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Every book Adam Kirsch recommended on podcasts

Guest on EconTalk · 1 book · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books recommended by Adam Kirsch

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  1. Utopia

    Thomas More · Discussed · 1 episode

    Utopia by Thomas More is a foundational 1516 satirical and philosophical work that famously coined the term utopia and describes an imaginary island society.

    Discussed
    “Thomas mois Utopia which gave us the word Utopia uh was written in 1516 I believe so about 25 years after Columbus and it set on an un newly discovered Island in South America uh where Europeans discover this perfect Society”
    EconTalk Understanding the Settler Colonialism Movement (with Adam Kirsch) 2025-01-06 Listen at 26:03
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Books Adam Kirsch wrote

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Understanding the Settler Colonialism Movement (with Adam Kirsch)EconTalk2025-01-061
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged On Settler Colonialism
“one of the things I say in the book is that it's it's sort of uh significant that when activists and theorist talk about”
EconTalk Understanding the Settler Colonialism Movement (with Adam Kirsch) 2025-01-06 Listen at 5:15
Plugged On Settler Colonialism
“I get into this a little bit towards the end of the book of saying we are we've inherited this sinful past and we sort of want to atone for it and redeem it”
EconTalk Understanding the Settler Colonialism Movement (with Adam Kirsch) 2025-01-06 Listen at 19:22
Plugged On Settler Colonialism
“one of the things I get into in the book is that people who are actual historians of Native America uh you know who speak the languages and have have studied the the records and the the arch and the you know whatever there is to study are have very mixed feelings about the idea of settler colonialism”
EconTalk Understanding the Settler Colonialism Movement (with Adam Kirsch) 2025-01-06 Listen at 24:18
Plugged On Settler Colonialism
“I say um in the book that it's a there's an odd similarity with um Evangelical Christianity”
EconTalk Understanding the Settler Colonialism Movement (with Adam Kirsch) 2025-01-06 Listen at 28:51
Plugged On Settler Colonialism
“I quote in the in the book people writing about how Canadians introducing themselves even personally as settlers in in real life”
EconTalk Understanding the Settler Colonialism Movement (with Adam Kirsch) 2025-01-06 Listen at 30:01