis sa véritable originalité. L'ouvrage se présente comme une série de dialogues retraçant l'éducation érotique et sexuelle d'une jeune fille de 15 ans. Une libertine, Mme de Saint-Ange, veut initier Eugénie «dans les plus secrets mystères de…
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