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The spell of the sensuous by David Abram
[In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and …
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In previous books, Holocaust historian Timothy Snyder dissected the events and values that enabled the rise of Hitler and Stalin …
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The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
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"How the police endanger us and why we need to find an alternative. Recent years have seen an explosion of …
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A Lover's Discourse: Fragments by Roland Barthes
A Lover's Discourse, at its 1978 publication, was revolutionary: Roland Barthes made unprecedented use of the tools of structuralism to …
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Ways of Seeing by John Berger, et al
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How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose …
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The art of cruelty by Maggie Nelson
Discusses whether the brutal imagery present in reality and entertainment will shock society into a less alienated state and help …
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Ghosts of My Life by Mark Fisher
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This collection of writings by Mark Fisher, author of the acclaimed Capitalist Realism, argues that we are haunted by futures …
