#2578
Mentioned in 18 episodes

The dispossessed

Book • 1959
Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Dispossessed" is a science fiction novel that explores themes of anarchism, utopianism, and social justice.

The story follows Shevek, a physicist who travels between two planets with contrasting social systems: Urras, a capitalist society, and Anarres, an anarchist society.

Le Guin's novel is a thought-provoking exploration of different social and political systems and their impact on individual lives.

The novel's exploration of freedom, equality, and the challenges of creating a just society continues to resonate with readers today.

It's a classic of science fiction.

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Mentioned in 18 episodes

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Tyler Cowen
as an anti-utopian novel with right-wing undertones.
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Divya Siddarth
as a book with a beautiful exploration of democracy.
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Audrey Tang and Divya Siddarth on Outfitting Democracy for the AI Era
Mentioned by a professor at Beloit College, whose students had to run discussions on the novel at libraries, public schools, and senior centers.
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Rhiannon Firth
as a science fiction novel set in the future after Earth's collapse, portraying an anarchist society.
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The end of civilisations and societies
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Georg Diez
, who described it as a sort of capitalism versus communism.
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Tyler Cowen
in relation to the suggestion that eliminating distinctions between men and women is the only way to get rid of war.
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Ada Palmer on Viking Metaphysics, Contingent Moments, and Censorship
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Tamler Sommers
when discussing books for a future podcast episode.
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Episode 298: Pass the Peace Pipe
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Michael Ashcroft
as one of the three Ursula K. Le Guin books he read.
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Michael Ashcroft on Getting Lost and The Joys of Dad Life
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Tim Harford
as a great author of fantasy and science fiction, and discussed by
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Ben Naddaff-Hafrey
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