Samizdat Corner

Beyond Good and Evil - Fredreich Nietzsche

In this masterpiece, Nietzsche accuses past philosophers of lacking critical sense and blindly accepting dogmatic premises in their consideration of morality. Specifically, he accuses them of founding grand metaphysical systems upon the faith that the good man is the opposite of the evil man, rather than just a different expression of the same basic impulses that find more direct expression in the evil man. The work moves into the realm "beyond good and evil" in the sense of leaving behind the traditional morality which Nietzsche subjects to a destructive critique in favour of what he regards as an affirmative approach that fearlessly confronts the perspectival nature of knowledge and the perilous condition of the modern individual.

The Economics of Politics and Race - Thomas Sowell

In this work, Sowell analyzes, using an international framwork, how much a racial group's economic fate is determined by the surrounding society and how much by internal patterns that follow that same group around the world.

Black Rednecks and White Liberals - Thomas Sowell

This work by Thomas Sowell is a collection of six essays.  The collection, published in 2005, explores various aspects of race and culture, both in the United States and abroad. The first essay, the book's namesake, traces the origins of the "ghetto" African-American culture to the culture of Scotch-Irish Americans in the Antebellum South. The second essay, "Are Jews Generic?", discusses middleman minorities. The third essay, "The Real History of Slavery," discusses the timeline of abolition of slavery and serfdom. The last three essays discuss the history of Germany, African-American education, and a criticism of multiculturalism.

Maps of Meaning - Jordan B. Peterson

This amazing piece by Jordan B. Peterson describes a theory for how people construct meaning, in a way that is compatible with the modern scientific understanding of how the brain functions. It examines the "structure of systems of belief and the role those systems play in the regulation of emotion", using "multiple academic fields to show that connecting myths and beliefs with science is essential to fully understand how people make meaning".

The Trap - David Icke

The Trap is the "Rosetta Stone" of illusory reality and opens the door to freedom in its greatest sense.
Listen to this book and the "world" will never look the same again. The veil of illusion shall be swept aside and the amazing truth this has kept from us shall set you free.

33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene

33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene is composed of discussions and examples of offensive and defensive strategies from a wide variety of people and conditions, applying them to social conflicts such as family quarrels and business negotiations.  It has helped millions resolve conflicts, become empowered and self-confident, as well as, yield when the "battle" might be too much.  One of the very best works I've personally read.

Manufacturing Consent - Noam Chomsky

This fantastic piece by Avram Noam Chomsky argues that the US mass media "are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a system-supportive propaganda function, by reliance on market forces, internalized assumptions, and self-censorship and without overt coercion", by means of the propaganda of communication.

Propaganda - Edward Bernays

This work by Edward Bernays incorporated the literature from social science and psychological manipulation into an examination of the techniques of public communication. Propaganda explored the psychology behind manipulating masses and the ability to use symbolic action and propaganda to influence politics, effect social change, and lobby for gender and racial equality.