Why people recommend it
Slavery and Social Death by Orlando Patterson is a comprehensive sociological study examining the institution of slavery across diverse historical civilizations. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Coleman Hughes recommended the text, describing it as a massive five hundred page volume by a Harvard sociologist that includes an extensive database in the back cataloging recorded examples of slavery dating back to the origins of written history. Similarly, on the Lex Fridman Podcast, Glenn Loury recommended the book, praising it as a wonderful and comprehensive historical and social analysis spanning over two thousand five hundred years, reaching all the way back to classical Greek and Roman societies. Both speakers emphasized the profound scholarly value of the work in helping readers understand the deep historical roots and widespread cross-cultural practice of human bondage throughout antiquity.
Who recommended it
- Coleman Hughes Recommended
- Glenn Loury Recommended
Coleman Hughes — 2 mentions
“there's this great book by orlando patterson who's a harvard sociologist called slavery and social death it's like this 500 page tome on slavery”
“there's this great book by orlando patterson who's a harvard sociologist called slavery and social death it's like this 500 page tome on slavery and it has a database in the back of the book of every known example a recorded example of slavery since people began writing things down”
Glenn Loury — 2 mentions
“there's a wonderful book by the sociologist orlando patterson called slavery and social death that was published in 1982 which is a comprehensive history and social analysis of the institution of slavery over 2500 years going back to the classical greek and roman civilizations”
“That might be the thing worth really trying to understand, because the practice itself is, you know, there’s a wonderful book by the sociologist Orlando Patterson called Slavery and Social Death that was published in 1982, which is a comprehensive history and social analysis of the institution of slavery over 2500 years.”