📚 5 Books mentioned in "Bhaskar Sunkara: Socialism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #349" of Lex Fridman Podcast

Hey, you know, leisure should mean civic activity too, right? I mean, there's that famous book by Robert Putnam, 'Bowling Alone,' or whatever—he describes it for now.

During the conversation, Bhaskar highlights the book 'Bowling Alone' by Robert Putnam, using it to illustrate his point about the importance of civic engagement in leisure activities.

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Perhaps I'll sort of reveal my bias here as I've been reading too much, maybe not enough, but a lot about, you know, books like 'Stalin's War in Ukraine,' and just I've been reading a lot about the 30s and 40s for personal reasons related to my travels in Ukraine and all that kind of stuff.

In this segment, Lex speaks about his reading habits, specifically mentioning 'Stalin's War in Ukraine.' He shares how studying this book relates to his personal interest in the history of the 30s and 40s, particularly in connection with his travels in Ukraine.

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As I often do, please allow me to read a few lines from the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling: 'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you but make allowance for their doubting too, if you can wait and not be tired by waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies, or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.'

In this segment, Lex Fridman shares several lines from the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling, highlighting themes of resilience and integrity.

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He's a Democratic Socialist, a political writer, the founding editor of Jacobin, the president of The Nation, a former Vice Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, and the author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality.

In this segment, Lex Fridman introduces Bhaskar Sunkara and highlights his credentials, noting that he is the author of "The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality."

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You also wrote the book that we mentioned a few times, The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality. What's the framework?

During the conversation, Lex highlights Bhaskar Sunkara's book, 'The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality,' as a starting point to delve into its key concepts.

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Plenty of studies point to the adverse psychological effects of inequality, as discussed in the popular book 'The Spirit Level' about how inequality adversely affects the psyches of both the rich and the poor.

During the discussion, Bhaskar references the book 'The Spirit Level', highlighting its exploration of the negative psychological impacts of inequality on both the wealthy and the less fortunate.

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