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Every book Andrew (Andrewism) recommended on podcasts
Andrew (Andrewism)’s most recommended books
- Governing the Commons by Elinor Ostrom
- Anarchism and the Black Revolution by Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin
- The Limits of the City by Murray Bookchin
- Garden Cities of To-Morrow by Ebenezer Howard
- Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
- Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber
- Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris
- Envisioning Real Utopias by Erik Olin Wright
- Less is More by Jason Hickel
- Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
Andrew (Andrewism) appeared on Behind the Bastards to discuss radical political history, revolutionary strategies, and intellectual lineages. During the episodes, Andrew recommended Elinor Ostrom's book Governing the Commons as a resource for listeners seeking information about managing shared resources, and he mentioned Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals as another text to check out. Andrew also dedicated substantial discussion to Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin's book Anarchism and the Black Revolution, using it as the foundation for exploring Ervin's vision of a black revolution in North America, his life story, and tactics such as communes, squats, strikes, boycotts, and a black labor federation. Furthermore, Andrew discussed the first edition's availability and editorial history. In exploring the intellectual roots of the noble savage concept, Andrew mentioned David Graeber and David Wengrow's book The Dawn of Everything as a source of further information, and he noted that ancient literary precedents for the concept could potentially be traced back as far as the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Books recommended by Andrew (Andrewism)
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Governing the Commons
Governing the Commons by Elinor Ostrom is an influential economics and political science book that examines how communities successfully manage shared resources without falling into the tragedy of the commons or requiring heavy-handed government intervention.
Discussed“Most famously, Eleanor Astramm, the economist who explored the concept in depth and debunked the tragedy of the commons, wrote in her book, Governing the Commons, that from, you know, the alpine meadows”
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Anarchism and the Black Revolution
Discussed“His case was soon taken up by the anarchist black cross and the help of prisoner opposed torture organizing committee which led to an international campaign that petitioned for his release. Irvin's writings on anarchism of the black revolution”
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The Limits of the City
Critiqued“And then of course you have the mustached man himself um Marie Buchchin stepping in in the limit of the city to eviscerate the idea of the garden city. He talks about howard's scheme uh was basically a system of benevolent capitalism”
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Garden Cities of To-Morrow
Discussed“Um, and his book Garden Cities of Tomorrow, are you all familiar with either?”
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Rules for Radicals
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky is a political guidebook detailing tactics for community organizers and activists seeking social and political change.
Recommended“You can also check out Eleanor Austramm's book, Governing the Commons, as well as a book called Eleanor Astramm's Rules for Radicals, which I haven't read yet, but I've heard it was pretty good.”
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Bullshit Jobs
Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber is an incisive examination of modern employment, exploring how a vast proliferation of high-prestige yet entirely pointless administrative roles came to dominate corporate and bureaucratic culture.
Discussed“Um if you've read jobs by David Greyber, you'll see that a lot of particularly service economy jobs are practically worthless.”
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Cannibals and Kings
Cannibals and Kings by Marvin Harris is an anthropological exploration of the environmental, economic, and cultural pressures that have driven human societies toward war, hierarchy, and even cannibalism throughout history.
Discussed“In cannibals and kings, an anthropologist by the name of Marvin Harris would went on to explain why Leabu had recognized nobility among the indigenous people that he visited.”
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Envisioning Real Utopias
Discussed“if you know we look at uh at revolution as a combination of I think Eric Olen Wright he had in his book envisioning real real utopias three basic concepts of transformation.”
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Less is More
Discussed“For one, I think that as Jason Hickle um advocates in his book, less is more, we absolutely need to put an end to the practice of planned obsolescence.”
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Seeing Like a State
James C.
Discussed“You know, um James C. Scott talks about this in seeing like a state. You can't just the in these states they they they start these sort of forestry projects. They they they try to legible legibleize you know these forests these simple rows”
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The Dawn of Everything
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow is a sweeping archaeological and anthropological study that challenges conventional narratives about social evolution, inequality, and the origins of human civilization.
Discussed“And then in reading dawn of everything by um David Greyber and David Wenro, I ended up stumbling upon even further information on the subject.”
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The Ecology of Freedom
Discussed“Um you is something that Marie Buchchin social ecologist talks a lot about um in his book the ecology of freedom and it's essentially the freedom of individuals or groups in a community to access and use but not destroy common resources to supply their needs.”
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
Why people recommend it: Preserving ancient mythology, human ambition, and timeless existential dread, The Epic of Gilgamesh is an anonymous Mesopotamian masterpiece.
Discussed“And I mean, the the concept of the Noble Savage, it has its roots a lot further back than European encounters with Native Americans, right? That sort of the intellectual lineage of the concept could actually be traced back to ancient Greece.”
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The Myth of the Noble Savage
Discussed“Rouso didn't come up with the phrase and in fact he never used in his writings. What tear Alingsen uh historian discovered or rather explored in his book the myth of noble savage is that the term was coined over a century before Russo's birth”
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To-morrow
Discussed“So, Ebeneza Howard, um, side note, by the way, I don't know who looks at a child and names them Ebeneza Howard, but he presented this idea of the Garden City concept in 1898 in a book called Tomorrow, a peaceful path to real reform.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| It Could Happen Here Weekly 84 | Behind the Bastards | 2023-05-20 | 4 |
| It Could Happen Here Weekly 78 | Behind the Bastards | 2023-04-08 | 4 |
| It Could Happen Here Weekly 76 | Behind the Bastards | 2023-03-25 | 6 |
| It Could Happen Here Weekly 61 | Behind the Bastards | 2022-12-03 | 3 |
| It Could Happen Here Weekly 58 | Behind the Bastards | 2022-11-05 | 6 |
| It Could Happen Here Weekly 38 | Behind the Bastards | 2022-06-11 | 1 |
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“that was published in I believe 2021 um and edited with some help from William C. Anderson um who also is another leading figure in the modern black anarchist movement having written works like Nation on No Map.”
“Um unlike in Thomas Moore's utopia, there's no proposal for rotating agricultural and industrial work. Unlike the Paris Commune of 1871, which was established long before Howard wrote his book, he had no sort of incorporation of that sort of political”
“If if you don't want to read about cricket, he also talks about this in the Kruma and the Ghana revolution. Yeah, he did. That is not about cricket.”
“It sounds a little bit 1984, like big brother is watching you kind of vibe, but that's not really the intention. It's just the idea that it's just this this constant informal process of looking at and observing”
“And I don't think that every infraction must automatically be responded to with sanctions. Like again, I'm not trying to do something 1984. It's just obviously when you have a system that has and I know I'm referencing 1984 like a right finger”