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Ideas

Ideas

Last updated: March 11, 2024

    The best books on Power and Ideas, recommended by James Purnell

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    The best books on Power and Ideas - The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen

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    The Idea of Justice
    by Amartya Sen
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    The best books on Power and Ideas - Unnecessary Suffering by Maurice Glasman

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    Unnecessary Suffering
    by Maurice Glasman
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    The best books on Power and Ideas - Peacemakers: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan

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    Peacemakers: Six Months That Changed the World
    by Margaret MacMillan
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    The best books on Power and Ideas - The Attack and Other Papers by R H Tawney

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    The Attack and Other Papers
    by R H Tawney
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    The best books on Power and Ideas - Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol III by Robert Caro

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    Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol III
    by Robert Caro

    • Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 2001 to 2010, says power with no ideas is hollow and chooses his five books on political ideology

  • The best books on Power and Ideas - The Idea of Justice by Amartya Sen
  • The best books on Power and Ideas - Unnecessary Suffering by Maurice Glasman
  • The best books on Power and Ideas - Peacemakers: Six Months That Changed the World by Margaret MacMillan
  • The best books on Power and Ideas - The Attack and Other Papers by R H Tawney
  • The best books on Power and Ideas - Master of the Senate: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Vol III by Robert Caro

The best books on Power and Ideas, recommended by James Purnell

Labour politician, who was the Member of Parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde from 2001 to 2010, says power with no ideas is hollow and chooses his five books on political ideology

The best books on Power and Ideas, recommended by James Purnell

    The best books on Ideas that Matter, recommended by A C Grayling

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    The best books on Ideas that Matter - The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

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    The Nicomachean Ethics
    by Aristotle
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    The best books on Ideas that Matter - Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

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    Critique of Pure Reason
    by Immanuel Kant
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    The best books on Ideas that Matter - Pride and Prejudice (Book) by Jane Austen

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    Pride and Prejudice (Book)
    by Jane Austen
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    The best books on Ideas that Matter - Table-Talk, Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlit

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    Table-Talk, Essays on Men and Manners
    by William Hazlit
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    The best books on Ideas that Matter - On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin & James Costa

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    On the Origin of Species
    by Charles Darwin & James Costa

    • In the 18th and 19th centuries, intellectuals engaged in the 'great conversation,' a debate about ideas, politics, and beliefs, says British philosopher A C Grayling, author of Ideas That Matter. He picks out five books on ideas about how we live our lives and how we view the world, from Aristotle to Charles Darwin.

  • The best books on Ideas that Matter - The Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle
  • The best books on Ideas that Matter - Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
  • The best books on Ideas that Matter - Pride and Prejudice (Book) by Jane Austen
  • The best books on Ideas that Matter - Table-Talk, Essays on Men and Manners by William Hazlit
  • The best books on Ideas that Matter - On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin & James Costa

The best books on Ideas that Matter, recommended by A C Grayling

In the 18th and 19th centuries, intellectuals engaged in the ‘great conversation,’ a debate about ideas, politics, and beliefs, says British philosopher A C Grayling, author of Ideas That Matter. He picks out five books on ideas about how we live our lives and how we view the world, from Aristotle to Charles Darwin.

The best books on Ideas that Matter, recommended by A C Grayling

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