Jonathan Haidt
The Righteous Mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion
Jonathan Haidt
Anders Aslund
Russia’s Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed
Anders Aslund
Aldous Huxley
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Hugely important for some social libertarians and most social authoritarians significantly on the left. National leaders in the latter camp have generally attempted to make the state stronger, rather than work towards the Marxian principle that it should gradually wither away.
The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
Adam Smith
18th Century economist and philosopher Adam Smith wrote this first-ever masterpiece in political economy. A champion of the free market, Smith was nevertheless not as entirely laissez-faire as his fans on both the libertarian and authoritarian right often claim. They tend to ignore the “moral” side of his teachings, which are reflected in his distrust of the motivations of businessmen.
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
Giovanni Arrighi
Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century
Giovanni Arrighi
Wilhelm Reich
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
Wilhelm Reich
Hans J. Eysenck
He constructed a tough-tender axis to the political personality
The Psychology of Politics
Hans J. Eysenck
Dimensions of Personality
Hans J. Eysenck
Theodor Adorno
… of the celebrated Frankfurt School blazed new trails in the investigation of prejudice