🏭 Antimodernism

Works that resist or critique the project of modernity — its faith in progress, technology, and rationality — yearning for what was lost in the rush toward the new.

Against the Machine

by Paul Kingsnorth • 2025

The West lost its soul; a machine grew in the gap, now coming to replace us.

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3k+

🏛️ Critique Of Modernity ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🌳 Spiritual Ecology

Against the Machine 90%

The West lost its soul; a machine grew in the gap, now coming to replace us.

by Paul Kingsnorth 2025

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Critique Of Modernity ⚙️ Technology Criticism 🌳 Spiritual Ecology

The Unabomber Manifesto

by Theodore John Kaczynski • 1995

Industrial civilization cannot be saved. Its endpoint is humans rebuilt to fit the machine.

3.85

13k+

📝 Technology Criticism 🌿 Anarcho-Primitivism 🏭 Anti-Industrialism

The Unabomber Manifesto 90%

Industrial civilization cannot be saved. Its endpoint is humans rebuilt to fit the machine.

by Theodore John Kaczynski 1995

3.85

13k+ ratings

📝 Technology Criticism 🌿 Anarcho-Primitivism 🏭 Anti-Industrialism

Industrial Society and Its Future

by Ted Kaczynski • 2024

Modern comfort is a trap that erases human purpose. The only escape: abolishing technology.

3.88

203

📜 Anarcho-Primitivism ⚙️ Critique Of Technology 🌍 Radical Environmentalism

Industrial Society and Its Future Summary

Industrial Society and Its Future 90%

Modern comfort is a trap that erases human purpose. The only escape: abolishing technology.

by Ted Kaczynski 2024

3.88

203 ratings

📜 Anarcho-Primitivism ⚙️ Critique Of Technology 🌍 Radical Environmentalism

Anti-Tech Revolution

by Theodore John Kaczynski • 2016

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

3.95

630

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking

Anti-Tech Revolution 89%

The technological world system is a self-driving machine no one steers and nothing stops.

by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016

3.95

630 ratings

🏕️ Anarcho-Primitivism ✊ Revolutionary Theory 🔄 Systems Thinking

Men Among the Ruins

by Julius Evola • 1953

Beneath modern politics, a hidden battle against the idea of order is being won.

4.11

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Traditionalism ⚡ Anti-Modernism

Men Among the Ruins 89%

Beneath modern politics, a hidden battle against the idea of order is being won.

by Julius Evola 1953

4.11

724 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📜 Traditionalism ⚡ Anti-Modernism

The Politics of Cultural Despair

by Fritz Stern • 1961

The anti-modern rage of three German thinkers readied the ground for the Third Reich.

4.13

167

🖤 Cultural Pessimism ⚡ Conservative Revolution 🌾 Volkisch Movement

The Politics of Cultural Despair Summary

The Politics of Cultural Despair 89%

The anti-modern rage of three German thinkers readied the ground for the Third Reich.

by Fritz Stern 1961

4.13

167 ratings

🖤 Cultural Pessimism ⚡ Conservative Revolution 🌾 Volkisch Movement

The True and Only Heaven

by Christopher Lasch • 1991

Progress is exhausted; the only usable past belongs to those who doubted it.

4.36

382

🕰️ Critique Of Modernity 🧠 Intellectual History 🎭 Cultural Criticism

The True and Only Heaven 89%

Progress is exhausted; the only usable past belongs to those who doubted it.

by Christopher Lasch 1991

4.36

382 ratings

🕰️ Critique Of Modernity 🧠 Intellectual History 🎭 Cultural Criticism

The Fourth Political Theory

by Alexander Dugin • 2009

Liberalism abolished politics. The way out runs through chaos, tradition, and a multipolar world.

3.29

791

🏛️ Radical Traditionalism 🗺️ Eurasianism ⚡ Critique Of Modernity

The Fourth Political Theory 89%

Liberalism abolished politics. The way out runs through chaos, tradition, and a multipolar world.

by Alexander Dugin 2009

3.29

791 ratings

🏛️ Radical Traditionalism 🗺️ Eurasianism ⚡ Critique Of Modernity

Bronze Age Mindset

by Bronze Age Pervert • 2018

An internet manifesto commanding men to ditch democracy, build godlike bodies, and live as pirates.

