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READ OF THE MONTH: OCTOBER

Culture Struggle Michael Parenti

The Culture Struggle exposes culture as an instrument of social power rather than a passive tradition. Parenti reveals how our all-encompassing social structures are weaponized to elevate some and disparage others. Ultimately, the book delivers a concise but vital truth: to understand the enduring grip of the powerful, we must first understand how they shape, commodify, and control civil society.

Despite being a relatively short read, Parenti manages to say an immense amount about culture in our society. His structural precision leads to a concise and engaging text—one that is so captivating it feels over all too soon. At certain moments, Parenti masterfully makes the abstract concepts of cultural control feel completely intuitive, even if those profound insights occasionally felt like fleeting thoughts to me once I closed the book. The Culture Struggle ends up being a truly thought-provoking read, and one that sticks with you in your daily life.

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