4 min read ⌚ Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America The old America vs. the New one? Are there any differences? Michael Dyson plunges right in the middle of the debate that has made a fuss over civil rights in the US. Mainstream liberalism, or non-democratic segregation? Read more […]
Category: Philosophy
The 21st Century Gold Rush Summary
5 min read ⌚ How the Refugee Crisis Is Changing the World Economy The media often reports about the refugee crisis, which affects the new world order. In this book summary, we outline the main triggers and explain the whole confusion. Who Should Read “The 21st Century Gold Rush”? And Why? If you can’t make heads […]
Taking Rights Seriously Summary
5 min read ⌚ Do we really need to discuss such matters in the digital era? – Unfortunately, we do. We put in a nutshell what needs to be done, and how to give refuge to these minority groups, whose rights are cast aside! Who Should Read “Taking Rights Seriously”? And Why? At some point in […]
The World Is Flat Summary
6 min read ⌚ A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century Let’s run through what is triggering the 21st-century thought of free society. You have to think broader than merely moving your career into the fast lane. With this in mind, you have to strive to get the hang of the possibilities which are fueled by […]
The World’s Religions Summary
5 min read ⌚ Our Great Wisdom Traditions Do we need to close our eyes to the prospect of peace and understanding? How to achieve it, when we know very little about each other? Huston puts an end to this ignorance, by introducing the world to the idea of diversity. We summarize the central teachings and […]
Celebration of Discipline Summary
5 min read ⌚ The Path to Spiritual Growth Whether we like it or not, we are all on the same journey. Each person is trying to get at least a slight portion of the universal energy in order to refill its internal-batteries. In this book summary, we encapsulate all the main findings, which would hopefully […]
The Seat of the Soul Summary
5 min read ⌚ Who can identify the location of the soul? – Even if you are an atheist, you must have asked yourself – What’s the purpose of this existence? What am I doing here? We encapsulate Gary’s most profound revelations and key takeaways. Who Should Read “The Seat of the Soul”? And Why? Extolling […]
The Feminine Mystique Summary
8 min read ⌚ You scoff at the person claiming that you have been destined to be a housewife as you are booking your next flight to an all-girls holiday in the Bahamas? Well, in case you didn’t know, you have Betty Friedan to thank. And her 1963 seminal book, “The Feminine Mystique”! Who Should Read […]
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Summary
7 min read ⌚ With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects Another feminist classic. Hey, did we say another? We actually meant to say the original feminist classic, Mary Wollstonecraft’s 1792 magnum opus “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.” As in: if this book didn’t exist, neither Woolf’s “A Room of One’s Own” nor Beauvoir’s […]
Discipline and Punish Summary
8 min read ⌚ The Birth of the Prison Have you ever wondered why public tortures and executions evolved into prisons and penitentiaries? Steven Pinker would say because of the better angels of our nature. Michel Foucault, in “Discipline and Punish” claims that, unfortunately, it’s because of the worse – If not the devils. Who Should […]