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🏛️ Radical Traditionalism 🔥 Vitalist Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity

Bronze Age Mindset 89%

An internet manifesto commanding men to ditch democracy, build godlike bodies, and live as pirates.

by Bronze Age Pervert 2018

3.81

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Radical Traditionalism 🔥 Vitalist Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity

After Utopia

by Judith N. Shklar • 1970

When political faith collapsed, every tradition fell into its own fatalism. Theory never recovered.

4.15

🏛️ Political Theory 📜 Intellectual History 🌑 Cultural Pessimism

After Utopia 89%

When political faith collapsed, every tradition fell into its own fatalism. Theory never recovered.

by Judith N. Shklar 1970

4.15

40 ratings

🏛️ Political Theory 📜 Intellectual History 🌑 Cultural Pessimism

Iota Unum

by Romano Amerio • 1996

The post-Vatican II Church turned reform into a dismantling of authority, liturgy, and truth.

4.34

🏛️ Catholic Traditionalism 📜 Vatican Ii Critique ⚡ Anti-Modernism

Iota Unum 88%

The post-Vatican II Church turned reform into a dismantling of authority, liturgy, and truth.

by Romano Amerio 1996

4.34

61 ratings

🏛️ Catholic Traditionalism 📜 Vatican Ii Critique ⚡ Anti-Modernism

Revolt Against the Modern World

by Julius Evola • 1934

Progress is backwards: history is the long descent from sacred kingship to the rule of the masses.

3.98

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🏛️ Traditionalist School 🔄 Cyclical History 👑 Sacred Kingship

Revolt Against the Modern World 88%

Progress is backwards: history is the long descent from sacred kingship to the rule of the masses.

by Julius Evola 1934

3.98

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Traditionalist School 🔄 Cyclical History 👑 Sacred Kingship

Latter-Day Pamphlets

by Thomas Carlyle • 1850

An 1850 diagnosis: democracy is anarchy, philanthropy coddles scoundrels, and talk rules everything.

3.89

👑 Victorian Social Criticism 📜 Political Pamphlets 🗳️ Critique Of Democracy

Latter-Day Pamphlets 88%

An 1850 diagnosis: democracy is anarchy, philanthropy coddles scoundrels, and talk rules everything.

by Thomas Carlyle 1850

3.89

99 ratings

👑 Victorian Social Criticism 📜 Political Pamphlets 🗳️ Critique Of Democracy

The Age of American Unreason

by Susan Jacoby • 2008

Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.

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🧠 Anti-Intellectualism 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📚 Intellectual History

The Age of American Unreason 88%

Suspicion of ideas predates the American republic. The forces feeding it have never been louder.

by Susan Jacoby 2008

3.85

3k+ ratings

🧠 Anti-Intellectualism 🎭 Cultural Criticism 📚 Intellectual History

Conservatism

by Yoram Hazony • 2022

Nation, faith, and family: the pillars liberalism dismissed, and the only path out of its collapse.

4.29

304

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🧐 Conservative Thought 🇺🇸 National Conservatism

Conservatism 88%

Nation, faith, and family: the pillars liberalism dismissed, and the only path out of its collapse.

by Yoram Hazony 2022

4.29

304 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🧐 Conservative Thought 🇺🇸 National Conservatism

The Abolition of Man

by C.S. Lewis • 1943

The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.

4.12

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🏛️ Natural Law Ethics 🔬 Scientism Critique 🎭 Subjectivism Critique

The Abolition of Man 88%

The final product of denying objective value is not freedom but a humanity ruled by impulse.

by C.S. Lewis 1943

4.12

42k+ ratings

🏛️ Natural Law Ethics 🔬 Scientism Critique 🎭 Subjectivism Critique

Ideas Have Consequences

by Richard M. Weaver • 1948

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

4.13

2k+

🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism

Ideas Have Consequences 88%

A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.

by Richard M. Weaver 1948

4.13

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 🧠 Cultural Criticism ⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism

Christus Vincit

by Athanasius Schneider • 2019

Modernism emptied the Church of the supernatural. One ancient gesture can bring it back.

4.69

504

🕊️ Catholic Traditionalism 🛐 Liturgical Restoration 🍞 Eucharistic Reverence

Christus Vincit 88%

Modernism emptied the Church of the supernatural. One ancient gesture can bring it back.

by Athanasius Schneider 2019

4.69

504 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Traditionalism 🛐 Liturgical Restoration 🍞 Eucharistic Reverence

Return of the Strong Gods

by R.R. Reno • 2019

The postwar war on shared loyalties worked. The result is loneliness and a populist revolt.

