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Books by Konstantin Kisin
Konstantin Kisin’s most recommended books
- A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell
- Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Human Zoo by Desmond Morris
- The New Puritans by Andrew Doyle
- 1984 by George Orwell
- A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
- A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston S. Churchill
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Fiddler on the Roof by Jerry Bock
Konstantin Vadimovich Kisin is a Soviet-born British political commentator, author and co-host of the Triggernometry podcast. He is also a former translator and stand-up comedian. Across appearances on The Joe Rogan Experience, The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast, and Modern Wisdom, Kisin recommended and discussed several notable books. He recommended Thomas Sowell's A Conflict of Visions to explain different perspectives on human nature and Andrew Doyle's The New Puritans during a discussion on retail theft data. Kisin also referenced several works to illustrate broader social and historical patterns. He brought up Louise Perry's The Case Against the Sexual Revolution to offer an alternative explanation for the crisis of meaning in the West, mentioned Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens multiple times to discuss shared myths and human cooperation beyond tribal limits, and cited Winston S. Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples to examine patterns of leadership and weakness. Furthermore, he referenced George R.R. Martin's A Game of Thrones to emphasize unity as a strength and mentioned Richard and Kate Pickett Wilkinson's The Spirit Level to support points regarding the effects of societal inequality.
Books recommended by Konstantin Kisin
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A Conflict of Visions
A Conflict of Visions is a work of political philosophy by Thomas Sowell that examines the underlying assumptions about human nature that shape competing political and social ideologies.
Recommended“Thomas Soul has a great book about this called conflict of visions”
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Case Against the Sexual Revolution
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry is a cultural critique examining the long-term psychological and social consequences of modern hedonistic hookup culture and sexual liberation.
Discussed“What if, as our good friend Luis Perry has written in her book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, this is simply a product of the fact that in the 60s we invent and roll out the pill.”
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex imaginary orders like religion, money, and nations.
Discussed“I have yet to wrote the book book called Sapiens in which he talks about the fact that almost everything that we live in the world in in which we exist is a kind of shared myth”
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The Human Zoo
The Human Zoo is a thought-provoking sociological and zoological study by Desmond Morris that examines the parallels between urbanized human behavior and captive animals.
Discussed“I know I was very persuaded by a book uh by a guy called Desmond Morris called the human zoo in which he talked about the fact that essentially all the problems that we see in modern Human Society are exactly the problems you get if you put animals into those exact conditions”
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The New Puritans
The New Puritans by Andrew Doyle examines modern social justice movements and online cancellation culture by drawing historical parallels to the Salem witch trials.
Recommended“This is New Media we actually checked the fact and shout out to our friend Andrew Doyle in his new book the new Puritans”
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian society characterized by perpetual surveillance, historical denial, and severe psychological manipulation.
Discussed“especially cuz I read it in high school I think which was already 1984”
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A Game of Thrones
A Game of Thrones by George R.
Discussed“I remember this great scene from Game of Thrones. Have you Have you seen Game of Thrones? Do you remember when cersei and King Robert, they're discussing the potential Dothraki invasion?”
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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples by Winston S.
Discussed“Look, a friend of mine, very good friend of mine gave me uh the the history of the English-sp speakaking peoples by Winston Churchill and it talks about the history of this country of England in particular”
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“of course i'm quoting animal farm”
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Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof is a classic theatrical musical and book by Jerry Bock that portrays Jewish life, tradition, and persecution within the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia.
Discussed“We have this, in Russia, where I was born and where I come from originally, we have lots of Jewish jokes made by Russian Jews to reflect the tragedy of Jews' lives in Eastern Europe. - "Fiddler on the Roof," basically. - Yes, and so the joke is a bunch of Jews are sitting around discussing something...”
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Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is a classic Soviet science fiction novel depicting a mysterious post-visit alien zone filled with hazardous anomalies and valuable artifacts sought by daring stalkers.
Discussed“it's based on a on a book by the strugatsky brothers it was called roadside picnic”
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Social Justice Fallacies
Discussed“I mean Thomas SS leats his book social justice fallacies he talks about how every single Brewery major Brewery in the world was founded by Germans including tinta the Chinese Brewery”
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The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning psychological and philosophical study arguing that human civilization is ultimately driven by an unconscious terror of mortality.
Discussed“well i mean think of anyone who's read ernest becker's denial of death like that is about the fact that everything we do in life is to escape our awareness of death”
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The Spirit Level
Why people recommend it: The Spirit Level by Richard & Kate Pickett Wilkinson is an impactful sociological study that examines how economic inequality profoundly affects societal health and well-being.
Discussed“This is something that's talked about a lot in the spirit level. Uh and if you plot the the kind of the markers of social disease”
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Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And I think you know as I talked about in my book the the west becoming weaker and emboldening our enemies which is what we have done for a long time now is creating an environment”
“I mean I wrote a whole book about my opposition to communism and socialism based on experience.”
“I have a hard time, even though I wrote a whole book defending liberalism, From an American perspective, it's almost ridiculous to call myself a liberal at this point...”
“And I think it signals to me something I talk about in the book, actually, that we are importing ways of doing business that are fundamentally anti-western.”
“I mentioned Bernie in "An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West" because it boggles my mind how anyone in this country takes him seriously.”
“i'm a former stand-up comedian turned youtuber and uh just written a book they're called an immigrant's love letter to the west which is uh sunday times bestseller as of today”
“and of course the show is trigonometry and by my book and immigrants love letter to the west”
“and the book i think is a celebration of the the great achievements on the west but also a warning”
“as you know i talk about this in the book”
“and this is one of the reasons that you know that i talk in immigrants love letter to the west about how i really became aware of all of this stuff”
“you know the book is called an immigrant's love letter to the west but more accurately it should be an immigrant's love letter to the anglo-sphere”
“and the book is called an immigrant love letter to the west you can order it on amazon uk and amazon us”