A while ago, I posted this question on Mastodon: "Leftists and anarchists of the #Fediverse, If you had to recommend only one #book to push a centrist right down our pipeline, which one would it be?". The shelf below has been made with the responses provided. Want to attract a centrist to the left? Try these out!
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin (SF masterworks)
4 stars
E-book extra: In-depth study guide.Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and …
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
3 stars
When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale, we heard only her …
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Tools for Conviviality by Ivan Illich
3 stars
Tools for Conviviality is a 1973 book by Ivan Illich about the proper use of technology. It was published only …
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Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott (Yale Agrarian Studies)
4 stars
Examines how (sometimes quasi-) authoritarian high-modernist planning fails to deliver the goods, be they increased resources for the state or …
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The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow
4 stars
The renowned activist and public intellectual David Graeber teams up with the professor of comparative archaeology David Wengrow to deliver …
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Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber
4 stars
The author shows that before there was money, there was debt. For 5,000 years humans have lived in societies divided …
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Studies in Mutualist Political Economy by Kevin A. Carson
4 stars
This book is an attempt to revive individualist anarchist political economy, to incorporate the useful developments of the last hundred …
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Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis
5 stars
Late Victorian Holocausts: El Niño Famines and the Making of the Third World is a book by Mike Davis about …
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4 stars
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a 1902 collection of anthropological essays by Russian naturalist and anarchist philosopher Peter …
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The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein
4 stars
An introduction to "disaster capitalism" argues that the global free market has exploited crises, violence, and shock in the past …
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4 stars
No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing—and the …
