Maru Kun
1524 ratings (3.95 avg)
223 reviews
Goodreads librarian
more photos (2)

#7 most followed
#5 best reviewers
#16 top librarians

Maru Kun

Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Maru.

https://www.goodreads.com/kujiranoai

宗教のアメリカ
Maru Kun is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

progress: 
 
  (page 137 of 320)
May 25, 2026 10:04PM

 
Tales from the So...
Rate this book
Clear rating

progress: 
 
  (page 119 of 336)
May 21, 2026 11:08PM

 
JKハルは異世界で娼婦になった
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
See all 4 books that Maru is reading…
Loading...
Richard Lachmann
“Much of American domestic policy, and almost all of US foreign policy, is determined by elites who are only somewhat constrained by voter preferences and decisions. What seemed remarkable and worthy of sociological inquiry was not Bush's own personal stupidity or viciousness but the lack, until late in his presidency, of a credible challenge to his policies from any significant power base.
...
The small achievements of popular forces in post-hegemonic Britain and the Netherlands illustrate the highly limited parameters of reform and redistribution unless and until those reactions create or revivify political organizations that can challenge elites.”
Richard Lachmann, First Class Passengers on a Sinking Ship: Elite Politics and the Decline of Great Powers

Karl Ove Knausgård
“Day in, day out! Wind and rain, sleet and snow, sun and storm, we did the same. We heard something on the grapevine, went there, came back, sat in his bedroom, heard something else, went by bus, bike, on foot, sat in someone’s bedroom. In the summer we went swimming. That was it. What was it all about? We were friends, there was no more than that. And the waiting, that was life.”
Karl Ove Knausgård, Dancing in the Dark

Karl Ove Knausgård
“I would have loved to buy a hot dog from her, just to watch her squeezing the ketchup and mustard from the plastic bottles over the sausage,”
Karl Ove Knausgård, Dancing in the Dark

Terry Eagleton
“...revolutionary nationalism was by far the most successful radical tide of the the twentieth century.”
Terry Eagleton, After Theory

H.L.A. Hart
“So long as human beings can gain sufficient co-operation from some to enable them to dominate others, they will use the forms of law as one of their instruments. Wicked men will enact wicked rules which others will enforce. What surely is most needed in order to make men clear sighted in confronting the official abuse of power, is that they should preserve the sense that the certification of something as legally valid is not conclusive of the question of obedience, and that, however great the aura of majesty or authority which the official system may have, its demands must in the end be submitted to a moral scrutiny.”
H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law

2802 Amazon Kindle — 11811 members — last activity 13 hours, 25 min ago
For readers using the Amazon Kindle ebook device.
210 français — 610 members — last activity Apr 06, 2022 02:05AM
For those who read French books Pour ceux qui lisent des livres en français
26156 Virago Modern Classics — 410 members — last activity May 25, 2026 01:08AM
But once a woman stole the initiative, plundered the perquisites and took the lead, what happened to the globe? The fabric cracked [Daphne du Maurier] ...more
171965 The GR Mixtape exchange service — 167 members — last activity Nov 27, 2020 04:55PM
For those of you who wonder, as I do, if similar taste in books can translate to similar taste in music... This group is for posting mixtapes in a mo ...more
83261 The Transition Movement — 121 members — last activity Jun 18, 2020 12:52PM
This group is dedicated to readings and discussion related to the Transition Movement started by Rob Hopkins. The movement started in Ireland and En ...more
More of Maru’s groups…
year in books
Jolanta...
3,766 books | 765 friends

Pramod ...
2,583 books | 338 friends

Josh
10,445 books | 313 friends

Omar Gamal
1,548 books | 633 friends

Manny
6,199 books | 4,950 friends

Jean-Luke
1,747 books | 668 friends

Carol
8,263 books | 1,169 friends

Tony
2,260 books | 169 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Maru

Lists liked by Maru