Essäer

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Essäer Boksammanfattningar

The Power of the Powerless

av Václav Havel • 1978

Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.

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🏛️ Totalitarianism 🇪🇺 Cold War Europe 🎭 Social Conformity ✊ Everyday Resistance 🔍 Ideology Critique

The Power of the Powerless Sammanfattning

Immersiv

The Power of the Powerless

Tyranny runs on the lies ordinary people perform each day. Refuse one, the structure trembles.

av Václav Havel 1978 146 sidor

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🏛️ Totalitarianism 🇪🇺 Cold War Europe 🎭 Social Conformity ✊ Everyday Resistance 🔍 Ideology Critique

Sun and Steel

av Yukio Mishima • 1968

Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.

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9 000+

🎋 Japanese Aesthetics 🧠 Mind Body Dualism ⚔️ Bushido 📖 Literary Philosophy ✍️ Philosophical Memoir

Immersiv

Sun and Steel

Words trapped him. The body gave him a second grammar: its final word was death.

av Yukio Mishima 1968 110 sidor

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🎋 Japanese Aesthetics 🧠 Mind Body Dualism ⚔️ Bushido 📖 Literary Philosophy ✍️ Philosophical Memoir

Counsels and Maxims

av Arthur Schopenhauer • 1851

Chasing pleasure is a trap. The real art of living is dodging pain and needing less.

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424

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Negativity Bias 🏔️ Solitude 🛡️ Strategic Pessimism

Immersiv

Counsels and Maxims

Chasing pleasure is a trap. The real art of living is dodging pain and needing less.

av Arthur Schopenhauer 1851 116 sidor

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424 betyg

🏛️ Practical Philosophy 🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Negativity Bias 🏔️ Solitude 🛡️ Strategic Pessimism

The Second Curve

av Charles B. Handy • 2015

Every success bends toward decline; the moment to reinvent is while you're still winning.

4.11

448

🏢 Organizational Design 📊 Economic Critique 🔄 Second Acts 🎨 Work-Life Design 👥 Human-Scale Organizations

Immersiv

The Second Curve

Every success bends toward decline; the moment to reinvent is while you're still winning.

av Charles B. Handy 2015 240 sidor

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448 betyg

🏢 Organizational Design 📊 Economic Critique 🔄 Second Acts 🎨 Work-Life Design 👥 Human-Scale Organizations

A Nation of Idiots

av Daksh Tyagi • 2019

India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.

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🇮🇳 Indian Society 🗳️ Indian Politics 🎭 Political Satire 🐑 Social Conformity 📺 Media Criticism

Immersiv

A Nation of Idiots

India doesn't produce citizens. It produces conformists. And the training starts at birth.

av Daksh Tyagi 2019 215 sidor

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🇮🇳 Indian Society 🗳️ Indian Politics 🎭 Political Satire 🐑 Social Conformity 📺 Media Criticism

Think

av Simon Blackburn • 1999

Your concepts are a house you never inspected. Philosophy walks you through the foundation.

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📚 Western Philosophy 📖 Introductory Philosophy 💭 Thought Experiments 🔍 Conceptual Analysis 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind

Immersiv

Think

Your concepts are a house you never inspected. Philosophy walks you through the foundation.

av Simon Blackburn 1999 312 sidor

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📚 Western Philosophy 📖 Introductory Philosophy 💭 Thought Experiments 🔍 Conceptual Analysis 🧠 Philosophy Of Mind

Facing the Dragon

av Robert L. Moore • 2003

An oversized, godlike ego lives in everyone, and fighting it only feeds it.

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340

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌊 Depth Psychology 🖤 Shadow Work 🙏 Spiritual Bypassing 🕯️ Ritual Practice

Immersiv

Facing the Dragon

An oversized, godlike ego lives in everyone, and fighting it only feeds it.

av Robert L. Moore 2003 248 sidor

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340 betyg

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🌊 Depth Psychology 🖤 Shadow Work 🙏 Spiritual Bypassing 🕯️ Ritual Practice

The Burnout Society

av Byung-Chul Han • 2010

We replaced discipline with achievement, and it didn't set us free. It made us sick.

