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The Naked Neanderthal
- By: Ludovic Slimak, Dr. David Watson
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance9
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For over a century we saw Neanderthals as inferior to Homo Sapiens. After new discoveries, the pendulum swung the other way and they are generally seen as our relatives: not quite human, but similar enough, and still not equal. Now, thanks to an ongoing revolution in palaeoanthropology in which he has played a key part, Ludovic Slimak shows us that they are something altogether different - and they should be understood on their own terms rather than by comparing them to ourselves. As he reveals in this stunning book, the Neanderthals had their own history, their own rituals, their own customs.
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Expanding our idea of what is human
- By Peter Kenny on 27-09-23
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The Naked Neanderthal
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 21-09-23
- Language: English
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On Our Best Behaviour
- From the host of Pulling The Thread
- By: Elise Loehnen
- Narrated by: Elise Loehnen
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance19
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Bloomsbury presents On Our Best Behaviour written and read by Elise Loehnen. *THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* 'A stunning, big and bold encyclopedia of how to live' LISA TADDEO 'Astute, radical and utterly compelling' KATHERINE MAY 'You will finish this book and immediately hand your copy...
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Interesting ideas
- By Rebecca on 08-03-24
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On Our Best Behaviour
- From the host of Pulling The Thread
- Narrated by: Elise Loehnen
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 23-05-23
- Language: English
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Debt - Updated and Expanded
- The First 5,000 Years
- By: David Graeber
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall677
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Performance560
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Story555
Here, anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom: He shows that before there was money, there was debt. For more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods - that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era, Graeber argues, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors.
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A Gigantic, Frustrating, Maddening Disappointment.
- By Longshot356 on 13-02-16
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Debt - Updated and Expanded
- The First 5,000 Years
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 15-09-15
- Language: English
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A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards
- Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021
- By: Peter Ross
- Narrated by: Peter Ross
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance68
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Story68
'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal Green, to melancholy islands and surprisingly lively ossuaries . . . a considered and moving book on the timely subject of how the dead are remembered, and how they go on working...
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Poignant and moving
- By AmazonCustomer on 15-09-20
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A Tomb With a View – The Stories & Glories of Graveyards
- Scottish Non-fiction Book of the Year 2021
- Narrated by: Peter Ross
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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The Musical Human
- A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'
- By: Michael Spitzer
- Narrated by: Daniel Levitin
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance15
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Bloomsbury presents The Musical Human by Michael Spitzer, read by Daniel Levitin. A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'Full of delightful nuggets' Guardian online 'Entertaining, informative and philosphical ... An essential read' All About History 'Extraordinary range ... All the world and more is here'...
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Terrible narration
- By Sarah on 20-05-21
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The Musical Human
- A History of Life on Earth – A BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'
- Narrated by: Daniel Levitin
- Length: 17 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 01-04-21
- Language: English
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The Gift
- How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
- By: Lewis Hyde
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance5
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A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time, The Gift is a brilliant, life-changing defense of the value of creative labor. Drawing on examples from folklore and literature, history and tribal customs, economics and modern copyright law, Lewis Hyde demonstrates how our society - governed by the marketplace - is poorly equipped to determine the worth of artists’ work.
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The Gift
- How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World
- Narrated by: Stephen Bowlby
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 11-01-22
- Language: English
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At Day's Close
- A History of Nighttime
- By: Professor A. Roger Ekirch
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance2
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From blanket fairs to night kings, curfews to crime, At Day's Close is an intriguing and captivating investigation into the night. Until now, this rich and complex universe in which we spend nearly half of our lives was a world long-lost to historians. Here, Ekirch explores how the night was lived in the past, through travel accounts, memoirs, letters, folklore, poems, court records and coroner's reports. More than this, it is a passionate argument in the case for less artificial light in an increasingly bright world.
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spoilt by narration
- By Sienna T on 22-07-23
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At Day's Close
- A History of Nighttime
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 23-06-22
- Language: English
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A Brief History of China
- Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
- By: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance35
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Story35
In his retelling of a Chinese history stretching back 5,000 years, author and China-expert Jonathan Clements focuses on the human stories which led to the powerful transformations in Chinese society - from the unification of China under its first emperor, Qinshi Huangdi, to the Mongol invasion under Genghis Khan and the consolidation of Communist rule under Mao Zedong. Clements even brings listeners through to the present day, outlining China's economic renaissance under Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping.
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Not what I was looking for at all
- By Anonymous on 24-07-22
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A Brief History of China
- Dynasty, Revolution and Transformation: From the Middle Kingdom to the People's Republic
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 29-10-19
- Language: English
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Bullshit Jobs
- A Theory
- By: David Graeber
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall895
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Performance750
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber, read by Christopher Ragland. Be honest: if your job didn't exist, would anybody miss it? Have you ever wondered why not? Up to 40% of us secretly believe our jobs probably aren't necessary. In other words: they are...
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Read the original essay
- By BDD on 12-07-18
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Bullshit Jobs
- A Theory
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
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Black Wave
- Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East
- By: Kim Ghattas
- Narrated by: Kim Ghattas, Nan McNamara
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall120
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Performance98
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A timely and unprecedented examination of how the modern Middle East unravelled, and why it started with the pivotal year of 1979 'What happened to us?' For decades, the question has haunted the Arab and Muslim world, heard across Iran and Syria, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, and in the author's...