4.04

871

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Elite Critique 🗳️ Populist Movements

Return of the Strong Gods 88%

The postwar war on shared loyalties worked. The result is loneliness and a populist revolt.

by R.R. Reno 2019

4.04

871 ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🏛️ Elite Critique 🗳️ Populist Movements

The Pursuit of Loneliness

by Philip Slater • 1970

America chose self-reliance. It got loneliness, and the hidden need for others is turning to rage.

4.08

287

🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 American Culture 🏚️ Social Alienation

The Pursuit of Loneliness 88%

America chose self-reliance. It got loneliness, and the hidden need for others is turning to rage.

by Philip Slater 1970

4.08

287 ratings

🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 American Culture 🏚️ Social Alienation

In Praise of Prejudice

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2007

The war on prejudice backfires: it returns as conformity, atomization, and state control.

4.04

521

🗣️ Social Commentary 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism 📜 Defense Of Tradition

In Praise of Prejudice 88%

The war on prejudice backfires: it returns as conformity, atomization, and state control.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2007

4.04

521 ratings

🗣️ Social Commentary 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism 📜 Defense Of Tradition

The New Leviathans

by John Gray • 2023

Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.

3.42

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 📉 Western Decline 🔄 Cyclical History

The New Leviathans 88%

Humans kill for meaning, not markets. Liberalism forgot this. The leviathans remembered.

by John Gray 2023

3.42

980 ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 📉 Western Decline 🔄 Cyclical History

The Crisis of Narration

by Byung-Chul Han • 2023

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

3.91

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🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism 🔍 Critical Theory

The Crisis of Narration 88%

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

by Byung-Chul Han 2023

3.91

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Continental Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism 🔍 Critical Theory

The New Vichy Syndrome

by Theodore Dalrymple • 2010

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

3.89

238

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism

The New Vichy Syndrome 88%

Europeans were never richer or healthier. The rot is in the soul, not the balance sheet.

by Theodore Dalrymple 2010

3.89

238 ratings

🏚️ European Decline ⛪ Secularization 🌐 Cultural Relativism

The Wisdom of the Heart

by Henry Miller • 1941

Modern men are half-alive and call it progress. The cure starts when the thinking stops.

4.03

663

📖 Literary Philosophy 📚 Essay Collections 🎨 Creative Process

The Wisdom of the Heart 88%

Modern men are half-alive and call it progress. The cure starts when the thinking stops.

by Henry Miller 1941

4.03

663 ratings

📖 Literary Philosophy 📚 Essay Collections 🎨 Creative Process

America Last

by Jacob Heilbrunn • 2024

The Right's century of admiring strongmen is not a bug but the point.

3.83

246

🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🤝 Authoritarian Admiration 📉 Illiberalism

America Last 88%

The Right's century of admiring strongmen is not a bug but the point.

by Jacob Heilbrunn 2024

3.83

246 ratings

🏛️ Paleoconservatism 🤝 Authoritarian Admiration 📉 Illiberalism

The Dark Enlightenment

by Nick Land • 2012

Democracy is not a broken system; it is a self-destructive engine that devours civilization.

3.26

733

🏴 Neo-Reactionary Thought 📉 Democratic Decay 🧬 Human Biodiversity

The Dark Enlightenment 88%

Democracy is not a broken system; it is a self-destructive engine that devours civilization.

by Nick Land 2012

3.26

733 ratings

🏴 Neo-Reactionary Thought 📉 Democratic Decay 🧬 Human Biodiversity

The Crisis of the Modern World

by René Guénon • 1927

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

4.09

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🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History

The Crisis of the Modern World 88%

Modernity is a spiritual dark age, and the West's greatest achievements are its diagnostic symptoms.

by René Guénon 1927

4.09

2k+ ratings

🕉️ Perennial Philosophy 🏙️ Critique Of Modernity 🔄 Cyclical History

Walden and Civil Disobedience

by Henry David Thoreau • 1849

A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.

3.93

39k+

🏞️ American Transcendentalism 🌿 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living

Walden and Civil Disobedience 88%

A cabin, a pond, two years, one tax refusal: the American original on freedom and conscience.

by Henry David Thoreau 1849

3.93

39k+ ratings

🏞️ American Transcendentalism 🌿 Nature Writing 🏡 Simple Living

Religion and the Rebel

by Colin Wilson • 1957

The rebel craving spiritual intensity is not broken: he is civilization's healthy warning symptom.

