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Book Group: Past books
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Tue, 01/15/2013 - 5:34pm — Sandra.CoynerA list of books selected and read by this book group from 2008 to 2013 can be found here. For recent books, see below.
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| 05/17/2022 - 1:00pm | The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story |
Location: Zoom |
| 04/19/2022 - 1:00pm | The Third Revolution: Xi Jinping and the new Chinese State |
Location: Zoom |
| 03/15/2022 - 1:00pm | Rationality: What it is, Why it Seems Scarce, Why it Matters |
Location: Zoom |
| 02/15/2022 - 1:00pm | How God Becomes Real -- by Lurhmann |
How God Becomes Real: Kindling the Presence of Invisible Others by T..M. Lurhmann |
| 01/18/2022 - 1:00pm | Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment |
In Noise, Daniel Kahneman and others show the detrimental effects of noise in judgement. With a few simple remedies, people can reduce both noise and bias, and so make far better decisions. |
| 12/21/2021 - 1:00pm | American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures |
An illuminating history of North America's 11 rival cultural regions that explodes the red state/blue state myth. |
| 11/16/2021 - 1:00pm | The Other Slavery: The Undiscovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America |
A landmark history — the sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistadors up to the early 20th century |
| 10/19/2021 - 1:00pm | The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? |
The author is well-known and much-awarded philosopher and we’ve read his work on “justice.” Here he identifies and dissects how our culture uses concepts of “merit” and how these ideas lead us astray—to inequality, hubris, and sometimes despair, since the U.S. has very little social mobility and is obviously not meritocratic. Suggests re-thinking, to acknowledge luck, humility, solidarity, and dignity of work—for a much better society. About 230 pages. This book supports thinking about a better world. |
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Repeats every month on the third Tuesday 2 times . 08/17/2021 - 1:00pm, 09/21/2021 - 1:00pm |
Capital and Ideology |
This is a very long book (two session read) that shows inequality as a historical construct. Like other books by this author, it covers several countries. The tension between capital (wealth) accumulation and equality, not property rights or pursuit of stability, has been a major force in development. The current drift toward a politics of identity hampers possible solutions. He has suggestions on how to improve the situation. Read the first half for August and the second half for September. |
| 08/17/2021 - 1:00pm, 09/21/2021 - 1:00pm | Capital and Ideology |
This is a very long book (two session read) that shows inequality as a historical construct. Like other books by this author, it covers several countries. The tension between capital (wealth) accumulation and equality, not property rights or pursuit of stability, has been a major force in development. The current drift toward a politics of identity hampers possible solutions. He has suggestions on how to improve the situation. Read the first half for August and the second half for September. |