Langdon Winner Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Political theorist & philosopher of technology Emeritus professor, RPI Lives in coastal Maine
Plato: Clitophon
PlatoLangdon WinnerThe Guardians! Good to see the Cleveland baseball team has named itself after the ruling elite in Plato's Republic. I'll buy a T-shirt!
Paperback, 2006
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Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah ArendtLangdon Winner"Although tyranny, because it needs no consent, may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people." - Hannah Arendt, "Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
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Totalitarianism: Part Three of the Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah ArendtLangdon Winner"Although tyranny, because it needs no consent, may successfully rule over foreign peoples, it can stay in power only if it destroys first of all the national institutions of its own people." - Hannah Arendt, "Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
Paperback, 2011
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How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
Heather Cox RichardsonLangdon WinnerLooking for an excellent brief book on the central themes of American politics from the beginnings to today? Try "How The South Won The Civil War" by Heather Cox Richardson. Features enduring conflicts between democracy and oligarchy.
Paperback, 2022
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The Lie That Binds
Ilyse HogueLangdon WinnerThe forced birth, anti-women's rights decision before the Supreme Court is an outgrowth of a political movement created after the collapse of an earlier white male “conservative” policy goal: racial segregation. Ilyse Hogue's book, "The Lie That Binds," charts that ugly history.
Paperback, 2020
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The Republic
PlatoLangdon WinnerThe Guardians! Good to see the Cleveland baseball team has named itself after the ruling elite in Plato's Republic. I'll buy a T-shirt!
Hardcover, 2023
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System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot
Rob ReichLangdon Winner(1) It's fascinating that today’s best writing on artificial intelligence, e.g. “System Error” by Rob Reich, et al, point to the manic quest for “optimization” & efficiency as the underlying, obsession in today’s social life devouring, anti-democratic high tech projects.
Paperback, 2022
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The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
Chalmers JohnsonLangdon WinnerThose surprised by events in Afghanistan might read "The Sorrows of Empire" by Chalmers Johnson. Once a true believer in US "national security" claims, Johnson later became a critic of the military/industrial complex. Today, yet again Pentagon myths & delusions come crashing down
Paperback, 2005
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