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📖 Critical Theory 🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🏥 Social Pathology 🔥 Workplace Burnout 👁️ Attention Economy

The Burnout Society

We replaced discipline with achievement, and it didn't set us free. It made us sick.

av Byung-Chul Han 2010 60 sidor

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📖 Critical Theory 🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🏥 Social Pathology 🔥 Workplace Burnout 👁️ Attention Economy

Jag vill dö men jag vill äta tteokbokki

av Baek Se-hee • 2018

She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.

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🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🌧️ Depression Recovery 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🤲 Self Acceptance 🪞 Body Image

Jag vill dö men jag vill äta tteokbokki

She craved rice cakes and wanted to disappear. These are the therapy sessions that followed.

av Baek Se-hee 2018 208 sidor

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🛋️ Therapy Memoirs 🌧️ Depression Recovery 🔍 Cognitive Distortions 🤲 Self Acceptance 🪞 Body Image

Mythologies

av Roland Barthes • 1957

Wrestling, soap ads, and the Tour de France: how everyday life gets made to look inevitable.

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🧩 Cultural Semiotics 📖 Cultural Criticism 🔍 Ideology Critique 📺 Mass Culture 🔣 Signs And Symbols

Mythologies

Wrestling, soap ads, and the Tour de France: how everyday life gets made to look inevitable.

av Roland Barthes 1957 160 sidor

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🧩 Cultural Semiotics 📖 Cultural Criticism 🔍 Ideology Critique 📺 Mass Culture 🔣 Signs And Symbols

When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

av Brianna Wiest • 2022

You don't need to feel ready to heal. You only need to decide.

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🩹 Emotional Healing 🌑 Shadow Work 💗 Self-Compassion 🍃 Letting Go 🔮 Inner Wisdom

When You're Ready, This Is How You Heal

You don't need to feel ready to heal. You only need to decide.

av Brianna Wiest 2022 235 sidor

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🩹 Emotional Healing 🌑 Shadow Work 💗 Self-Compassion 🍃 Letting Go 🔮 Inner Wisdom

Amor líquido

av Zygmunt Bauman • 2003

Relationships now work like shopping: browse, compare, discard. What happens to our ability to love.

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🏙️ Late Modernity 📖 Critical Theory 🛒 Consumer Culture 🤝 Social Bonds 😶 Modern Alienation

Amor líquido

Relationships now work like shopping: browse, compare, discard. What happens to our ability to love.

av Zygmunt Bauman 2003 236 sidor

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🏙️ Late Modernity 📖 Critical Theory 🛒 Consumer Culture 🤝 Social Bonds 😶 Modern Alienation

We Should All Be Feminists

av Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2012

A friend used 'feminist' as a slur. Her short reply reshaped a global conversation.

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✊ Modern Feminism 🌍 African Feminism 👶 Gender Socialization 💪 Toxic Masculinity 👫 Gender Stereotypes

We Should All Be Feminists

A friend used 'feminist' as a slur. Her short reply reshaped a global conversation.

av Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2012 52 sidor

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✊ Modern Feminism 🌍 African Feminism 👶 Gender Socialization 💪 Toxic Masculinity 👫 Gender Stereotypes

The Myth of Sisyphus

av Albert Camus • 1942

Indifferent universe, no cosmic meaning: why not end it? Camus answers with Sisyphus.

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🪨 Absurdism 🤔 Existentialist Thought 🏛️ Continental Philosophy 💀 Philosophy Of Suicide 🌞 Living In The Present

The Myth of Sisyphus

Indifferent universe, no cosmic meaning: why not end it? Camus answers with Sisyphus.

av Albert Camus 1942 192 sidor

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🪨 Absurdism 🤔 Existentialist Thought 🏛️ Continental Philosophy 💀 Philosophy Of Suicide 🌞 Living In The Present

Totality and Infinity

av Emmanuel Levinas • 1961

Knowledge grasps at everything. The human face resists, demanding something older than philosophy.

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology ✡️ Jewish Philosophy 👤 The Other And The Self 🤝 Ethical Responsibility

Totality and Infinity

Knowledge grasps at everything. The human face resists, demanding something older than philosophy.

av Emmanuel Levinas 1961 314 sidor

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 🔍 Phenomenology ✡️ Jewish Philosophy 👤 The Other And The Self 🤝 Ethical Responsibility

The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy

av Gregory Bassham • 2010

Dumbledore taught ethics, free will, and how to die; the Potter books were his syllabus.

