18 books like Mille plateaux

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Discipline and Punish Michel Foucault · 1975 · ★ 4.1 · 333p · ≈ 11h · Moderate English version of "Surveiller et punir: naissance de la prison" Shares: Essays, Philosophy

Behaviorism John B. Watson · 1924 · ★ 3.7 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Challenging While this volume is written as a series of lectures and in a somewhat free and easy style, every effort has been made to present facts in unmutilated form and to state theoretical positions with accuracy. In approaching subjective psychology for the first time, the reader meets with one great difficulty. He comes in from the world of things-a world which he can manipulate, hold up, examine and… Shares: Reference, Psychology

Women, Science and Technology Mary Wyer · 2000 · 623p · ≈ 20h · Moderate "Women, Science, and Technology is an ideal reader for courses in feminist science studies. This third edition fully updates its predecessor with a new introduction and twenty-eight new readings that explore social constructions mediated by technologies, expand the scope of feminist technoscience studies, and move beyond the nature/culture paradigm."--Pub. desc. Shares: Reference, Essays

Kant; a collection of critical essays Robert Paul Wolff · 1967 · ★ 3.5 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This book analyses and explains the central passage of Kant's philosophy, the "Transcendental Analytic" of the Critique of Pure Reason. It proceeds in the manner of a textual commentary, discussing and explaining each section of the Analytic in turn. The purpose, however, is not merely to comment chapter by chapter on what Kant has written, but rather to reorganise and interpret his argument so… Shares: Essays, Philosophy

Growing Yourself Up Jenny Brown, MSW · 2012 · 276p · ≈ 9h · Moderate To be human is to be in relationships. We can't survive without them but at the same time it's in our relationships that we so easily come unravelled. There are certain relationships that seem to just do us in. Either we feel like we lose ourselves or we feel burnt out from unsuccessful efforts to make things right for another. In our relationships we can experience the very best of ourselves and… Shares: Social psychology, Psychology

Ecrits Jacques Lacan · 1966 · ★ 4.2 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Presents an English translation of Jacques Lacan's most famous work, with translations of all the papers featured in the original French edition. Shares: Psychoanalysis, Essays, Psychology

The symbolic & the real Ira Progoff · 1963 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Moderate In this book the advanced conceptions of depth psychology are brought to bear upon the fundamental human problems of modern civilization. Dr. Progoff points out that one precondition for a significant development of creative personality is an expanded perception of reality beyond the current intellectual boundaries. It is not à question of ideas about what is real, but of the relation to reality… Shares: Psychoanalysis, Essays

Reason & violence R. D. Laing · 1964 · ★ 4.0 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A revolutionary compilation of speeches which produced a political groundwork for many of the radical movements in the following decades The now legendary Dialectics of Liberation congress, held in London in 1967, was a unique expression of the politics of dissent. Existential psychiatrists, Marxist intellectuals, anarchists, and political leaders met to discuss key social issues. Edited by David… Shares: Psychoanalysis, Essays, Philosophy

Essays in applied psycho-analysis Ernest Jones · 1923 · 454p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares: Psychoanalysis, Essays

Das Finanzkapital Rudolf Hilferding · 1904 · 494p · ≈ 16h · Challenging „Das Finanzkapital“ ist eine „Studie über die jüngste Entwicklung des Kapitalismus“. Für Hilferding war die Entwicklung der Aktiengesellschaften und schließlich der Monopole ein wichtiger Schritt über den Kapitalismus der freien Konkurrenz hinaus hin zu einem monopolistischen Kapitalismus. Durch die Monopolisierung und Konzentration werden kleine Unternehmer und kleine Kapitalanleger verdrängt.… Shares: Capitalism, Reference

Common Sense Thomas Paine · 1776 · ★ 4.0 · 60p · ≈ 2h · Demanding Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook… Shares: Radicalism, Philosophy

The crisis of psychoanalysis Erich Fromm · 1932 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Dr. Fromm analyzes the role and promise of psychoanalysis in nine brilliant essays. Shares: Social psychology, Psychoanalysis, Essays

Political Thinking, Political Theory, And Civil Society Steven M. DeLue · 2015 · 458p · ≈ 15h · Moderate This new edition of Political Thinking, Political Theory, and Civil Society presents a comprehensive overview of the Western tradition of political thought that approaches concepts with the aim of helping readers develop their own political thinking and critical thinking skills. This text is uniquely organized around the theme of civil society - What is the nature of a civil society? Why is it… Shares: Reference, Essays, Philosophy

The Definitive Book of Body Language Allan Pease · 2004 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate This book isolates and examines each component of body language and gesture and makes you more aware of your own non-verbal cues and signals and demonstrates how people communicate with each other using them. Shares: Social psychology, Psychology

Studying Religion Russell T. McCutcheon · 2014 · 274p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Dialogues on Religion—and its Study creatively revives a time-honored genre by offering a series of new speeches on religion (its definition, description, comparison, and explanation) between two old friends who periodically meet throughout the year. Eventually working their way to examining why we tend to call part of our world and our experiences religious, nonspecialist readers can eavesdrop… Shares: Reference, Essays

Eros and Civilization Herbert Marcuse · 1955 · ★ 3.9 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate 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. Shares: Social psychology, Psychoanalysis, Psychology

Yet again Sir Max Beerbohm · 1909 · 86p · ≈ 2h · Challenging This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and formatted according to the requirements of this platform. Shares: Essays

And Even Now Sir Max Beerbohm · 1920 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Challenging This book is perfectly adapted and layout for a pleasant reading on a tablet, smartphone or computer. To improve your reading experience, this digital version has been edited and formatted according to the requirements of this platform. Shares: Essays

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