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In The Problem with Work, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work, or waged labor, is inherently a social and political good. Taking up Marxist and feminist critiques, Weeks proposes a postwork society that would allow people to be productive and creative rather than relentlessly bound to the employment relation.

"Review of Adolph Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'" is an essay of George Orwell. "Mein Kampf" ("My Struggle" or "My Fight") is a 1925 autobiographical manifesto by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. Volume 1 of "Mein Kampf" was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926. The book was edited first by Emil Maurice, then by Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess.

In this wide-ranging book, Martha C. Nussbaum, one of our leading public intellectuals, argues that anger is conceptually confused and normatively pernicious. It assumes that the suffering of the wrongdoer restores the thing that was damaged, and it betrays an all-too-lively interest in relative status and humiliation. Studying anger in intimate relationships, casual daily interactions, the workplace, the criminal justice system, and movements for social transformation, Nussbaum shows that anger's core ideas are both infantile and harmful.

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time as a lawyer in South Africa he developed his strategy of non-violence: the idea of opposing unjust laws by non-violent protest. He led the Indian National Congress party in three major campaigns against British rule, each culminating in his arrest. 

From Sunday Times bestselling author John Kampfner: a sweeping history of Berlin, city of haven and hell, disaster and reinvention No other city has had so many lives, survived so many disasters and has reinvented itself so many times. No other city is like Berlin. Ever since John Kampfner was a...

Bloomberg: A Billionaire's Ambition tells the story of how one of America's most successful entrepreneurs was elected mayor of New York City and what he did with the power he won. Bloomberg's stunning victory against all odds just weeks after the 9/11 terrorist attack left him facing challenges unlike any mayor in history. For the next 12 years, he kept the city safe, managed budgets through fiscal crises, promoted private sector growth, and more. But his time as mayor was not without controversy.

Brought to you by Penguin. A landmark book that completely transforms our understanding of the crisis of liberalism, from two pre-eminent intellectuals Why did the West, after winning the Cold War, lose its political balance? In the early 1990s, hopes for the eastward spread of liberal democracy...

In his 1992 best-selling book The End of History and the Last Man, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama argued that the dominance of liberal democracy marked the end of humanity's political and ideological development. Thirty years later, with populism on the rise and the number of liberal democracies decreasing worldwide, Fukuyama revisits his classic thesis. A series of in-depth interviews between Fukuyama and editor Mathilde Fasting, After the End of History offers a wide-ranging analysis of liberal democracy today.

"The Law" by Frédéric Bastiat is a seminal work in political philosophy and economics, offering a robust defense of individual liberty and property rights against the encroachments of government.

The New Age of Empire takes us back to the beginning of the European Empires, outlining the deliberate terror and suffering wrought during every stage of the expansion, and destroys the self-congratulatory myth that the West was founded on the three great revolutions of science, industry and politics. Instead, genocide, slavery and colonialism are the key foundation stones upon which the West was built and we are still living under this system today: America is now at the helm.

'A stunning history of now' GREG GRANDIN 'Phenomenal . . . it would be criminally negligent not to read it if you'd like to change the world' ROB DELANEY From 2010 to 2020, more people took part in protests than at any other point in history. But what type of change did they deliver? From the...

在社会冲突与利益博弈的夹击下，一座原本不起眼的古代希腊城邦，被残酷的历史巨轮“逼”出了影响后世数千年的民主政治制度。权力的天平如何从少数贵族家族手中，惊险且艰难地转移到广泛的平民阶层？这不仅是一场轰...

当曾经辉煌的古典共和国在财富狂欢与政治极化中走向崩溃，民众究竟会为了秩序与安全感，甘愿交出多少政治自由？如果你正试图从沉重的历史回音中理解当下的体制困境，这场关于权力分配、制度瓦解与人性贪婪的沉浸式...

Ontdek de historische cyclus van geopolitieke grootmachten en waarom elk dominant wereldrijk onvermijdelijk instort. Tijdens je dagelijkse reis of momenten van opperste concentratie neemt deze nuchtere, meeslepende analyse je mee terug in de tijd. De ogenschijnlijke onoverwinnelijkheid van...

当无与伦比的古代扩张带来无尽财富时，共和体制与权力制衡却在阶级撕裂中一步步滑向血腥内战与崩溃。对于渴望在沉浸式通勤中寻求智慧启迪的听众而言，这是一次极具震撼力的政治史硬核探索。它不仅重现了地中海霸主...

当不可一世的全球霸权最终走向解体，历史周期律中隐藏的制度僵化与财政危机，究竟是如何将早期扩张的绝对优势转化为致命的生存负担？置身于信息碎片化与地缘情绪交织的当下，我们迫切需要一种冷峻客观的宏大视角，...

当血统传承的合法性遭遇残酷的政治反噬，中世纪英格兰的王座注定要在无尽的继承危机与血腥内战中反复重铸。这部充满张力的历史有声书，带你直击权力博弈的凛冽真相。无论你是在漫长通勤中渴望深度沉浸的历史迷，还...

تتبّع كيف دمّر التوسع العسكري المستمر أعظم تجربة سياسية في العالم القديم، في سرد تاريخي يحلل صعود وسقوط الجمهورية. هنا تتشابك المؤامرات السياسية مع طموحات...

Il crollo del Senato svela come la violenza politica spinse Roma a scambiare la propria libertà per un nuovo Impero. Questo saggio storico, ideale per trasformare i tuoi spostamenti in avvincenti sessioni di ascolto, analizza l'ascesa di leader ambiziosi e il logoramento del potere statale. Il...

Mergulhe no colapso político da Roma Antiga, onde a ilusão de liberdade cedeu espaço ao autoritarismo de generais. Ideal para transformar seu trajeto diário em uma jornada imersiva, esta narrativa histórica revela como a profunda desigualdade corroeu as instituições. Prepare-se para uma...