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🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Introductory Ethics 🔗 Free Will Debate 💀 Death And Meaning ⚖️ Prejudice And Society

The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy

Dumbledore taught ethics, free will, and how to die; the Potter books were his syllabus.

av Gregory Bassham 2010 304 sidor

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🎬 Pop Culture Philosophy 📚 Introductory Ethics 🔗 Free Will Debate 💀 Death And Meaning ⚖️ Prejudice And Society

Self-Reliance

av Ralph Waldo Emerson • 1841

Most of what you call education is conformity in disguise. Your own instincts know better.

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🪷 Transcendentalism 🚫 Nonconformity 🔑 Self-Trust 🌿 Nature Philosophy 🌄 Solitude

Self-Reliance

Most of what you call education is conformity in disguise. Your own instincts know better.

av Ralph Waldo Emerson 1841 51 sidor

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🪷 Transcendentalism 🚫 Nonconformity 🔑 Self-Trust 🌿 Nature Philosophy 🌄 Solitude

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

av Brianna Wiest • 2016

The thoughts that keep you stuck are habits, not truths. 101 essays on telling the difference.

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🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 💗 Self-Compassion ✋ Acceptance Practice 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

The thoughts that keep you stuck are habits, not truths. 101 essays on telling the difference.

av Brianna Wiest 2016 448 sidor

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🧠 Emotional Intelligence 🔄 Cognitive Reframing 💗 Self-Compassion ✋ Acceptance Practice 🏛️ Modern Stoicism

The Rebel

av Albert Camus • 1951

Rebellion either creates solidarity or becomes murder: a journey from blasphemy to the guillotine.

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌌 Existentialism ✊ Ethics Of Rebellion ⚔️ Political Violence ⛓️ Authoritarianism

The Rebel

Rebellion either creates solidarity or becomes murder: a journey from blasphemy to the guillotine.

av Albert Camus 1951 320 sidor

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🌌 Existentialism ✊ Ethics Of Rebellion ⚔️ Political Violence ⛓️ Authoritarianism

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy

av Richard Brian Davis • 2009

When logic dissolves, a Cheshire Cat grins, and philosophy begins.

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🍿 Pop Philosophy ✍️ Literary Essays 🧠 Memory And Identity 💬 Language Philosophy 🃏 Absurdism

Alice in Wonderland and Philosophy

When logic dissolves, a Cheshire Cat grins, and philosophy begins.

av Richard Brian Davis 2009 240 sidor

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🍿 Pop Philosophy ✍️ Literary Essays 🧠 Memory And Identity 💬 Language Philosophy 🃏 Absurdism

On Bullshit

av Harry G. Frankfurt • 2005

The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.

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🧠 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Social Commentary 🍿 Pop Philosophy 🤥 Post-Truth

On Bullshit

The liar hides the truth. The bullshitter doesn't care what it is. A 67-page philosophical grenade.

av Harry G. Frankfurt 2005 67 sidor

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🧠 Analytic Philosophy 💬 Philosophy Of Language 🗣️ Social Commentary 🍿 Pop Philosophy 🤥 Post-Truth

Wise and Otherwise

av Sudha Murty • 2006

A coolie's honest son and a tribal chief teach the real India about integrity and dignity.

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🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🦉 Anecdotal Wisdom 📜 Moral Fables ⚖️ Everyday Ethics ❤️ Compassion And Empathy

Wise and Otherwise

A coolie's honest son and a tribal chief teach the real India about integrity and dignity.

av Sudha Murty 2006 220 sidor

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🕉️ Indian Philosophy 🦉 Anecdotal Wisdom 📜 Moral Fables ⚖️ Everyday Ethics ❤️ Compassion And Empathy

Status Anxiety

av Alain de Botton • 2004

Why you care what others think: not weakness, but modern life working as designed.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 📊 Social Status 👀 Social Comparison ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 🛒 Consumer Culture

Status Anxiety

Why you care what others think: not weakness, but modern life working as designed.

av Alain de Botton 2004 306 sidor

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 📊 Social Status 👀 Social Comparison ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 🛒 Consumer Culture

On Tyranny

av Timothy Snyder • 2017

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

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🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance 📢 Media Manipulation 🤝 Civic Engagement

On Tyranny

What ordinary citizens did wrong last century, and what you can do right this one.

av Timothy Snyder 2017 126 sidor

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🔗 Authoritarianism 🛡️ Democratic Defense ✊ Civil Resistance 📢 Media Manipulation 🤝 Civic Engagement

The Consolations of Philosophy

av Alain de Botton • 2000

Six philosophers diagnose six everyday miseries, from unpopularity to heartbreak.

