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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 27 Apr 2019
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    Is there a good book about secret societies? Especially with a global scope? European and Middle Eastern ones seem to be best known, but I suspect East Asian ones likely did many interestingly different things. Also, broad distinction to be made between violent and peaceful ones

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      1. Vinay Gupta‏ @leashless 27 Apr 2019
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        Temporary Autonomous Zone, Hakim Bey. Broad, broad coverage, but you have to read in between the lines. It's a Burning Man ur text

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      1. Toby‏ @tobyshorin 27 Apr 2019
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        Toby Retweeted Sal Hamerman

        See this thread: https://twitter.com/srrhhamerman/status/1087034041507942400 … Adam's suggestion is in there too

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        Sal Hamerman @srrhhamerman
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        "Secrets" by Sissela Bok is a key reference on the philosophical & social implications of secrecy. Not sure I have the kinds of case studies you're looking for, but this is a good place to start!
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      2. no polis either‏ @nocitizens 27 Apr 2019
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        Don’t have a book for you but there’s really interesting history to read about secret religious societies in the run up to 1949 in China, when they provided food and medical care for large numbers of members, and the aftermath of the Party trying to suppress them

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      3. no polis either‏ @nocitizens 27 Apr 2019
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        This article looks promising:https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/china-quarterly/article/suppression-of-secret-societies-in-postliberation-tientsin/F6BE75127A4E36A453E045AED64DD548 …

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      1. Jim Ryan‏ @JamesEmmettRyan 27 Apr 2019
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        “Revolutionary Brotherhood” by Stephen Bullock (freemasonry)

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      1. mtraven‏ @mtraven 27 Apr 2019
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        Don't know a good general book (too much conspiracy theory trash out there) but this recent one about Acéphale, a secret society of French intellectuals between the wars is fascinating: https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Conspiracy-Internal-Ac%C3%A9phale-Sociology/dp/1900565951 … Somehow seems very relevant to the current times.

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      1. Jon Evans‏Verified account @rezendi 27 Apr 2019
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        Foucault's Pendulum is the obvious literary one.

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      1. Jim Ryan‏ @JamesEmmettRyan 27 Apr 2019
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        “Among the Thugs” by Bill Buford (English soccer hooligans). A stretch but seems to fit. Awesome book.

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      1. Billy Smith‏ @billy74919063 28 Apr 2019
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        RAW's "Illuminatus" has a lot of links to reference material. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Illuminatus!_Trilogy … :D

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