4.08

249

📚 Cultural Criticism 📜 Existentialist Thought 🧠 Consciousness Expansion

Religion and the Rebel 88%

The rebel craving spiritual intensity is not broken: he is civilization's healthy warning symptom.

by Colin Wilson 1957

4.08

249 ratings

📚 Cultural Criticism 📜 Existentialist Thought 🧠 Consciousness Expansion

The Longing for Less

by Kyle Chayka • 2020

The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.

3.45

1k+

🎨 Modernist Art 📐 Design Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism

The Longing for Less 87%

The clean lines of minimalism hide a messy history: Zen monks, art rebels, and $8,200 stereos.

by Kyle Chayka 2020

3.45

1k+ ratings

🎨 Modernist Art 📐 Design Philosophy 📰 Cultural Criticism

Lions and Scavengers

by Ben Shapiro • 2025

Two spirits fight for America: one builds civilization, the other feeds on its carcass.

4.17

1k+

🏛️ Western Civilization 📜 Political Philosophy 🐘 American Conservatism

Lions and Scavengers 87%

Two spirits fight for America: one builds civilization, the other feeds on its carcass.

by Ben Shapiro 2025

4.17

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 📜 Political Philosophy 🐘 American Conservatism

Modern Times

by Paul Johnson • 1983

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

4.29

3k+

📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History

Modern Times 87%

Einstein and Freud dismantled the old moral universe. Into the void stepped the totalitarians.

by Paul Johnson 1983

4.29

3k+ ratings

📅 Modern History 💡 Intellectual History 🏛️ Political History

The Closing of the American Mind

by Allan Bloom • 1988

A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.

3.76

6k+

🏛️ Higher Education Critique 🌐 American Culture Wars 🤷 Moral Relativism

The Closing of the American Mind Summary

The Closing of the American Mind 87%

A dogma that all truths are equal has hollowed the American mind, starting on campus.

by Allan Bloom 1988

3.76

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Higher Education Critique 🌐 American Culture Wars 🤷 Moral Relativism

The Reactionary Mind

by Corey Robin • 2011

Conservatism is the counterrevolution: a history of the right borrowing from the left to defeat it.

3.94

3k+

🏛️ Conservative Thought 🔥 Reactionary Politics 🔄 Counterrevolution

The Reactionary Mind 87%

Conservatism is the counterrevolution: a history of the right borrowing from the left to defeat it.

by Corey Robin 2011

3.94

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Conservative Thought 🔥 Reactionary Politics 🔄 Counterrevolution

To Save Everything, Click Here

by Evgeny Morozov • 2013

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

3.67

1k+

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias

To Save Everything, Click Here 87%

Silicon Valley promised a world without friction. Friction, mess, and dissent are what keep us free.

by Evgeny Morozov 2013

3.67

1k+ ratings

💻 Tech Criticism 🗳️ Internet Politics ⚖️ Algorithms And Bias

In Emergency, Break Glass

by Nate Anderson • 2022

Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.

3.91

323

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔧 Technology Critique 📱 Attention Economy

In Emergency, Break Glass 87%

Nietzsche saw your smartphone coming: the 19th-century antidote to an age of endless scrolling.

by Nate Anderson 2022

3.91

323 ratings

🏛️ Applied Philosophy 🔧 Technology Critique 📱 Attention Economy

Incompletos

by José Carlos Ruiz • 2023

Why the endless pursuit of happiness leaves us empty, and how deliberate thinking can restore depth.

3.84

141

🌐 Hypermodernity 📺 Media Philosophy 😞 Happiness Critique

Incompletos 87%

Why the endless pursuit of happiness leaves us empty, and how deliberate thinking can restore depth.

by José Carlos Ruiz 2023

3.84

141 ratings

🌐 Hypermodernity 📺 Media Philosophy 😞 Happiness Critique

Ride the Tiger

by Julius Evola • 1961

Civilizations die. The real move: stop defending ruins and anchor in something death can't touch.

3.96

2k+

🏛️ Perennial Philosophy 👑 Inner Sovereignty 🏔️ Spiritual Survival

Ride the Tiger 87%

Civilizations die. The real move: stop defending ruins and anchor in something death can't touch.

by Julius Evola 1961

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Perennial Philosophy 👑 Inner Sovereignty 🏔️ Spiritual Survival

The Age of Defeat

by Colin Wilson • 1959

Why the hero vanished: affluence, conformity, and philosophy all taught us we don't matter.

