Predicaments of Modern Society

现代社会的困境

Ageing, loneliness, involution, and generational strain.

33 books

A Luminous Republic 《光明共和国》 Andrés Barba The order of white civilization and the fear of what lies outside it. Literature & Fiction AZM's list

The Palliative Society 《妥协社会》 Byung-Chul Han A society that yields to institutional coercion and cannot reform itself. Society & Civilization AZM's list

21 Lessons for the 21st Century 《今日简史》 Yuval Noah Harari The collapse of the liberal story and the challenges of the 21st century. Society & Civilization AZM's list

Homo Deus 《未来简史》 Yuval Noah Harari Techno-humanism, immortality projects, and a society split by class. Society & Civilization AZM's list

Civilized to Death 《文明至死》 Christopher Ryan Reconsidering the agricultural revolution and the discontents of modern life. Society & Civilization AZM's list

How Groups Encourage Misbehavior 《害马之群》 Kevin R. Murphy How groups lose control and push their members toward wrongdoing. Society & Civilization AZM's list

Envy 《嫉妒与社会》 Helmut Schoeck How envy distorts social behaviour and political allegiance. Society & Civilization AZM's list

How Change Happens 《变革如何发生》 Duncan Green The mechanics of social change and the resistance of institutions. Society & Civilization AZM's list

是我的错吗？《是我的错吗？》 wu-zandao Collective violence and the crushing weight of the state. Society & Civilization AZM's list

BAD 《恶俗》 Paul Fussell Fakery and vulgarity in American mass culture. Society & Civilization AZM's list

被判处死刑之后《被判处死刑之后》 unknown-bei-panchu Life inside detention, the ecology of the prison, and human desire. Society & Civilization AZM's list

Beneath the Wheel 《在轮下》 Hermann Hesse A repressive school system and the souls it tames. Literature & Fiction AZM's list

A Whole Life 《大雪将至（完整的一生）》 Robert Seethaler One ordinary man's quiet, complete life. Literature & Fiction AZM's list

外面是夏天《外面是夏天》 Kim Ae-ran Realist fiction about ordinary lives in contemporary Korea. Literature & Fiction AZM's list

梨子小姐与自己相处《梨子小姐与自己相处》 bai-lu Refusing mental burnout, and learning to live at peace with oneself. Literature & Fiction AZM's list

Aftermath 《狼性时代》 Harald Jähner Rebuilding everyday psychology in Germany after the war, 1945 to 1955. World History AZM's list

活着回来的男人《活着回来的男人》 Eiji Oguma An ordinary Japanese soldier's life story, and how people become raw material. World History AZM's list

Culture Matters 《文化的重要作用》 Samuel Huntington How values shape the progress of nations and civilizations. World History AZM's list

Heart of Darkness 《黑暗的心》 Joseph Conrad Colonial plunder and the shattering of a grand narrative. Literature & Fiction AZM's list

The Story of Mankind 《人类的故事》 Hendrik Willem van Loon A humanist telling of civilization as one shared human story. Philosophy AZM's list

始于极限《始于极限》 Chizuko Ueno Twelve letters on women's issues, and why downward freedom is no freedom. Society & Civilization AZM's list

在熟悉的家中向世界道别《在熟悉的家中向世界道别》 Chizuko Ueno Facing old age, and the dignity of living alone at the end of life. Society & Civilization AZM's list

厌女《厌女》 Chizuko Ueno Social misogyny and the misogyny women turn on themselves. Society & Civilization AZM's list

无缘社会《无缘社会》 NHK Special Reporting Team Japan's solitary deaths and the unraveling of traditional marriage. Society & Civilization AZM's list

李银河说爱情《李银河说爱情》 li-yinhe The sociology of single life, sex, and love. Society & Civilization AZM's list

少年发声《少年发声》 chen-yu Sixteen Chinese teenagers on family upbringing and the feeling of suffocation. Society & Civilization AZM's list

社会为什么对年轻人冷酷无情《社会为什么对年轻人冷酷无情》 Masahiro Yamada Downward mobility and the harsh predicament of young people in East Asia. Economics AZM's list

We Have Never Been Middle Class 《我们从未中产过》 Hadas Weiss The fragility of the middle class and how people slide back down. Economics AZM's list

三十不立《三十不立》 NHK Special Reporting Team Generational poverty among the young after the bubble burst. Economics AZM's list

00年代的想象力《00年代的想象力》 Tsunehiro Uno Pop culture, social psychology, and the disillusion of a generation. Society & Civilization AZM's list

NHK特别取材组纪实丛书《NHK特别取材组纪实丛书》 NHK Special Reporting Team Documenting ageing, solitary deaths, and Japan's disconnected society up close. Society & Civilization XMS's list

最小阻力路径相关社会学著作《最小阻力路径相关社会学著作》 Allan G. Johnson How institutions pave a path of least resistance that makes conformity automatic. Society & Civilization XMS's list

The Human Condition 《人的境况》 Hannah Arendt Human beings build their world through labor, work, and action Philosophy Daily Pick

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