books i've read about civilization, capitalism, society, infrastructure, etc.
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Palaces for the people by Eric Klinenberg
4 stars
"An eminent sociologist--and coauthor, with Aziz Ansari, of the #1 New York Times bestseller Modern Romance--makes the provocative case that …
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The Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman
4 stars
When Alexander Berkman (1870-1936) - a leading American anarchist of Russian origin - returned to Russia in 1919, he was …
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Underland: A Deep Time Journey by Robert Macfarlane
4 stars
Underland: A Deep Time Journey is a book by Robert Macfarlane and the sequel to The Old Ways: A Journey …
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5 stars
Atop a craggy mesa in the northern reaches of the Navajo reservation lies what was once a world-class uranium mine …
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3 stars
Mason discusses the existential threat posed to capitalism by the digital revolution. He argues that the digital revolution has the …
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Dark Ecology by Timothy Morton
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Timothy Morton argues that ecological awareness in the present Anthropocene era takes the form of a strange loop or Möbius …
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4 stars
The author of the widely praised Wordslut analyzes the social science of cult influence: how cultish groups from Jonestown and …
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CLIMATE LEVIATHAN by Joel Wainwright, Geoff Mann
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How climate change will affect our political theory--for better and worse
Despite the science and the summits, leading capitalist states …
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As Long as Grass Grows by Dina Gilio-Whitaker
4 stars
The story of Native peoples' resistance to environmental injustice and land incursions, and a call for environmentalists to learn from …
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The power broker by Robert A. Caro
4 stars
Discusses the illusion that is a democracy by pointing out what real power looks like and where it comes from.
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What Can a Body Do? by Sara Hendren
5 stars
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR
A fascinating and provocative new way of looking at the things …
