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The Revolt of the Masses

By: Jose Ortega y Gasset
Narrated by: Jackson Moss
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First published as articles in El Sol in 1929, the essays in The Revolt of the Masses serve as a prescient analysis of a 20th-century creature - the "mass man" - and the mass society that he makes up. With strains of Jamesian pragmatism and the sociology of Gustave Le Bon, Ortega shows how technological and political changes reduced Western civilization to the lowest common denominator and made it susceptible to the pressures of statism.

Though timely when it was first published, this book has grown to resonate in our own times of social media, pop culture influencers, and fake news. While Ortega wrote in a different age of cultural upheaval, we would do well to heed his cautionary wisdom in our own age.

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populace behave is strange in recent and ancient times, this book highlights interpretation of facts to those in modern and ancient times and attempts to draw conclusion of where we are at and where we may be headed.

Excellent insight to populace

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I want to say how very grateful I am to Audible for making this title available! It gave me great pleasure to both purchase and listen to it. With that said, there are some other great titles written by Mr. Gasset, that I hope will one day be made available here too.

Though Jackson Moss may not have given a superb or stellar performance (I think he is still quite youthful and unseasoned); I am nevertheless very, very grateful that he took on this project! So let me say it clearly, thank you Mr. Moss!

Excellent Audiobook!

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Must read for every member of a society who (for whatever reason) is still willing to have a future for our children. So full of clear and precise observations, so full of thoughts that could be used for a great utility.
And this book is from 1929.

It’s even more true in 2023!

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The robotic voice made me give up. How can I get a redound on this?

It sounds like a robot

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