Ivan Illich’s book, Deschooling Society, released in 1971, takes a bold stance on education. At a time when schools were expanding everywhere in the postwar West, Illich argued that traditional [...] Read more

Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds Mackay’s Extraordinary Popular Delusions remains a classic “wake‐up call” on the perils of collective irrationality. While its [...] Read more

Overview Restoring the Kinship Worldview is a compelling anthology that presents 28 precepts rooted in Indigenous wisdom, aiming to guide humanity towards a more balanced and interconnected [...] Read more

Introduction In Platform Capitalism (2017), Nick Srnicek offers a concise but incisive examination of how capitalism has adapted to the digital age, reshaping itself through the emergence of [...] Read more

Introduction In The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, Shoshana Zuboff offers a sweeping and urgent critique of how capitalism has mutated in [...] Read more

Arendt, H. (2006). Eichmann in Jerusalem: A report on the banality of evil. Penguin Classics. (Original work published 1963) Hannah Arendt coined the phrase “the banality of evil” in Eichmann in [...] Read more

Edward Bernays’ Propaganda (1928) reads today like the blueprint for a media age he could scarcely imagine. In brisk, confident prose, Bernays argues that modern democracies cannot function without [...] Read more

"Animal Farm" by George Orwell is a political allegory and satire that critiques totalitarianism, primarily focused on the events leading up to and following the Russian Revolution. Set on a farm, [...] Read more

Schmelzer, M., Vetter, A., & Vansintjan, A. (2022). The future is degrowth: A guide to a world beyond capitalism. London: Verso Books. A Summary of The Future is Degrowth: A Guide to a World [...] Read more

Pope, A. (1733–34). An Essay on Man. Overview An Essay on Man by Alexander Pope offers us a lyrical manual for answering some of life's most important questions: Who are we? What is causing the [...] Read more