18 books like The New Realities

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The Chronicles of Narnia C. S. Lewis · 1970 · ★ 4.3 · 768p · ≈ 25h · Moderate Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battle between good and evil - what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it all is THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, written in 1919 by C.S. Lewis. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed and together they became known as The Chronicles of Narnia. For the past fifty years, The Chronicles of… Shares: Community pick

Post-capitalist society Peter F. Drucker · 1993 · ★ 4.0 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Business guru Peter Drucker provides an incisive analysis of the major world transformation taking place, from the Age of Capitalism to the Knowledge Society, and examines the radical effects it will have on society, politics, and business now and in the coming years. This searching and incisive analysis of the major world transformation now taking place shows how it will affect society,… Shares: World politics, Economic history, Business

Absentee ownership and busines enterprise in recent times Thorstein Veblen · 1923 · 445p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Absentee Ownership is an inquiry into the economic situation as it has taken shape in the twentieth century, particularly as exemplified in the case of America. According to Thorstein Veblen, absentee ownership is the main and immediate controlling interest in the life of civilized men. It is the paramount issue between the civilized nations, and guides the conduct of their affairs at home and… Shares: Histoire économique, Economic history, Business

Intellectuals Paul Bede Johnson · 1988 · ★ 3.9 · 385p · ≈ 12h · Moderate A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sartre, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillian Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tynan, and Noam Chomsky, among others, are revealed as intellectuals both brilliant and… Shares: Modern Civilization, Civilization

Paradigms and fairy tales Julienne Ford · 1975 · 497p · ≈ 16h · Moderate 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. Shares: Reality, Sociology

The Corrosion of Character Richard Sennett · 2000 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett surveys major differences between earlier forms of industrial capitalism and the more global, more febrile, ever more mutable version of capitalism that is taking its place. He shows how these changes affect everyday life—how the work ethic is changing; how new beliefs about merit and talent displace old values of craftsmanship and achievement; how… Shares: Histoire économique, Economic history

De la division du travail social Émile Durkheim · 1893 · ★ 3.9 · 424p · ≈ 14h · Challenging "In 1893, a young doctoral student was to publish an entirely original work on the nature of labor and production as they were being shaped by the industrial revolution. Emile Durkheim's The Division of Labor in Society studies the nature of social solidarity and explores the ties that bind one person to the next in order to hold society together. This revised and updated second edition fluently… Shares: Economic history, Sociology, Philosophy

ההיסטוריה של המחר Yuval Noah Harari · 2015 · ★ 4.2 · 456p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (Hebrew: ההיסטוריה של המחר (Romanised: hahistoria shel hamachar), English: The History of the Tomorrow) is a book written by Israeli author Yuval Noah Harari, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The book was first published in Hebrew in 2015 by Dvir publishing; the English-language version was published in September 2016 in the United Kingdom… Shares: Modern Civilization, Civilization

Red Land, Black Land Barbara Mertz · 1966 · ★ 4.1 · 385p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Describes how the Egyptians lived, worked, played, fought, worshiped, spent their home and political life and prepared for death. Shares: Social history, Civilization

Discours sur l'ensemble du positivisme Auguste Comte · 1848 · 440p · ≈ 14h · Challenging 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… Shares: Sociology, Philosophy

Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur Arnold Hauser · 1951 · ★ 3.8 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate First published in 1951 as Socialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur, Arnold Hauser's comprehensive work explores the interaction between art and society. Through the detailing of social and historical movements Hauser provides insight into the origins of visual art. Shares: Social history, Philosophy

Этика Peter Kropotkin · 1923 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Challenging 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. (Source: Wikipedia) Shares: Sociology, Philosophy

Separating fools from their money Scott B. MacDonald · 2006 · 362p · ≈ 12h · Moderate What do Michael Milken and Martha Stewart have in common? (Answer: Both became public scapegoats for an outrageous era of greed and excess.) What was the most outrageous party thrown by a financial baron of the twentieth century? (Answer: Tough call, but either Michael Milken's Predators Ball in 1985, or Dennis Kozlowski's Sardinian birthday bash in 2001, with its vodka-spouting sculpture.) Which… Shares: Economic history, Business

The Muqaddimah, an introduction to history Ibn Khaldūn · 1858 · ★ 4.3 · 465p · ≈ 15h · Challenging This prolegomenon was written in the 14th century by the Arab scholar Ibn Khaldūn, & laid the intellectual foundations for philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography & economics. This translation was first published in 1958 in three volumes. Shares: Sociology, Civilization, Philosophy

Ideen zu einer reinen Phänomenologie und phänomenologischen Philosophie Edmund Husserl · 1899 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Philosophie der Phänomenologie versammelt zentrale Stimmen einer Denkrichtung, die das 20. Jahrhundert nachhaltig geprägt hat: die Rückkehr zu den Sachen selbst, zur Analyse von Bewusstsein, Erfahrung, Leiblichkeit, Wert und sozialer Wirklichkeit. Die Sammlung eröffnet ein breites Spektrum philosophischer Schreibweisen, von methodischer Grundlegung über präzise Wesensanalyse bis hin zu kultur-… Shares: Reality, Philosophy

Philosophy and living Olaf Stapledon · 1935 · ★ 3.4 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… Shares: Philosophy

The Theory of the Leisure Class Thorstein Veblen · 1899 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Challenging 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. Shares: Sociology, Philosophy, Business

Fields, Factories, and Workshops Peter Kropotkin · 1899 · 275p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Fields, Factories, and Workshops is an 1899 book by anarchist Peter Kropotkin that discusses the decentralization of industries, possibilities of agriculture, and uses of small industries. Before this book on economics, Kropotkin had been known for his militant activity in behalf of international anarchism and writings on Siberian geography. Through the book, he sought to connect anarchism with… Shares: Economic history, Philosophy, Business

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