The Origin of German Tragic Drama

6 best books like The Origin of German Tragic Drama (Walter Benjamin): The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, The Dalai Lama's Cat, History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge, The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque, Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Author	Naomi Klein
ISBN	0805079831

In her ground-breaking reporting from Iraq, Naomi Klein exposed how the trauma of invasion was being exploited to remake the country in the interest of foreign corporations. She called it "disaster capitalism." Covering Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami, and New Orleans post-Katrina, she witnessed...

The Dalai Lama's Cat

Author	David Michie
ISBN	1401940587

“‘Oh! How adorable! I didn’t know you had a cat!’ she exclaimed.

I am always surprised how many people make this observation. Why should His Holiness not have a cat?

‘If only she could speak,’ continued the actress. ‘I’m sure she’d have such wisdom to share.’

And...

History and Class Consciousness: Studies in Marxist Dialectics

Author	György Lukács
ISBN	0262620200

This is the first time one of the most important of Lukacs' early theoretical writings, published in Germany in 1923, has been made available in English. The book consists of a series of essays treating, among other topics, the definition of orthodox Marxism, the question of legality and illegality,...

The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge

Author	Jean-François Lyotard
ISBN	0816611734

This book explores science and technology, makes connections between these epistemic, cultural, and political trends, and develops profound insights into the nature of our post-modernity. Many definitions of postmodernism focus on its nature as the aftermath of the modern industrial age when...

The Fold: Leibniz and the Baroque

Author	Gilles Deleuze
ISBN	0816616019

In The Fold, Gilles Deleuze argues that Leibniz’s writings constitute the grounding elements of a Baroque philosophy and of theories for analyzing contemporary arts and science. A model for expression in contemporary aesthetics, the concept of the monad is viewed in terms of folds of space, movement,...

Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty

Author	Carl Schmitt
ISBN	0226738892

Written in the intense political and intellectual tumult of the early years of the Weimar Republic, Political Theology develops the distinctive theory of sovereignty that made Carl Schmitt one of the most significant and controversial political theorists of the twentieth century.

Focusing...