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🏛️ Applied Philosophy 📘 Philosophical Self-Help 💡 History Of Ideas 🛡️ Practical Stoicism 🌋 Meaning Through Suffering

The Consolations of Philosophy

Six philosophers diagnose six everyday miseries, from unpopularity to heartbreak.

av Alain de Botton 2000 265 sidor

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🏛️ Applied Philosophy 📘 Philosophical Self-Help 💡 History Of Ideas 🛡️ Practical Stoicism 🌋 Meaning Through Suffering

Letters from a Stoic

av Seneca

The original self-help: a Roman philosopher's letters on wasting less time and wanting less stuff.

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🏛️ Stoic Philosophy 📜 Ancient Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 💀 Memento Mori

Letters from a Stoic

The original self-help: a Roman philosopher's letters on wasting less time and wanting less stuff.

av Seneca 254 sidor

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🏛️ Stoic Philosophy 📜 Ancient Philosophy 🛠️ Practical Philosophy ⚖️ Virtue Ethics 💀 Memento Mori

The Demon-Haunted World

av Carl Sagan • 1995

Why we fall for alien abductions and astrology, and the scientific toolkit that can save us.

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🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🚫 Pseudoscience Critique 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎓 Science Education

The Demon-Haunted World

Why we fall for alien abductions and astrology, and the scientific toolkit that can save us.

av Carl Sagan 1995 459 sidor

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🔍 Scientific Skepticism 🔬 Philosophy Of Science 🚫 Pseudoscience Critique 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎓 Science Education

The Mythical Man-Month

av Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • 1975

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

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🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

The Mythical Man-Month

A late software project plus more programmers equals a later one. The essays that proved it.

av Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 1975 322 sidor

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🏗️ Software Project Management 🧱 Systems Design 🎨 Conceptual Design 👥 Team Dynamics 🔄 Incremental Development

On the Suffering of the World

av Arthur Schopenhauer • 1850

Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.

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🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚡ Metaphysics Of Will 😴 Boredom And Desire 🚫 Anti-Self-Help

On the Suffering of the World

Happiness is only the temporary absence of pain; suffering, not joy, is life's actual engine.

av Arthur Schopenhauer 1850 132 sidor

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🌑 Philosophical Pessimism 🧠 Continental Philosophy ⚡ Metaphysics Of Will 😴 Boredom And Desire 🚫 Anti-Self-Help

The Matrix and Philosophy

av William Irwin • 2002

Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.

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🍿 Pop Philosophy 🖥️ Simulated Reality ❓ Skepticism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎬 Film And Philosophy

The Matrix and Philosophy

Plato imagined the cave, Descartes the demon. The Matrix put both on screen and philosophy noticed.

av William Irwin 2002 320 sidor

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🍿 Pop Philosophy 🖥️ Simulated Reality ❓ Skepticism 🧠 Consciousness Studies 🎬 Film And Philosophy

The Psychology of Stupidity

av Jean-François Marmion • 2019

The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🔍 Critical Thinking 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Psychology of Stupidity

The smartest people on why everyone, including you, keeps doing idiotic things.

av Jean-François Marmion 2019 385 sidor

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🧠 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🤲 Intellectual Humility 🔍 Critical Thinking 📊 Behavioral Economics

The Crisis of Narration

av Byung-Chul Han • 2023

We drown in information but starve for stories. A philosophy of what happens when narration dies.

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism 🔍 Critical Theory 📖 Narrative Theory 🤖 Philosophy Of Technology

The Crisis of Narration

We drown in information but starve for stories. A philosophy of what happens when narration dies.

av Byung-Chul Han 2023 77 sidor

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism 🔍 Critical Theory 📖 Narrative Theory 🤖 Philosophy Of Technology

The Architecture of Happiness

av Alain de Botton • 2006

The buildings we love don't just look good. They model the person we want to be.

