Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-11-17
Chris Williamson, Louise Perry & Mary Harrington: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #1021
The Performative Male Epidemic - Louise Perry & Mary Harrington - #1021
Louise Perry is a writer, Press Officer for the campaign group We Can’t Consent To This and an author. Mary Harrington is a writer, columnist and author.
Mary Harrington discussed Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism by David Harvey, Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, and Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. Chris Williamson discussed The Status Game by Will Storr.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism
Discussed“it was coined by a writer called David Courtright who wrote a book titled limitic capitalism which is all which which is a critique of all the ways that especially especially in more recent years the the way people the the way people make money the most profitable source of new innovation is hacking people's basic primitive drives”
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Jamaica Inn
Discussed“he has a little discussion about Daphne Demorier's novels um and Jamaica in particularly and Rebecca and he talks you know his reading of of Daphne Demorier is as is as a feminist you”
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Rebecca
Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier is a classic psychological thriller that follows a young second wife haunted by the lingering memory and presence of her husband's deceased first wife at a remote estate.
Discussed“he has a little discussion about Daphne Demorier's novels um and Jamaica in particularly and Rebecca and he talks you know his reading of of Daphne Demorier is as is as a feminist you”
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The Status Game
The Status Game by Will Storr is a sociological and psychological exploration of how the human drive for social rank, prestige, and acceptance influences nearly every aspect of human behavior, interaction, and societal structure.
Discussed“If you've read Will Sto's status game, you've probably interviewed him at some point. His really really good piece of life advice is that everyone is completely obsessed with status.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“My first book was the case against the sexual revolution.”
“I'm I my my last book was feminism against progress.”