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Books like On nineteen eighty-four

12 books with a reading profile close to On nineteen eighty-four by Abbott Gleason, Jack L. Goldsmith, Martha Nussbaum. Deep and outward-looking; a demanding read.

1

What Computers Still Can't Do

by Hubert L. Dreyfus

Also deep and outward-looking · analytical, philosophy

Hubert L.
2

On Human Nature

by Edward O. Wilson

Also deep · analytical, philosophy

Edward O.
3

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

by Neil Postman

Also deep · analytical, philosophy

Neil Postman argues that the medium of communication determines the quality of public thought.
4

Ways of Seeing

by John Berger

Also deep · analytical, philosophy

John Berger examines how the invention of the camera altered the perception of European oil painting by detaching images from their original physical contexts.
5

Other Minds

by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Also deep · analytical, philosophy

In this study of evolutionary biology, Peter Godfrey-Smith traces the development of subjective experience by examining the cephalopod nervous system.
6

Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?

by Mark Fisher

Also deep · analytical, philosophy

Mark Fisher examines the pervasive ideological belief that global capitalism is the only viable political and economic system left.
7

The road to Middle-Earth

by Tom Shippey

Also deep · analytical, academic

Tom Shippey argues that J.R.R.
8

C.S. Lewis as philosopher

by David Baggett, Gary R. Habermas

Also deep · philosophy, academic

While C.S.
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The Hunger Games and philosophy

by George A. Dunn, Nicolas Michaud

analytical, philosophy

This collection of essays applies classical and contemporary philosophical frameworks to the narrative and geopolitical landscape of Panem.
10

Political Ecology

by Paul Robbins

Also deep and outward-looking · analytical, academic

Paul Robbins examines the friction between ecological systems and human power structures, moving beyond simple explanations of scarcity or overpopulation.
11

On Liberty

by John Stuart Mill

Also deep · philosophy, academic

John Stuart Mill establishes the Harm Principle, asserting that the only justification for interfering with an individual's freedom is to prevent harm to others.
12

Politics

by Aristotle

Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic

Aristotle defines the city-state as a collection of households aimed at the highest good.

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