/lit/ - Literature

>>9052379
>>9052318

by example, if you came to me and said: "hey, i'm interested in learning about utopian thought in the western world, but i don't have a whole lot of time. build me a reading list for both its theoretical and political implications." i would retort:

for the theoretical:
frank manuel/fritzie manuel, "utopian thought in the western world"
greogry claeys, "dystopia"

for the political:
mark mazower, "governing the world"
henry kissinger, "world order"

and for a more time consuming but seminal series:
eric vogelin, "order and history"--vols. I-V


between the first four books--and as an educator i always encourage to read more/primary sources, but you don't even need to do so if you really don't want to--you will cover an extraordinary amount of ground, and will become one of the more educated human beings on the subject. with the introduction of the last series, i would say you could feign expertise; with enough discipline, you could do all this in a month or less, and probably buy yourself 50 years of an otherwise useless dedicated milling about.