A Modest Proposal
First published in 1729, Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” remains one of the most brilliant, provocative works of satire in the English […]
Genre: Society/Culture
The Economic Consequences of the Peace
A prophetic masterpiece that shaped the course of the twentieth century. First published in 1919, The Economic Consequences of the Peace is […]
Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre
The Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre is an exact reproduction of the final, official report released to the public […]
Spider-Mother
Previous slide Next slide Look inside Read Endorsements Pioneering Indian Muslim feminist Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain wrote speculative fiction, manifestoes, radical reportage, and […]
Free Thought and Official Propaganda
Previous slide Next slide “Free Thought and Official Propaganda,” a speech delivered by Bertrand Russell in 1922, initially defines freedom of thought […]
Why Men Fight
Previous slide Next slide Written in the midst of World War I, Why Men Fight lays out Bertrand Russell’s wholesale rejection of […]
Propaganda
Previous slide Next slide Propaganda, the seminal 1928 book by Edward L. Bernays, stands as a foundational text in understanding the mechanisms […]
Nietzsche NOW!
Look inside Download the Index Read full endorsements Podcast conversation at Think About It For readers both acquainted with and new to […]
Public Opinion
Previous slide Next slide “Hatred, intolerance, suspicion, bigotry, secrecy, fear, and lying are the seven deadly sins against public opinion.” —from the […]
Notes on Democracy
Previous slide Next slide Notes on Democracy by enormously influential journalist and cultural critic H. L. Mencken is an incisive and astonishingly […]