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
The Anatomy of Dependence
The key analysis of Japanese behavior
Japan
Psychology
Japanese Literature
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Politics
Philosophy
History
Becoming Animal
An Earthly Cosmology
Philosophy
Nature
Science
The Goodness Paradox
The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
Science
Psychology
Evolution
After 1177 B.C.
The Survival of Civilizations
History
Ancient History
Archaeology
René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Philosophy
Psychology
Anthropology
The Mismeasure of Man
Science
History
Psychology
A History of the World in 100 Objects
History
Art
World History
Lizards Hold the Sun
Romance
Indigenous
Contemporary
Sidewalk
Sociology
Ethnography
Anthropology
Why the West Rules—for Now
The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
History
Politics
Economics
The Meaning of Human Existence
Philosophy
Science
Biology
The Greatest Invention
A History of the World in Nine Mysterious Scripts
History
Language
Linguistics
Escape from Rome
The Failure of Empire and the Road to Prosperity
History
Economics
Ancient History
Born to Rebel
Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives
Psychology
Science
Parenting
Shadow Network
Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right
Politics
History
American History
War, Peace, and Human Nature
The Convergence of Evolutionary and Cultural Views
Anthropology
History
Psychology
The Division of Labor in Society
Sociology
Philosophy
Economics
Virtuous Violence
Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
The Sociology of Georg Simmel
Sociology
Philosophy
Anthropology
War! What Is It Good For?
Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots
History
War
Military Fiction
Gnosticism
From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas
Religion
History
Christianity
Talking to the Enemy
Faith, Brotherhood, and the (Un)Making of Terrorists
Politics
Religion
Anthropology
Empires and Barbarians
The Fall of Rome and the Birth of Europe
History
Ancient History
European History
Religion in Human Evolution
From the Paleolithic to the Axial Age
Religion
History
Anthropology
Race, Monogamy, and Other Lies They Told You
Busting Myths about Human Nature
Anthropology
Science
Psychology
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
A New History of the Ancient Near East
History
Ancient History
Middle East
The Great Cosmic Mother
Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth
Spirituality
Feminism
History
Race and Racism
A Comparative Perspective
Sociology
Anthropology
Race
The Ethnic Phenomenon
Politics
Anthropology
Sociology
The Authoritarian Personality
Psychology
Philosophy
Politics
Sweetness and Power
The Place of Sugar in Modern History
History
Anthropology
Food
The Noodle Narratives
The Global Rise of an Industrial Food into the Twenty-First Century
Food
History
Anthropology
