Re: Resources on political thinking

[Martin Tomasek <tomasek () ufe cz>]

Gadi Evron wrote:
> What is your favorite reference on the subject? Or a situation you 
> encountered which you found fascinating?
>
> Resources:
>
> 1. Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
>   

The best.

> 7. George Orwell
>
> George Orwell's political satire is not about big brother, that is just 
> a theme in his wonderful book 1984, which isn't about big brother, either.
>   

Another interesting author is James Burnham, 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Burnham. He was hated and plagiarized 
by Orwell.

> 10. Fun to watch:
>   

Satirical series from creators of southpark:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That's_My_Bush! 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_My_Bush%21>

> 11. Edward L. Bernays on propaganda and public relations
>
> Propaganda
> http://www.archive.org/details/Propaganda_600
>   

Very good book from the father of PR. I would recommend it too.

I'm reading autobiography of Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht, Confessions 
of the Old Wizard. So far so good. He was one of important politicians 
of Weimar republic and then of Hitler's Germany. He was put into 
concentration camp in (AFAIK) 1944, then in 1945 he went before Nurnberg 
tribunal, allies confiscated his property etc..

There was also interesting figure of German SDP on the very beginning of 
20th century: Alexander Izrael (Parvus) Helphand. The man who talked 
German government into providing finance for Lenin and his revolution. 
He was completely lost in history, until 1990s.

--
Martin Tomasek


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