Political Philosophy audiobooks
Power, liberty and who gets to rule.
The arguments behind modern politics, from Machiavelli's advice to princes to Thomas Paine's case for revolution, Edmund Burke's reply, John Stuart Mill on liberty, Karl Marx, Peter Kropotkin's anarchism, Frederick Douglass on freedom and Bertrand Russell. These are short, forceful books written to persuade, and they still set the terms of today's debates.
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Under 5 hours — finish one this weekAll 43 political philosophy audiobooks
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Panopticon; or, The Inspection-House
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The Prince
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The Art of War
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Free pick
The Communist Manifesto
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Leviathan
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Free pick
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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The Federalist Papers
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Common Sense
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Second Treatise of Government
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius
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On Liberty
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The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume 4: The Age of Reason
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The Conquest of Bread
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The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume 2: The Rights of Man
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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave
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Progress and Poverty
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Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution
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The Subjection of Women
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Public Opinion
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Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy
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Utilitarianism
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My Bondage and My Freedom
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Anarchism and Other Essays
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Considerations on Representative Government
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Fields, Factories and Workshops
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Ancient Law: Its Connection with the Early History of Society
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A Modest Proposal
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Liberty in the Modern State
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Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham
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Proposed Roads to Freedom
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Socialism and Democracy in Europe
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The American Crisis
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The History of Freedom, and Other Essays
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The Philosophical Theory of the State
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The Political Institutions of the Ancient Greeks
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The Rights of Man
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The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 2
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The Works of Edmund Burke, Volume 3
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The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume 1: The American Crisis
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The Writings of Thomas Paine, Volume 3
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Thoughts on Man
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Are these political philosophy audiobooks free?
The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. The full library — all 43 political philosophy titles and everything else — is $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial, cancel anytime.
Can I read along while I listen?
Yes. Every Compendium audiobook shows the full chapter text on screen as it plays, on the web and in the iPhone and Android apps.
What's the shortest and longest political philosophy audiobook here?
A Modest Proposal is the shortest at 18 min; An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the longest at 34 hr 9 min. The whole collection runs about 369 hours.
