Jason Stanley Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Bluest Eye
Toni MorrisonJason StanleyKevin Staton showing the website that prepares parents to take on school librarians about books they want banned - here the page giving parents ammunition to argue that Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye should be removed from libraries. “We face an extremely well funded movement.” https://t.co/bYgo3HYO78
Paperback, 2007
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Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy
Jamie RaskinJason StanleyListening to one of my heroes, Congressman Jamie Raskin's Politics and Prose discussion on his essential new book Unthinkable: Trauma, Truth, and the Trials of American Democracy, I was thrilled to find a shout out to How Fascism Works around 5:40. https://t.co/P8exXuQf7L
Paperback, 2023
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Republic
PlatoJason StanleyIn case you are worried about the canon not being taught at places like Yale, once I had a student in my Philosophy of Education class (not even a Philosophy major) who complained it was the fifth time she had to read Plato's Republic for a class at Yale.
Paperback, 2012
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The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah ArendtJason Stanley@yeats31415 @Arthur_Revolver This is an absurd and libelous description of a class that in which we read for example all of Hannah Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism. The class is quite literally a class in *African American Studies* so yes we also discuss US racial ideology.
Hardcover, 2025
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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Toni MorrisonJason Stanley“Excising the political from the life of the mind is a sacrifice that has proven costly.” - Toni Morrison, Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination
Paperback, 1993
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Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America
James FormanJason StanleyIt would be great if more people read James Forman's book Locking Up Our Own before going on and on about how Black Americans want more militarized policing and more incarceration. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/11/books/review-locking-up-our-own-james-forman-jr.html
Paperback, 2018
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Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction
Brad InwoodJason StanleyMy brilliant colleague Brad Inwood on Stoicism on @hereandnow ! https://t.co/RPFUJceYtU
Paperback, 2018
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Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
John McWhorterJason StanleyBook review of Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America by John McWhorter - The Washington Post https://t.co/6nVyFTpxeU
Hardcover, 2021
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The World and Africa: An Inquiry into the Part Which Africa Has Played in World History
W. E. B. Du BoisJason Stanley@OlufemiOTaiwo Also Du Bois in The World and Africa. I think it must have been just pretty clear to the best thinkers at the time.
Paperback, 2015
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South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani PerryJason StanleyExcerpt of ‘South to America’ by Imani Perry – Harvard Gazette https://t.co/s51N6i97y5
Paperback, 2023
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