The Human Condition (2nd Edition)16 reviews Hannah Arendt University Of Chicago Press, 1998 What it is that We are Doing + The Color Purple + Not quite what I expected but a classic nonetheless Arendt begins her opus magnum with a proposal: she states that the launch of Sputnik in 1957 (similar to Vaclav Havel's proposal of the moon landing) has hearkened in a new age of humanity. Following this proposal is one of the most mysterious but rewarding books of the 20th century, in my humble ...             Reflections: Essays, Aphorisms, Autobiographical Writings6 reviews Walter Benjamin Schocken, 1986 A Portable Benjamin + Criticism at its best + Wise and witty, with a keen eye for detail + "A Highly Polished Mind"             The Politics (Penguin Classics)24 reviews Aristotle Penguin Classics, 1981 If You Don't Want To Live In A State, You Are Either A God Or A Beast + If You Don't Want To Live In A State, You Are Either A God Or A Beast + Another famous ancient Greek philosopher. + Politics Defined             The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History20 reviews Ibn Khaldun Princeton Univ Press (Bollingen Series), 1989 The first work of historiography ever written. + The best + great book, good price + A Must Read + Dated in ways, but nonetheless carries some core truths             Das Kapital, Gateway Edition23 reviews Karl Marx Gateway Editions, 1999 Where Marxist Economics meets Realpolitik. I gave this book five stars,because it shows outright, that Marx had a layman's understanding of everyday economics.When Marx's social political theories needed economic validation,he unleashed the monetary-literary behemoth,"Das Kapital".This book was a successful seller among Wall Street ...             Leviathan5 reviews Thomas Hobbes Touchstone, 1997 The First Modern Political Philosopher + A World Classic + The First Modern Political Philosopher + The First Modern Political Philosopher + The First Modern Political Philosopher             The Social Contract and Discourses5 reviews Jean-Jacques Rousseau BN Publishing, 2007 Rousseau Comments on Society and the General Will of Man + Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains + A great collection of works by an unequalled thinker + Rousseau's influence on Kant             Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison40 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1995 Excellent and thought-provoking. + Knowledge, power, and domination + Big brother is watching you Other reviews have done a nice job of explaining the textual benefits of the book, so let me explain its practical benefit. I'll keep this short and sweet. This is an excellent text to trot out during a sociology or other social science class when you want to egomanically dominate the conversation ...             A General Theory Of Authority Yves R. Simon University of Notre Dame Press, 1991             The Origins of Totalitarianism: Introduction by Samantha Power19 reviews Hannah Arendt Schocken, 2004 A difficult book, but perhaps the best on the topic... + ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS I HAVE READ. + Perhaps History Can Turn Our Heads + Arendt's Opus Magnum             Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty3 reviews Carl Schmitt University Of Chicago Press, 2006 Taking Exception + Insightful, Well-translated + Swede thru the back door This book was becoming too influential to remain out of print for long, and its first sentence alone --"sovereign is he who decides on the exception"-- has likely been cited by more scholars than have ever actually read the second sentence. Still, though influenced by second-hand readings of ...             Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)12 reviews Giorgio Agamben Stanford University Press, 1998 Homo Sacer is a must read. + The Body = The Nation + Political Ontology and Bio-Politics + Interesting but Problematic             The Ways of Judgment: The Bampton Lectures, 2003 (Bampton Lectures) Oliver O'Donovan Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008 In this probing book Oliver O'Donovan extends the exploration into the correspondence between theology and politics that he began in "The Desire of the Nations." While that earlier work took as its starting point the biblical proclamation of God's authority, "The Ways of Judgment" approaches political theology from the political side. Responsive to developments such as the uncertain role of the ...             Nineteen Eighty-Four67 reviews George Orwell Plume, 2003 Forget WE, The Iron Heel and every other dystopian novel. Read this book! + Still Relative Today + Cherish your thoughts + This Book Deserves More Stars Than Are In The Sky + my first Orwell, and I'm already hooked             The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making6 reviews Adrian Johns University Of Chicago Press, 2000 mistitled + Why do we trust books? + Revisit every assumption you brought to the act of reading Adrian Johns tells us much less about the nature of the book than about the origins of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Natural Knowledge, the physical conditions in which books were printed and distributed, and the architecture of the Royal Stationers Hall. These subjects are lovingly ...             A General Theory Of Authority Yves R. Simon University of Notre Dame Press, 1991             Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison40 reviews Michel Foucault Vintage, 1995 Excellent and thought-provoking. + Knowledge, power, and domination + Big brother is watching you Other reviews have done a nice job of explaining the textual benefits of the book, so let me explain its practical benefit. I'll keep this short and sweet. This is an excellent text to trot out during a sociology or other social science class when you want to egomanically dominate the conversation ...             The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History20 reviews Ibn Khaldun Princeton Univ Press (Bollingen Series), 1989 The first work of historiography ever written. + The best + great book, good price + A Must Read + Dated in ways, but nonetheless carries some core truths             Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics)12 reviews Giorgio Agamben Stanford University Press, 1998 Homo Sacer is a must read. + The Body = The Nation + Political Ontology and Bio-Politics + Interesting but Problematic             Leviathan5 reviews Thomas Hobbes Touchstone, 1997 The First Modern Political Philosopher + A World Classic + The First Modern Political Philosopher + The First Modern Political Philosopher + The First Modern Political Philosopher