4.00

🧠 Existentialism 📰 Cultural Criticism ⚔️ The Heroic Ideal

The Age of Defeat 87%

Why the hero vanished: affluence, conformity, and philosophy all taught us we don't matter.

by Colin Wilson 1959

4.00

59 ratings

🧠 Existentialism 📰 Cultural Criticism ⚔️ The Heroic Ideal

Cynicism

by Ansgar Allen • 2014

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

3.71

146

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy

Cynicism 87%

Cynicism once meant tearing everything down. Now it just means giving up.

by Ansgar Allen 2014

3.71

146 ratings

🏛️ Ancient Philosophy 📜 Intellectual History 🗳️ Political Philosophy

The Quest for Community

by Robert A. Nisbet • 1953

Totalitarianism is not an aberration; it is the state's final victory over every rival community.

4.26

358

⚖️ Political Theory 🏙️ Mass Society 🏛️ Mediating Institutions

The Quest for Community 87%

Totalitarianism is not an aberration; it is the state's final victory over every rival community.

by Robert A. Nisbet 1953

4.26

358 ratings

⚖️ Political Theory 🏙️ Mass Society 🏛️ Mediating Institutions

The Right Side of History

by Ben Shapiro • 2019

Greek reason plus biblical purpose built the modern West. Both are now in retreat.

3.86

9k+

🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline

The Right Side of History 87%

Greek reason plus biblical purpose built the modern West. Both are now in retreat.

by Ben Shapiro 2019

3.86

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization ✝️ Judeo-Christian Values 📉 Western Decline

The Culture of Narcissism

by Christopher Lasch • 1978

The self-obsessed aren't full of themselves. They're empty, and the culture keeps them that way.

3.96

4k+

🧐 Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏚️ Social Atomization

The Culture of Narcissism 87%

The self-obsessed aren't full of themselves. They're empty, and the culture keeps them that way.

by Christopher Lasch 1978

3.96

4k+ ratings

🧐 Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏚️ Social Atomization

How to Save the West

by Spencer Klavan • 2023

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

4.27

468

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy

How to Save the West 87%

The West's unraveling isn't political. It's philosophical, and the remedy is older than the problem.

by Spencer Klavan 2023

4.27

468 ratings

🏛️ Western Civilization 📉 Cultural Decline 🏺 Classical Philosophy

The Human Condition

by Hannah Arendt • 1958

The Greeks built freedom on escaping necessity. Modern society made necessity the highest good.

4.20

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🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏭 Modernity Critique 🏠 Public Vs Private

The Human Condition 87%

The Greeks built freedom on escaping necessity. Modern society made necessity the highest good.

by Hannah Arendt 1958

4.20

10k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🏭 Modernity Critique 🏠 Public Vs Private

Lord of the World

by Robert Hugh Benson • 1907

A world united in peace worships a new messiah; a Catholic priest sees the Antichrist.

4.09

4k+

🕊️ Religious Dystopia 🐍 Antichrist Figure ⛪ Persecuted Faith

Lord of the World 87%

A world united in peace worships a new messiah; a Catholic priest sees the Antichrist.

by Robert Hugh Benson 1907

4.09

4k+ ratings

🕊️ Religious Dystopia 🐍 Antichrist Figure ⛪ Persecuted Faith

Libido Dominandi

by E. Michael Jones • 1999

The sexual revolution didn't free us. It handed the controllers a new way to own our desires.

4.28

292

🚻 Sexual Politics 🧠 Social Engineering 📖 History Of Sexuality

Libido Dominandi 87%

The sexual revolution didn't free us. It handed the controllers a new way to own our desires.

by E. Michael Jones 1999

4.28

292 ratings

🚻 Sexual Politics 🧠 Social Engineering 📖 History Of Sexuality

All Things are Possible

by Lev Shestov • 1905

Reason is a trap, morality is vengeance, and the outcast knows what philosophy will not say.

4.09

314

🧠 Existential Thought 🇷🇺 Russian Philosophy 🔍 Critique Of Reason

All Things are Possible 87%

Reason is a trap, morality is vengeance, and the outcast knows what philosophy will not say.

by Lev Shestov 1905

4.09

314 ratings

🧠 Existential Thought 🇷🇺 Russian Philosophy 🔍 Critique Of Reason

Why Liberalism Failed

by Patrick J. Deneen • 2018

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

3.84

4k+

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique

Why Liberalism Failed 87%

Liberalism didn't fail despite its successes. Its successes broke it.

by Patrick J. Deneen 2018

3.84

4k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Philosophy 🤝 Communitarianism 🧩 Individualism Critique

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