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The Essential Reading List
A Listmania! list by Hank Sohota (London, England)

1. Reinventing the Sacred by Stuart Kaufman

The list author says:
	"Breaking the Galilean spell"

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2. The Constitution of Society: Outline of the Theory of Structuration by Anthony Giddens

The list author says:
	"The theory of structuration - grand sociological theory at its best"

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3. Heraclitus on Meaning and Knowledge Legitimation: Unity and Fragmentation in Primary Thinking by Matthew Meyer

The list author says:
	"The real Heraclitus - 'shared thinking'. Highly intellectual."

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4. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

The list author says:
	"The ultimate yet ancient leadership and governance text"

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5. Mindsight: Transform Your Brain with the New Science of Kindness by Daniel Siegel

The list author says:
	"Beautiful work on how we function as human beings. See also my 'Brain Functioning Insights' list for further recommendations."

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6. Complexity and Management: Fad or Radical Challenge to Systems Thinking? (Complexity and Emergence in Organizations) by Ralph D. Stacey

The list author says:
	"A starter for 10 on truly radical thinking about organisations. See also my 'Complex Responsive Processes' list for further recommendations."

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7. Complexity and Organizational Reality: Uncertainty and the Need to Rethink Management after the Collapse of Investment Capitalism by Ralph D. Stacey

The list author says:
	"A radical challenge to mainstream thinking on organisations, management and leadership, based on complexity. See also my 'Complex Responsive Processes' list for further recommendations."

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8. Mary Parker Follett Prophet of Management by Pauline Graham

The list author says:
	"The most radical and inspirational thinker on corporate leadership and management"

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9. Conversation by Theodore Zeldin

The list author says:
	"Zeldin argues that conversation is essential to our development as fully civilised human beings - amen."

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10. All That We Share: How to Save the Economy, the Environment, the Internet, Democracy, Our Communities, and Everything Else That Belongs t by Jay Walljasper

The list author says:
	"Along with complexity, The Commons is the most essential of ideas and ideal that should shape the 21st century"

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11. The Big Society by Jesse Norman

The list author says:
	"Setting the scene for 21st century government, politics and society in Britain"

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12. The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science by Jonathan Haidt

The list author says:
	"Ancient wisdom meets modern science. See also my 'Brain Functioning Insights' list for further recommendations."

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13. Managerialism: The Emergence of a New Ideology by Willard F. Enteman

The list author says:
	"Provides a clear explanation of why we have the political and business leaders we have. See also my 'Corporations and Capitalism' list for further recommendations."

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14. The Spirit Level: Why Equality Is Better For Everyone by Richard Wilkinson

The list author says:
	"Evidence based research for the case against high inequalities in society"

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15. Prosperity without Growth: Economics for a Finite Planet by Tim Jackson

The list author says:
	"Radical, powerful and convincing. See also my 'Corporations and Capitalism' list for further recommendations."

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16. No More Throw-away People: The Co-production Imperative by Edgar S. Cahn

The list author says:
	"The democratisation of service provision. Revolutionary thinking. See also my 'Corporations and Capitalism' list for further recommendations."

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17. Small is Beautiful: Economics as If People Mattered, 25 Years Later...with Commentaries by E. F. Schumacher

The list author says:
	"A brilliant argument against the rampant progression of capital intensive Capitalism. See also my 'Corporations and Capitalism' list for further recommendations."

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18. New State: Group Organization the Solution of Popular Government by Mary Parker Follett

The list author says:
	"Probably a century ahead of her time. Astounding. See also my 'Corporations and Capitalism' list for further recommendations."

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19. The Enigma of Capital: And the Crises of Capitalism by David Harvey

The list author says:
	"Capitalism as process. See also my 'Corporations and Capitalism' list for further recommendations."

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20. Work after Globalization: Building Occupational Citizenship by Guy Standing

The list author says:
	"An excellent look at how work has evolved and how its needs to change further. See also my 'Corporations and Capitalism' list for further recommendations."

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21. Education for Leadership and Social Responsibility by Gloria Nemerowicz

The list author says:
	"Essential insights for leadership today formulated before the recession, the credit crisis, social media, the millennium and even the ubiquity of the web. So it's view is not clouded by distractions."

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