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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 4,656,643 ratings — published 1945
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 30,396 ratings — published 1978
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 5,587,987 ratings — published 1948
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 33,450 ratings — published 1961
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Against Interpretation and Other Essays Against Interpretation and Other Essays (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 10,603 ratings — published 1966
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On Photography On Photography (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 57,835 ratings — published 1973
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Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 15,864 ratings — published 2025
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Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power Psychopolitics: Neoliberalism and New Technologies of Power (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.07 — 7,511 ratings — published 2014
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 54,935 ratings — published 2007
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The Communist Manifesto The Communist Manifesto (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.69 — 203,031 ratings — published 1848
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Culture and Imperialism Culture and Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 5,872 ratings — published 1993
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Ways of Seeing Ways of Seeing (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 443,023 ratings — published 1972
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 35,446 ratings — published 1981
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 19,815 ratings — published 1952
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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.67 — 23,168 ratings — published 2023
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 19,970 ratings — published 1989
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Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 7,089 ratings — published 1998
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The Origins of Totalitarianism The Origins of Totalitarianism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 15,233 ratings — published 1951
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Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene) Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
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avg rating 3.99 — 3,684 ratings — published 1990
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The Myth of Sisyphus The Myth of Sisyphus (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.16 — 99,934 ratings — published 1942
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 23,880 ratings — published 1967
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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 6,008,929 ratings — published 1925
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
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avg rating 4.16 — 173,180 ratings — published 2018
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In Praise of Shadows In Praise of Shadows (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 31,437 ratings — published 1933
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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 41,830 ratings — published 2009
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So You Want to Talk About Race So You Want to Talk About Race (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.48 — 108,243 ratings — published 2018
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 678,341 ratings — published 1886
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Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People Listen, Liberal: Or, What Ever Happened to the Party of the People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 5,271 ratings — published 2016
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 2,480,811 ratings — published 1985
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Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 5,440 ratings — published 1992
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Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 75,637 ratings — published 1995
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 39,811 ratings — published 1985
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Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 25,037 ratings — published 1988
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Critique of Pure Reason Critique of Pure Reason (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 43,155 ratings — published 1781
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Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 5,052 ratings — published 1994
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Regarding the Pain of Others Regarding the Pain of Others (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 23,343 ratings — published 2003
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Mythologies Mythologies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 17,366 ratings — published 1957
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Writing Degree Zero Writing Degree Zero (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 1,939 ratings — published 1953
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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 78,740 ratings — published 1980
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Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation Why Love Hurts: A Sociological Explanation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 2,043 ratings — published 2011
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Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.77 — 4,988 ratings — published 2025
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The Birth of Tragedy The Birth of Tragedy (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 21,746 ratings — published 1871
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 501,667 ratings — published 2022
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The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.12 — 9,682 ratings — published 1966
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 3,006 ratings — published 1981
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Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Conservatism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 299 ratings — published
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Carceral Capitalism Carceral Capitalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.60 — 1,437 ratings — published 2018
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 30,919 ratings — published 2003
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The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry The Anxiety of Influence: A Theory of Poetry (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.77 — 1,766 ratings — published 1973
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On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.99 — 648 ratings — published 2024
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Nh. Dini
“Di Tanah Air, mengalami Pemerintahan satu berganti ke Pemerintahan lain, namun dengan sistem yang sama dan mengecewakan memang membikin hati ini gemes atau penasaran. Aku bahkan sering berang terhadap pihak pelaksana aturan-aturan negara. Lebih-lebih kepada pihak penguasa yang menggunakan wewenang mereka untuk menggerogoti kekayaan negara. Keserakahan membuat korupsi menjadi hal yang 'biasa'.”
Nh. Dini, Dari Rue Saint Simon ke Jalan Lembang

Evgeny Pashukanis
“Every ideology dies together with the social relations which produced it. This final disappearance is, however, preceded by a moment when the ideology, suffering the blows of the critique directed at it, loses its ability to veil and conceal the social relations from which it emanated. The exposure of the roots of an ideology is a sure sign of its imminent end. For, as Lassalle said: "The dawning of a new age always consists only in the knowledge attained about the true nature of the preceding reality.”
Evgeny Pashukanis, Law and Marxism

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