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A real five star eye opener
- By E P on 16-02-20
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Black Wave
- Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East
- Narrated by: Kim Ghattas, Nan McNamara
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 28-01-20
- Language: English
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Who We Are and How We Got Here
- By: David Reich
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall219
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Performance182
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Geneticists like David Reich have made astounding advances in the field of genomics, which is proving to be as important as archaeology, linguistics, and written records as a means to understand our ancestry. In Who We Are and How We Got Here, Reich allows listeners to discover how the human genome provides not only all the information a human embryo needs to develop but also the hidden story of our species.
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We may never know the answer
- By Amazon Customer on 04-02-19
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Who We Are and How We Got Here
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 26-06-18
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects
- By: Sally Coulthard
- Narrated by: Deborah Balm
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance6
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A Waterstones Best Book of 2024: Nature Writing The untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts 'A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration of nature, history, and – of course – the countryside.' Charles Spencer, author of...
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The love of Local History
- By Robert Brevitt on 06-02-25
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A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects
- Narrated by: Deborah Balm
- Length: 8 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
- Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
- By: David McGowan
- Narrated by: Bill Fike
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall108
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Performance87
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The very strange but nevertheless true story of the dark underbelly of a 1960s hippie utopia. Laurel Canyon in the 1960s and early 1970s was a magical place where a dizzying array of musical artists congregated to create much of the music that provided the soundtrack to those turbulent times. But there was a dark side to that scene as well. Many didn't make it out alive, and many of those deaths remain shrouded in mystery to this day.
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Smashed the Fourth wall
- By DMK on 11-08-19
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Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
- Laurel Canyon, Covert Ops, and the Dark Heart of the Hippie Dream
- Narrated by: Bill Fike
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 23-08-17
- Language: English
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Afghanistan
- A Cultural and Political History
- By: Thomas Barfield
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance27
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Afghanistan traces the historic struggles and the changing nature of political authority in this volatile region of the world, from the Mughal Empire in the 16th century to the Taliban resurgence today. Thomas Barfield introduces listeners to the bewildering diversity of tribal and ethnic groups in Afghanistan, explaining what unites them as Afghans despite the regional, cultural, and political differences that divide them.
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Underplayed US funding of Islamists
- By Suneil on 08-06-20
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Afghanistan
- A Cultural and Political History
- Narrated by: Robin Bloodworth
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 21-09-12
- Language: English
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Ghosts of the Tsunami
- Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
- By: Richard Lloyd Parry
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall221
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Performance199
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On 11 March 2011, a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of Northeast Japan. By the time the sea retreated, more than 18,000 people had been crushed, burned to death, or drowned. It was Japan's greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki. It set off a national crisis and the meltdown of a nuclear power plant. And even after the immediate emergency had abated, the trauma of the disaster continued to express itself in bizarre and mysterious ways.
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Hungry Ghosts
- By Barbara on 19-01-18
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Ghosts of the Tsunami
- Death and Life in Japan's Disaster Zone
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 26-09-17
- Language: English
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Worth Dying For
- The Power and Politics of Flags
- By: Tim Marshall
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall605
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Performance542
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Story543
When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do you feel? For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And still, in the 21st century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN, on the Arab street, from front porches in Texas. They represent the politics of high power as well as the politics of the mob.
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Arrgh - the Narrator
- By Jock on 28-12-17
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Worth Dying For
- The Power and Politics of Flags
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Series: Politics of Place
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 20-07-17
- Language: English
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The Paradox of Choice
- Why More is Less
- By: Barry Schwartz
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall457
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Performance374
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Story377
By synthesizing current research in the social sciences, Schwartz makes the counterintuitive case that eliminating choices can greatly reduce the stress, anxiety, and busyness of our lives. He offers eleven practical steps on how to limit choices to a manageable number, have the discipline to focus on the important ones and ignore the rest, and ultimately derive greater satisfaction from the choices you have to make.
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OK - perhaps better physically reading it.
- By Bex on 14-03-20
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The Paradox of Choice
- Why More is Less
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 7 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-09-10
- Language: English
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A Story of Us
- A New Look at Human Evolution
- By: Lesley Newson, Pete Richerson
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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In A Story of Us, they present this rich narrative and explain how the evolution of our genes relates to the evolution of our cultures. Newson and Richerson take listeners through seven stages of human evolution, beginning seven million years ago with the apes that were the ancestors of humans and today's chimps and bonobos. The story ends in the present day and offers a glimpse into the future.
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A Story of Us
- A New Look at Human Evolution
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 18-05-21
- Language: English
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Orality and Literacy
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- By: Walter J. Ong, John Hartley, John Hartley (Foreword By) - introduction
- Narrated by: John Guccion
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Walter J. Ong's classic work provides a fascinating insight into the social effects of oral, written, printed, and electronic technologies, and their impact on philosophical, theological, scientific, and literary thought. This thirtieth anniversary edition—coinciding with Ong's centenary...
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Orality and Literacy
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Narrated by: John Guccion
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 18-08-26
- Language: English
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Seeing Like a State
- By: James C. Scott
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall85
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Performance69
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Why do well-intentioned plans for improving the human condition go tragically awry? Author James C. Scott analyzes failed cases of large-scale authoritarian plans in a variety of fields. Centrally managed social plans misfire, Scott argues, when they impose schematic visions that do violence to complex interdependencies that are not - and cannot - be fully understood. Further, the success of designs for social organization depends upon the recognition that local, practical knowledge is as important as formal, epistemic knowledge.
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Once seen, can it be unseen?
- By Amazon Customer on 16-01-19
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Seeing Like a State
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 22-05-18
- Language: English
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