The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
《新教伦理与资本主义精神》
Weber examines a historical coincidence: the organizational forms of modern capitalism developed systematically first in Protestant regions of the…
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Classic Index 94
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Institutions, culture, and the structure of public life.
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
《新教伦理与资本主义精神》
Weber examines a historical coincidence: the organizational forms of modern capitalism developed systematically first in Protestant regions of the…
Society & Civilization
Classic Index 94
Leviathan
《利维坦》
Starting from the thought experiment of a state of nature, Hobbes argues that without a common power, human equality and desire generate continuous…
Society & Civilization
Classic Index 94
On Liberty
《论自由》
Mill tries to draw a line: how far society may legitimately interfere with the individual. His harm principle holds that as long as others are not…
Society & Civilization
Classic Index 93
Amusing Ourselves to Death
《娱乐至死》
Postman contrasts the warnings of Orwell and Huxley and argues that Huxley came closer: culture is not crushed by force but voluntarily surrenders…
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Classic Index 90
The Crowd
《乌合之众》
Le Bon argues that once individuals merge into a crowd, their judgment and conduct change qualitatively: emotion becomes contagious, suggestion is…
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Classic Index 89
Liberalism
《自由与繁荣的国度》
Classical economics, and the case that central planning cannot work.
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Bad Beliefs
《坏信念》
Extreme falsehoods, a polluted information environment, and bad beliefs.
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The Treason of the Intellectuals
《知识分子的背叛》
Intellectuals who abandon truth and surrender to political extremes.
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The Goodness Paradox
《人性悖论》
Human self-domestication and the machinery of state violence.
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The Dictator's Handbook
《独裁者手册》
How rulers stay in power by rewarding a winning coalition rather than the public.
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
《复杂社会的崩溃》
Diminishing returns and the unraveling of complex societies.
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The Palliative Society
《妥协社会》
A society that yields to institutional coercion and cannot reform itself.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
《今日简史》
The collapse of the liberal story and the challenges of the 21st century.
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Nexus
《智人之上》
How information networks evolved, and how they enable digital surveillance.
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Homo Deus
《未来简史》
Techno-humanism, immortality projects, and a society split by class.
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Civilized to Death
《文明至死》
Reconsidering the agricultural revolution and the discontents of modern life.
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How Groups Encourage Misbehavior
《害马之群》
How groups lose control and push their members toward wrongdoing.
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Envy
《嫉妒与社会》
How envy distorts social behaviour and political allegiance.
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The Right Nation
《右派国家》
The conservative current running beneath American politics.
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How Change Happens
《变革如何发生》
The mechanics of social change and the resistance of institutions.
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