Books For Activists

There are a lot of things worth fighting for. But being an activist and having strong ideals is not enough for creating a sustainable better world. You need to understand who humans are and where they came from. You need to find inspiration in the past in order to be prepared for a better future. By reading the following books you will learn about the mistakes people made in the past as well about the successes and failures they achieved, by trying to create a better world.

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
Thomas Sowell
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men
Mary Wollstonecraft
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Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia
John Gray
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Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back
Janice Nimura
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Filters Against Folly: How To Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent
Garrett Hardin
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Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left
Roger Scruton
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Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment
Allan Savory
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Notes On Nationalism
George Orwell
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Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos
Hardeep Singh Puri
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Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals
Saul D. Alinsky
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Skin in The Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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The Power of the Powerless
Vaclav Havel
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The Subjection of Women
John Stuart & Harriet Taylor Mill
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The Twitmarsh Files
R.T. Fishall
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The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalya
Ramachandra Guha
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Toxic Exposure: The True Story behind the Monsanto Trials and the Search for Justice
Chadi Nabhan
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Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life
Luke Burgis
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Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past
David Reich
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Books For Activists

A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and A Vindication of the Rights of Men

Black Mass: Apocalyptic Religion and the Death of Utopia

Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back

Filters Against Folly: How To Survive Despite Economists, Ecologists, and the Merely Eloquent

Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left

Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment

Notes On Nationalism

Perilous Interventions: The Security Council and the Politics of Chaos

Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals

Skin in The Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life

The Power of the Powerless

The Subjection of Women

The Twitmarsh Files

The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalya

Toxic Exposure: The True Story behind the Monsanto Trials and the Search for Justice

Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life

Who We Are and How We Got Here: Ancient DNA and the New Science of the Human Past