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A combative, take-no-prisoners philosophical autopsy of the twenty-first century's defining political and economic failures. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with First as tragedy, then as farce.
- combative
- urgent
- bleak
- 01
Violence
Slavoj Zizek
An incendiary, pop-culture-infused philosophical interrogation of the violence hidden within our everyday systems and language.
- 02
Capitalist Realism
Mark Fisher
A sharp, claustrophobic diagnosis of the modern condition that articulates the exact shape of your everyday exhaustion.
- 03
Hegemony or Survival
Noam Chomsky
A relentless, heavily footnoted dismantling of imperial benevolence that leaves you wide awake and deeply alarmed.
- 04
The Shock Doctrine
Naomi Klein
A chilling, meticulously researched unmasking of how global crises are weaponized to push through radical economic agendas.
- 05
Crashed
Adam Tooze
A sweeping, analytical journey through the shockwaves of financial collapse and the hidden forces shaping our modern world.
- 06
The End of History and the Last Man
Francis Fukuyama · 1994
A sweeping, mountaintop view of human civilization that leaves you wrestling with the quiet anxiety of what happens after we win the ideological war.
- 07
Profit over People
Noam Chomsky
A clear-eyed, uncompromising dismantling of corporate power that ultimately champions the enduring hope of grassroots resistance.
- 08
The World Is Flat -A Brief History OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Thomas L. Friedman
A sweeping, anecdote-driven tour of a rapidly shrinking globe that leaves you feeling both awestruck and urgently compelled to keep pace.
- 09
PostCapitalism
Paul Mason
An urgent, visionary roadmap for building a more just society from the ashes of a failing economic system.
- 10
Jihad vs. McWorld
Benjamin Barber · 1995
An elegant, urgent dissection of the paradoxical forces of global consumerism and tribal fragmentation threatening modern democracy.
- 11
War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Chris Hedges
A haunting, erudite dismantling of the myths we tell ourselves about the glory of combat and the intoxicating poison of nationalism.
- 12
Boomerang
Michael M. Lewis
A darkly hilarious global tour of financial ruin that makes you laugh right up until the moment you realize the joke is on you.
