Knowledge Lists
A selection of requested Knowledge Lists.
The Pykewater’s Knowledge Lists are designed as “full spectrum”—material is selected in order to address the needs of anyone from novices to experts. Lists are grouped by genre (please see the major categories below) and may be cross-listed depending on thematic overlap.
Lists are academically-sanctioned but non-exhaustive; they are further limited by the idiosyncrasies of their author and the holdings of the library. The purpose of the lists is not to generate an exclusionary or set “canon,” but to simply offer worthwhile and relevant recommendations concerning worthwhile and relevant topics. The lists are dynamic indices that are in a constant state of alteration and improvement—constructive criticism or suggestions for changes are welcomed, encouraged and appreciated.
More specific and custom lists are available upon request. All listed books are currently held in the library’s collections.
Lists by genre categories:
Lists by alphabetical order:
Ackerman, Bruce (POL)
Aesthetic Theory Master List (AES)
American Foreign Policy – Diplomacy (POL)
Ancient Law (Greek/Roman) (CLA/POL)
Ancient Sacral Power (CLA)
Anscombe, Gertrude (PHI)
Apocalypticism - Millenarianism (POL)
Arendt, Hannah (POL)
Aristotle (CLA, PHI, POL)
Art Forgery – Art Restoration/Conservation (AES)
Augustine (CLA, PHI, POL, REL)
Bakhtin, Mikhail (LIT, PHI)
Benjamin, Walter (PHI)
Berlin, Isaiah (POL)
Blumenberg, Hans (PHI)
Bonaparte, Napoleon (EUH, POL)
Bourdieu, Pierre (ANT, PHI, POL)
Branding - Advertising - Graphic Design - Typography (AES, BUI)
Charisma - Celebrity (POL)
Chess Theory (MIS)
Color Theory (AES)
Conspiracy Theories (POL)
Crowd Theory (POL)
Cults - The Occult (POL)
Democratic Theory - Liberalism Master List (POL)
Enchantment - Reenchantment - Wonder (AES, POL)
Epidemiology – Plagues (MED)
Fascism/Totalitarianism - The Nazis (POL)
Foucault, Michel (POL)
Freud, Sigmund (PHI)
Fundamentalism - Extremism - Prophecy (POL)
Game Theory – Formal Modeling (BUI, POL)
Genocide (General; Native American) (POL)
Guerrilla Urbanism - Urban Transformation (ANT, DIV, POL)
Habermas, Jurgen (POL)
Heidegger, Martin (PHI)
Historicism - Philosophy of History Master List (PHI)
Hypnotism - Mesmerism - Possession (POL)
Institutional Design - State Development (POL)
James, William (PHI)
Jurisprudence Master List (PHI/POL)
Kant, Immanuel (PHI)
Kelsen, Hans (POL)
Light - Shadow - Night (AES)
Literary Criticism Master List (LIT)
Locke, John (POL)
Machiavelli, Niccolo (POL)
Mannheim, Karl (ANT, PHI)
Media Politics - Fake News - Politics of “Truth” (POL)
Merleau-Ponty, Maurice (PHI)
Music Theory Master List (MUS)
Nationalism - Statism (POL)
Nietzsche, Friedrich (PHI)
Oakeshott, Michael (POL)
Oncological Theory (MED)
Performance Theory (ANT)
Persuasion - Irrationality - Manipulation (POL)
Piracy - Maritime History (EUH, POL)
Plato (CLA, PHI, POL)
Polanyi, Michael (PHI)
Political Aesthetics (Applied, Historical) (POL)
Political Aesthetics (Theory) (POL)
Political Contingency - History of Probability (POL)
Political Experts/Expertise - Public Opinion (POL)
Politics of Race in America Master List (DIV)
Propaganda (POL)
Pseudo-Science (POL)
Public Relations - Strategic Communications - Campaign Management (BUI, POL)
Rawls, John (POL)
Republicanism - Republican Theory (POL)
Rhetoric (PHI, POL)
Rothko, Mark (AES)
Schmitt, Carl (POL)
Science, Philosophy of (PHI)
Shakespeare, William (LIT)
Strauss, Leo (POL)
Sublime (AES, POL)
Thucydides (CLA, POL)
Tocqueville, Alexis de (POL)
Utopian Thought (POL)
War – Strategy (POL)
Washington Power Politics (POL)
Williams, Bernard (PHI)
Witchcraft - Magic (POL)
Wittgenstein, Ludwig (PHI)
World Order – UN – International Relations (POL)
Requested lists currently in production/research:
Agamben, Giorgio; AI/Deep Learning/Emergent Technologies; Alt-Right; American History (20th Century General); American Waterways; Architectural Theory Master; Baudrillard, Jean; Black Swan Events/The Unpredictable; Body Politic; Burke, Edmund; California (History); Cicero; Civil Disobedience; Conservatism; Conversion (Applied); Critical Theory; Dante; Deep Ecology; Defense Industry/Private Intelligence; Deleuze, Gilles; Derrida, Jacques; Disenchantment - Secularization; Early Greek Philosophy/Pre-Platonic Philosophy; Ethics (Christian); Ethics (Secular); Financial Crimes/Auditing; French Revolution and Aftermath; German Idealism; Generative Art/Art and Technology; Hayek, Friedrich; Hegel; Human Trafficking; Immortality; Investing (Stocks); Judgment; Logic (Formal); Marx, Karl; Native North American Studies; Place-Naming; Political Economy; Political Realism; Pragmatism; Private Equity; Reactionaries; Representation; Riots; Rome (History/Architecture); Satellite Technology; Searle, John; Silence; Smith, Adam; Sovereignty; Space Exploration/Politics; Suicide Bombing; Taylor, Charles; Transcendentalism (American); Transhumanism; Trivium - Quadrivium; Trumpism; Vaccines