Anthropology
Our shared human story unfolds through the lens of cultures, societies, and primal behaviors that shape who we are. Here you'll find compelling investigations into human nature, from our ancient origins and evolutionary past to the hidden codes that drive modern communities and marketplaces.
Anthropology Book Summaries
War! What Is It Good For?
Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots
History
War
Military Fiction
War, Peace, and Human Nature
The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views
Anthropology
History
Psychology
Sweetness and Power
The Place of Sugar in Modern History
History
Anthropology
Food
Virtuous Violence
Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Together
The Rituals, Pleasures and Politics of Cooperation
Sociology
Philosophy
Politics
The Audit Society
Rituals of Verification
Sociology
Anthropology
The Chalice and the Blade
Our History, Our Future
History
Feminism
Anthropology
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You
Busting Myths about Human Nature
Anthropology
Science
Psychology
The Moral Basis of a Backward Society
Sociology
Politics
History
The Noodle Narratives
The Global Rise of an Industrial Food into the Twenty-First Century
Food
History
Anthropology
Nations
The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism
History
Politics
Sociology
Talking to the Enemy
Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists
Politics
Religion
Anthropology
The Ethnic Phenomenon
Politics
Anthropology
Sociology
Magicians of the Gods
The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
History
Science
Ancient History
Religion in Human Evolution
From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
Religion
History
Anthropology
Indians and English
Facing Off in Early America
History
American History
Native American History
The Web of Meaning
Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe
Philosophy
Science
Psychology
Visionary
The Mysterious Origins of Human Consciousness
History
Science
Spirituality
Race and Racism
A Comparative Perspective
Sociology
Anthropology
Race
Dark Emu
History
Australia
Indigenous
Ancestors
Identity and DNA in the Levant
Science
History
Biology
The African Origin of Civilization
Myth or Reality
History
Africa
Race
Embodied
Living as Whole People in a Fractured World
Theology
Christian
Anthropology
The Domestication of the Human Species
Anthropology
Radical Hope
Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation
Philosophy
History
Anthropology
Ritual
Power, Healing and Community
Spirituality
Africa
Religion
Through the Language Glass
Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Linguistics
Language
Science
The Savage Mind
Anthropology
Philosophy
Psychology
