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Anarchist classics and other changes to philosophy_book snippets #33460

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"snippet_category": [
{
"id": "philosophy1",
"text": "This is a copy of Nietzsche's \"Beyond Good and Evil\". Its cover is dog-eared and creased."
"text": "This is a copy of Nietzsche's \"Beyond Good and Evil\". Its cover is dog-eared and creased."
},
{
"id": "philosophy2",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The Unique and Its Property\" by Max Stirner. A modern translation by Wolfi Landstreicher."
"text": "This is a copy of \"The Unique and Its Property\" by Max Stirner. A modern translation by Wolfi Landstreicher."
},
{
"id": "philosophy3",
"text": "This is a copy of Jean-Paul Sartre's \"Being and Nothingness\". A key work in the existentialist tradition."
"text": "This is a copy of Jean-Paul Sartre's \"Being and Nothingness\". A key work in the existentialist tradition."
},
{
"id": "philosophy4",
"text": "A large, extended version of \"Madness and Civilisation\" by Michel Foucault. The cover features a striking image of a Panopticonic Prison."
"text": "A large, extended version of \"Madness and Civilisation\" by Michel Foucault. The cover features a striking image of a Panopticonic Prison."
},
{
"id": "philosophy5",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge\" by Lyotard."
},
{
"id": "philosophy6",
"text": "A collection of texts and essays by Jacques Derrida. It's pages loose and yellowed, you should probably handle it with care."
"text": "A collection of texts and essays by Jacques Derrida. It's pages loose and yellowed, you should probably handle it with care."
},
{
"id": "philosophy7",
"text": "This is a copy of \"Society of the Spectacle\" by Guy Debord. Its cover shows rows of adults staring placidly into a screen."
"text": "This is a copy of \"Society of the Spectacle\" by Guy Debord. Its cover shows rows of adults staring placidly into a screen."
},
{
"id": "philosophy8",
"text": "This is a split copy of both \"An Ethic of Sexual Difference\" and \"This Sex Which Is Not One\" by Luce Irigaray."
},
{
"id": "philosophy9",
"text": "This is a copy of Baudrillard's \"Simulation and Simulacra\". The cover contains an image of a man holding a colored pill in each hand, with the caption \"Welcome to the Desert of the Real.\". You think you've seen this movie."
"text": "This is a copy of Baudrillard's \"Simulation and Simulacra\". The cover contains an image of a man holding a colored pill in each hand, with the caption \"Welcome to the Desert of the Real.\". You think you've seen this movie."
},
{
"id": "philosophy10",
"text": "This is a small, pocket version of Sartre's \"Existentialism and Humanism.\" It looks to have been used as a coaster in a past life."
"text": "This is a small, pocket version of Sartre's \"Existentialism and Humanism\". It looks to have been used as a coaster in a past life."
},
{
"id": "philosophy11",
"text": "This is a copy of \"Practical Ethics\" by Peter Singer. From the local university press."
"text": "This is a copy of \"Practical Ethics\" by Peter Singer. From the local university press."
},
{
"id": "philosophy12",
"text": "This is a photocopied spiral-bound copy of \"Industrial Society and Its Future\" by 'Freedom Club'. The original looks to have been written on a typewriter before being copied."
"text": "This is a photocopied spiral-bound copy of \"Industrial Society and Its Future\" by 'Freedom Club'. The original looks to have been written on a typewriter before being copied."
},
{
"id": "philosophy13",
"text": "This is a copy of \"Industrial Society and Its Future\" by Ted Kaczynski. Its cover is an image of a hand-crafted wooden box filled with wiring and an ominous looking metal tube. Provocative."
"text": "This is a copy of \"Industrial Society and Its Future\" by Ted Kaczynski. Its cover is an image of a hand-crafted wooden box filled with wiring and an ominous looking metal tube. Provocative."
},
{ "id": "philosophy14", "text": "This is a small reader on Hegel's Dialectics." },
{
"id": "philosophy15",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The State and Revolution\" by Vladimir Lenin. In English, thankfully."
"text": "This is a copy of \"The State and Revolution\" by Vladimir Lenin. In English, thankfully."
},
{ "id": "philosophy16", "text": "This is a copy of \"In Defense of Marxism\" by Leon Trotsky." },
{
"id": "philosophy17",
"text": "This is a copy of \"Steal This Book\" by Abbie Hoffman. There is a security tag on the back cover. It appears to still be active."
"text": "This is a copy of \"Steal This Book\" by Abbie Hoffman. There is a security tag on the back cover. It appears to still be active."
},
{
"id": "philosophy18",
"text": "This is a copy of \"Walden: Or Life In The Woods\" by Henry David Thoreau. It contains a dried and pressed leaf as a bookmark."
"text": "This is a copy of \"Walden: Or Life In The Woods\" by Henry David Thoreau. It contains a dried and pressed leaf as a bookmark."
},
{
"id": "philosophy19",
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"id": "philosophy21",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis\" by Jacques Lacan."
},
{ "id": "philosophy22", "text": "This is a copy of Machiavelli's \"The Prince\". With intro by Q. Skinner." },
{ "id": "philosophy22", "text": "This is a copy of Machiavelli's \"The Prince\". With intro by Q. Skinner." },
{ "id": "philosophy23", "text": "This is a copy of \"On The Revolution of Everyday Life\" by Raul Vangeigem." },
{
"id": "philosophy24",
"text": "This is a pocket copy of \"An Essay on Liberation\" by Herbert Marcuse. The cover contains an image of a pelican."
"text": "This is a pocket copy of \"An Essay on Liberation\" by Herbert Marcuse. The cover contains an image of a pelican."
},
{ "id": "philosophy25", "text": "This is a copy of \"Either-Or\" by Søren Kierkegaard." },
{ "id": "philosophy26", "text": "This is a copy of \"Allegory of the Cave\" by Plato." },
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{
"id": "philosophy33",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The Defence of Terrorism\" by Leon Trotsky. Despite the title, it does not actually appear to be defending terrorism."
},
{
"id": "philosophy34",
"text": "This is a copy of \"Enquiry Concerning Political Justice\" by William Godwin. This thick book is filled with antiquated phrases."
},
{
"id": "philosophy35",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The Abolition of Work and Other Essays\" by Bob Black. It is likely that \"The Abolition of Work\" is the most famous essay in this book."
},
{
"id": "philosophy36",
"text": "This is a copy of \"What is Property?\" by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon. It looks like that this book has a surprisingly long track record of owners."
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},
{
"id": "philosophy37",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The Conquest of Bread\" by Peter Kropotkin. There is a picture of an old philosopher with magnificent beard, instead of bread, on the cover."
},
{
"id": "philosophy38",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The Trouble with Being Born\" by Emil Cioran. This book might have been printed decades before the cataclysm since the cover is quite weathered."
},
{
"id": "philosophy39",
"text": "This is a copy of \"The World as Will and Representation\" by Arthur Schopenhauer. It contains a few undecipherable notes and scribbles."
},
{
"id": "philosophy40",
"text": "This is a copy of \"Up-Wingers: A Futurist Manifesto\" by FM-2030. It seems that the author's real name is Fereidoun M. Esfandiary."
}
],
"weight": 350,
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