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 📐 Architecture Theory 🎨 Design Psychology ✨ Beauty And Meaning 🏙️ Built Environment

The Architecture of Happiness

The buildings we love don't just look good. They model the person we want to be.

av Alain de Botton 2006 280 sidor

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🧠 Environmental Psychology 📐 Architecture Theory 🎨 Design Psychology ✨ Beauty And Meaning 🏙️ Built Environment

A History of Western Philosophy

av Bertrand Russell • 1945

A history of philosophy that reads not like a textbook but like a three-thousand-year argument.

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🏛️ Western Thought 📜 Intellectual History 🗺️ Philosophical Survey 🔬 Empiricism 📐 Analytic Philosophy

A History of Western Philosophy

A history of philosophy that reads not like a textbook but like a three-thousand-year argument.

av Bertrand Russell 1945 906 sidor

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🏛️ Western Thought 📜 Intellectual History 🗺️ Philosophical Survey 🔬 Empiricism 📐 Analytic Philosophy

Selections from the Prison Notebooks

av Antonio Gramsci • 1947

Why revolutions fail: a jailed Marxist argues the real fight is over culture and common sense.

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🏛️ Cultural Hegemony 🧠 Political Consciousness ⚒️ Class Struggle 🔍 Ideology Critique 📚 Western Marxism

Selections from the Prison Notebooks

Why revolutions fail: a jailed Marxist argues the real fight is over culture and common sense.

av Antonio Gramsci 1947 579 sidor

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🏛️ Cultural Hegemony 🧠 Political Consciousness ⚒️ Class Struggle 🔍 Ideology Critique 📚 Western Marxism

The Conquest of Happiness

av Bertrand Russell • 1930

Circumstances aren't what make you unhappy. A philosopher on the real causes and how to undo them.

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🏛️ Practical Philosophy 👥 Social Comparison ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🎯 Meaningful Leisure 🎭 Fear Of Judgment

The Conquest of Happiness

Circumstances aren't what make you unhappy. A philosopher on the real causes and how to undo them.

av Bertrand Russell 1930 190 sidor

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🏛️ Practical Philosophy 👥 Social Comparison ⚖️ Work-Life Balance 🎯 Meaningful Leisure 🎭 Fear Of Judgment

American Like Me

av America Ferrera • 2018

Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.

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🧩 Hyphenated Identity 🌐 Diaspora 👥 Double Consciousness 🌟 Celebrity Memoir ✍️ Personal Essays

American Like Me

Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.

av America Ferrera 2018 337 sidor

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🧩 Hyphenated Identity 🌐 Diaspora 👥 Double Consciousness 🌟 Celebrity Memoir ✍️ Personal Essays

Braiding Sweetgrass

av Robin Wall Kimmerer • 2013

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

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📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌍 Environmental Philosophy

Braiding Sweetgrass

Two sciences braided: a Potawatomi botanist on why plants are teachers and earth is a gift.

av Robin Wall Kimmerer 2013 408 sidor

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📜 Traditional Ecological Knowledge 🎁 Gift Economy 🌿 Nature Connection 🌱 Ecological Restoration 🌍 Environmental Philosophy

This Is Me Letting You Go

av Heidi Priebe • 2016

Perfect timing is a convenient lie: how to let go, forgive, and bet on yourself.

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💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧩 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Relationship Endings 📝 Personal Essays 🕊️ Forgiveness

This Is Me Letting You Go

Perfect timing is a convenient lie: how to let go, forgive, and bet on yourself.

av Heidi Priebe 2016 120 sidor

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💔 Heartbreak Recovery 🧩 Self-Acceptance 🚪 Relationship Endings 📝 Personal Essays 🕊️ Forgiveness

How to Be Perfect

av Michael Schur • 2022

Five ethical systems. One working moral compass. No perfection required.

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🍿 Pop Philosophy 🧭 Practical Ethics 🏛️ Ethical Frameworks 🌱 Everyday Ethics 📜 Western Philosophy

How to Be Perfect

Five ethical systems. One working moral compass. No perfection required.

av Michael Schur 2022 304 sidor

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🍿 Pop Philosophy 🧭 Practical Ethics 🏛️ Ethical Frameworks 🌱 Everyday Ethics 📜 Western Philosophy

Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience"

av Henry David Thoreau • 1849

The modern noise machine drowns out life. Two years in a one-room cabin taught him why.

