Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2025-11-21
Books mentioned on Fareed Zakaria Thinks Steve Bannon Got One Thing Right | The Ezra Klein Show
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A preface to morals
A Preface to Morals is a 1929 philosophical work by Walter Lippmann that examines the spiritual and cultural crisis of modern secular society, particularly how the decline of traditional religious authority leaves individuals struggling to find meaning and stability.
Recommended“The one book that I have loved and have gone back to over and over is a book by Walter Lipman called a preface to morals. Uh it was written in the 1920s during the jazz age and he first identifies not first but he identifies very powerfully this problem of modern societies that you lose faith in religion and”
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The Lost City
The Lost City by Alan Ehrenhalt is a work of urban sociology and journalism in which the author returns to the Chicago neighborhoods of his youth to investigate why past communities felt so vibrant, cohesive, and deeply connected.
Recommended“There's a wonderful book called The Lost City by Alan Erin Halt, a journalist who went back to Chicago to wonder you wondering why the Chicago of his youth seemed so community oriented and why what what did they do that that was lost and he discovered that it was so community oriented because everyone was so poor they couldn't”
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