Cultural
Our shared beliefs, habits, and technologies shape every aspect of human life, from ancient traditions to modern digital culture. These thought-provoking books examine how societies function, evolve, and influence our daily experiences, offering fresh perspectives on everything from media and education to social dynamics and cultural identity.
Cultural Book Summaries
Google Archipelago
The Digital Gulag and the Simulation of Freedom
Politics
Technology
Cultural
Unhumans
The Secret History of Communist Revolutions
History
Politics
Sociology
Status and Culture
How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change
Sociology
Psychology
Fashion
Team Human
Technology
Politics
Philosophy
The Culture Playbook
60 Highly Effective Actions to Help Your Group Succeed
Business
Leadership
Cultural
Sludge
What Stops Us from Getting Things Done and What to Do about It
Economics
Politics
Psychology
Diagnosing And Changing Organizational Culture
Based on the Competing Values Framework
Business
Leadership
Management
The World Beyond Your Head
On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
We Have Never Been Woke
The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite
Politics
Sociology
Cultural
The Narcissism Epidemic
Living in the Age of Entitlement
Psychology
Sociology
Cultural
Mad Men and Philosophy
Nothing is as it Seems
Philosophy
Essays
Tv
The Healing Wisdom of Africa
Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
Spirituality
Africa
Religion
The News
A User's Manual
Philosophy
Journalism
Politics
The Rise of the Creative Class
And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
Sociology
Economics
Business
Cynical Theories
How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
The Big Picture
The Fight for the Future of Movies
Film
Business
Media Tie In
In Praise of Slowness
Challenging the Cult of Speed
Philosophy
Self Help
Psychology
The Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy
Politics
History
Philosophy
Etiquette Guide to Japan
Know the Rules That Make the Difference
Japan
Travel
Reference
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
A Low Culture Manifesto
Essays
Humor
Pop Culture
The Power of Language
How the Codes We Use to Think, Speak, and Live Transform Our Minds
Language
Linguistics
Science
Why Men Fight
Philosophy
Politics
History
You Are Not a Gadget
Technology
Philosophy
Science
How to Save the West
Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises
Philosophy
Politics
History
The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety
Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation
Leadership
Psychology
Business
Watching the English
The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
Anthropology
Sociology
Travel
Everyone Is African
How Science Explodes the Myth of Race
Science
Race
History
Community Building on the Web
Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities
Cultural
Design
Business
The Song Machine
Inside the Hit Factory
Music
Business
History
365 Days Of Walking The Red Road
The Native American Path to Leading a Spiritual Life Every Day
Native American
Spirituality
Cultural
Everything Bad is Good for You
How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
The Value in the Valley
A Black Woman's Guide Through Life's Dilemmas
Self Help
Inspirational
Spirituality
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Change the Culture, Change the Game
The Breakthrough Strategy for Energizing Your Organization and Creating Accountability for Results
Business
Leadership
Management
The Closing of the American Mind
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Cultures and Organizations
Software of the Mind
Business
Cultural
Psychology
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
Politics
Sociology
Economics
The Misfit Economy
Lessons in Creativity from Pirates, Hackers, Gangsters and Other Informal Entrepreneurs
Business
Economics
Entrepreneurship
Every Song Ever
Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty
Music
Art
Unfinished
Men and Marriage
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
Politics
Sociology
Law
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
Sociology
Business
Society
Lean Change Management
Innovative practices for managing organizational change
Business
Management
Leadership
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Japonisme
Ikigai, Forest Bathing, Wabi-sabi and more
Japan
Self Help
Japanese Literature
Why Liberalism Failed
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Compassionate Call to Counter Culture in a World of Poverty, Same-Sex Marriage, Racism, Sex Slavery, Immigration, Abortion, Persecution, Orphans and Pornography
Christian
Christian Living
Theology
The Internet of Us
Knowing More and Understanding Less in the Age of Big Data
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
Strange New World
How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
Philosophy
History
Christian