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🌿 Transcendentalism 🏡 Simple Living 🌲 Nature Writing ✊ Civil Disobedience 🛠️ Self-Reliance

Walden Or, Life In The Woods And "On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience"

The modern noise machine drowns out life. Two years in a one-room cabin taught him why.

av Henry David Thoreau 1849 305 sidor

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🌿 Transcendentalism 🏡 Simple Living 🌲 Nature Writing ✊ Civil Disobedience 🛠️ Self-Reliance

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

av Stephen W. Hawking • 2018

Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.

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🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Physics 🤖 Ai Ethics 🚀 Space Colonization

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

Time travel might work, but the feedback loop of climate disaster probably kills us first.

av Stephen W. Hawking 2018 152 sidor

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🌌 Cosmology 🕳️ Black Holes ⚛️ Quantum Physics 🤖 Ai Ethics 🚀 Space Colonization

Politics As a Vocation

av Max Weber • 2013

The modern state's one true monopoly is not mail or schools. It is the legitimate use of force.

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🗳️ Political Authority 🏛️ State Power ⚖️ Political Ethics 📜 Political Legitimacy 🌟 Charismatic Leadership

Politics As a Vocation

The modern state's one true monopoly is not mail or schools. It is the legitimate use of force.

av Max Weber 2013 52 sidor

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🗳️ Political Authority 🏛️ State Power ⚖️ Political Ethics 📜 Political Legitimacy 🌟 Charismatic Leadership

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

av Carlo Rovelli • 2014

Space bends. Time is an illusion. Seven short lessons on the universe as it actually is.

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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics

Space bends. Time is an illusion. Seven short lessons on the universe as it actually is.

av Carlo Rovelli 2014 96 sidor

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Black Mirror and Philosophy

av David Kyle Johnson • 2019

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

4.09

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🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👁️ Surveillance Society ⚖️ Digital Ethics

Black Mirror and Philosophy

Every Black Mirror episode is a philosophical thought experiment hiding inside a dystopian thriller.

av David Kyle Johnson 2019 384 sidor

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🦾 Philosophy Of Technology 📺 Pop Culture Philosophy 🧠 Digital Consciousness 👁️ Surveillance Society ⚖️ Digital Ethics

What Is Art?

av Leo Tolstoy • 1897

Real art does one thing: transmit a feeling from artist to stranger. Everything else is decoration.

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🎨 Philosophy Of Art 💭 Art And Emotion 🏛️ Art And Class ✝️ Christian Aesthetics ⚖️ Art And Morality

What Is Art?

Real art does one thing: transmit a feeling from artist to stranger. Everything else is decoration.

av Leo Tolstoy 1897 252 sidor

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🎨 Philosophy Of Art 💭 Art And Emotion 🏛️ Art And Class ✝️ Christian Aesthetics ⚖️ Art And Morality

Want

av Gillian Anderson • 2024

Women's secret sexual fantasies, from their own anonymous letters: a map of hidden desire.

3.37

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🔥 Female Desire 🤫 Sexual Fantasies 🧠 Psychology Of Sexuality 🗣️ Sexual Shame ⛓️ Kink And Fetish

Want

Women's secret sexual fantasies, from their own anonymous letters: a map of hidden desire.

av Gillian Anderson 2024 372 sidor

3.37

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What the Dog Saw

av Malcolm Gladwell • 2009

Two seconds of silent video predict a teacher's full semester rating. What else we misjudge.

3.85

100 000+

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What the Dog Saw

Two seconds of silent video predict a teacher's full semester rating. What else we misjudge.

av Malcolm Gladwell 2009 319 sidor

3.85

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Modern Man in Search of a Soul

av C.G. Jung • 1931

Beneath your personal mind lies a shared psychic inheritance. Your dreams are its native language.

4.20

14 000+

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Modern Man in Search of a Soul

Beneath your personal mind lies a shared psychic inheritance. Your dreams are its native language.

av C.G. Jung 1931 244 sidor

4.20

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Six Easy Pieces

av Richard P. Feynman • 1994

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

4.21

31 000+

🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics 🌌 Quantum Mechanics 🔬 Scientific Method

Six Easy Pieces

Six core physics lessons on atoms, energy, gravity, and the quantum world's strangest behavior.

av Richard P. Feynman 1994 138 sidor

4.21

31 000+ betyg

🧱 Foundational Physics ⚛️ Atomic Theory 🍎 Classical Physics 🌌 Quantum Mechanics 🔬 Scientific Method

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