Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2023-06-15
Books mentioned on You are the Target | James Lindsay | EP 367
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Das Kapital
Das Kapital by Karl Marx is a monumental three-volume economic and social analysis of capitalism, the commodification of labor, and the alienating effects of industrial modernization.
Discussed“If we focus on his economic analysis in 'Capital', we miss the entire picture.”
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Phänomenologie des Geistes
Discussed“So these sects that you're referring to in the Middle Ages of kind of bizarre Christianity were actually Gnostic heresies that were developing, and I think that by means of Hegel coming down through Marx, who inverted it, I believe we actually are looking at a Gnostic heresy hidden inside of economics, social — in fact, if we read 'Phenomenology”
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Covid-19: The Great Reset
Covid-19: The Great Reset by Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret outlines the socioeconomic disruptions caused by the pandemic and argues for a coordinated restructuring of global capitalism.
Critiqued“Did you read Klaus Schwab's 'Great Reset'? I did, and quite the aggregation of clichés.”
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The Great Narrative
The Great Narrative by Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret is a non-fiction book exploring prospective global futures and advocating for a coordinated restructuring of societal and economic systems following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Discussed“So 'The Great Narrative,' his second book that he wrote… well, it's his fourth, really, but the second book he wrote in that series is much more poignant.”
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How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place by Bjørn Lomborg is an economic and policy guide that applies cost-benefit analysis to global humanitarian and environmental challenges, aiming to identify the most efficient targets for philanthropic and governmental spending.
Recommended“Bjorn wrote a book a while back called 'How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place,' which is an intelligent approach to... I wouldn't say the polycrisis because that isn't how he frames it!”
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One-Dimensional Man
One-Dimensional Man by Herbert Marcuse is a critical work of social theory examining advanced industrial society, consumer capitalism, and the pacification of revolutionary political opposition.
Discussed“So we go back to our neo-Marxist Herbert Marcuse writing in 'One-Dimensional Man'... and what is he saying? What's his argument?”
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An Essay on Liberation
Discussed“What did Marcuse write in '69? He wrote in 'An Essay on Liberation' that it's crucial that the resistance, meaning the radicals, take on the form, he said this, the clownish forms that so irritate the establishment.”
