a fantastic resource
Not just any fantastic resource...
Probably the best resource.
Maybe creating a reading list for this Community and pinning it to the top also wouldn't be a bad idea.
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I would add The Abolition of Work though that might be a controversial choice. Did a lot to get me thinking back in the day, though.
Maybe creating a reading list for this Community and pinning it to the top also wouldn’t be a bad idea.
@OneRedFox@beehaw.org probably has one of these laying around; it's possible i can scrounge one up too if needed
Theory suggestions:
- Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent — Alan MacLeod (2019): for understanding corporate media.
- The Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Donald Trump — Corey Robin (2017): for understanding the chuds.
- Bullshit Jobs: A Theory — David Graeber (2018): for understanding your boss.
- Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years — David Graeber (2014): for understanding your debt.
- A People's History of the United States — Howard Zinn (2005): for understanding the US.
- The Divide: A Brief Guide to Global Inequality and its Solutions — Jason Hickel (2017): for understanding wealth inequality under neoliberalism.
- Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community — Robert D. Putnam (2001): for understanding the atomization of American society.
19th century classics:
- The Conquest of Bread — Peter Kropotkin (1892): the ideas hold up, but the examples are quite dated.
- Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution — Peter Kropotkin (1891): was very influential over modern sociology, but of course newer research on this subject exists.
Love David Graeber's work. Bullshit Jobs is iconic.
He was taken from us too soon.