What are some good non-fiction books? - i wanna' be (((woke)))

[OhGoy]

Gaming isn't the best way of learning things (for obvious reasons), so I've recently decided that I need a more constructive hobby, like reading. The problem, though, is that I don't know where to start. I'd prefer something philosophical and/or political. I recently finished "The Prince" by Machiavelli and thought it was a decent read, so that might give you an idea of what I'm looking for.

 

[Rumpled Foreskin]

The number one answer to this, of course, is Mein Komf.

 

[KM 749]

Start with the Greeks.

More specifically, start with Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics and Nicomachean Ethics. Many political books will refer or allude to the concepts taught in these books. I'd also recommend reading Homer's Iliad, Homer's Odyssey, Herodotus' Histories, Hesiod's poetry, Sophocles' Oedipus trilogy, and Aristophanes' works, not only because they are great works, but also because literary authors and thinkers will constantly allude to the events told in each of these works, so it will help to know them.

 

[AtrocityVoyeur]

Not trying to say I agree with everything in these books. But they are short and interesting.

Jonathan Haidt- The Righteous Mind
Tocqueville- Democracy in America
Montaigne- Essays and Collected Writing
Freud- Civilization and its Discontents

 

[Morose_Obesity]

https://www.amazon.com/Fast-Food-Nation-Dark-All-American/dp/0547750331
https://www.amazon.com/Salt-Sugar-Fat-Giants-Hooked-ebook/dp/B00985E3UG


Why we’re all fat fucks^^^

 

[Polish Hot Dog (spicie)]

Start with the Greeks.

More specifically, start with Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Politics and Nicomachean Ethics. Many political books will refer or allude to the concepts taught in these books.

How dare you suggest the greeks before me.
For morals and humans, I think Soren Kierkegaard and Fyodor Dostoyevsky (man that's annoying to spell correctly) have good works.
Don't take my word for it, i'm just a chucklefuck on the internet

 

[IV 445]

The Call Of Cthulhu

 

[AtrocityVoyeur]

Also, one of the best critiques of contemporary liberalism (AKA, identitarian rights fetishism) is Carl Schmitt's Concept of the Political.

 

[AtrocityVoyeur]

The Call Of Cthulhu

YES. Preferably as contained in "HP Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life" by Michel Houellebecq. Which features a kick-ass essay about Lovecraft, Call of Cthulhu, and Whisperer of Darkness. I'm reading it now and I love it.

 

[KM 749]

If you want to limit the amount of anger you feel at events in the world (or on the Farms) and to take everything more cooly and logically, then I would recommend reading some Stoic works. Out of the trio of Seneca's Moral Epistles, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations, and Epictetus' Enchiridion, my personal favorite would be the former because of its wide range of topics it covers and everyday applicability of its lessons. Each section is like a short essay that covers a specific topic while helping to construct a larger philosophy towards the world.

I would also recommend Plutarch's Moralia if you want a book with a similar layout.

Lastly, H.L. Mencken's works are very insightful and clever essays and columns about the absurdities and idiocies of his day, many of which strikingly apply to today. I would recommend his first and second Chrestomathies, as well as his Minority report book.

 

[ConcernedAnon]

Brave New World

 

[Yellow Shirt Guy]

Barbarians by Lauren Southern.

 

[Jan_Hus]

The Thirty Years War: Europes's Tragedy

 

[Hat]

The Bible.

 

[Schwachkopf]

The Quran

 

[The Fool]

CLR Via C#

 

[Never Go Full Greer]

You can't understand the world without understanding economics. There are a number of good introductory options, though the two best are "Basic Economics" by Thomas Sowell and "Economics in One Lesson" by Henry Hazlitt.

 

[NomiMalone]

Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter. Granted, it's written by someone in the field of artificial intelligence, and can therefore get a bit dense, but it's good for those curious about the ongoing study underlying physical process of consciousness.

If brain-related functions and traumatic brain injury case studies are related to your stated interest in philosophy, I highly recommend anything by Oliver Sacks. Every single one of his books are engrossing and highly descriptive.

 

[Miss Hortensia]

I suggest Iuvenal's Satires - you may want to read some Romans after the Greeks and Iuvenal was quite the snarky connoisseur of human nature. This also applies to Erasmus of Rotterdam who wrote "The Praise of Folly".

 

[Polish Hot Dog (spicie)]

Brave New World

non fiction