Society
Our world's most pressing challenges and transformative social shifts come alive through penetrating analyses of inequality, technology, culture, and change. These thought-provoking works illuminate the hidden forces shaping modern society while exploring bold visions for our collective future.
Society Book Summaries
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
History
Politics
Philosophy
Give Smart
Philanthropy that Gets Results
Business
Economics
Society
The Tyranny of Metrics
Business
Economics
Science
Goliath's Curse
The History and Future of Societal Collapse
History
Politics
Sociology
Radical Inclusion
Seven Steps to Help You Create a More Just Workplace, Home, and World
Social Justice
Self Help
Leadership
The Anatomy of Dependence
The key analysis of Japanese behavior
Japan
Psychology
Japanese Literature
Spin Dictators
The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century
Politics
History
Political Science
The Project
How Project 2025 Is Reshaping America
Politics
History
Sociology
No Straight Road Takes You There
Essays for Uneven Terrain
Essays
Politics
Feminism
How the World Thinks
A Global History of Philosophy
Philosophy
History
Religion
All That Is Solid
The Great Housing Disaster
Politics
Cities
Sociology
The Goodness Paradox
The Strange Relationship Between Virtue and Violence in Human Evolution
Science
Psychology
Evolution
The Extinction of Experience
Being Human in a Disembodied World
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
Angrynomics
Economics
Politics
Business
René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Philosophy
Psychology
Anthropology
A Lot of People Are Saying
The New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
Tech Agnostic
How Technology Became the World's Most Powerful Religion, and Why It Desperately Needs a Reformation
Technology
Philosophy
Science
Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust
Slavery and the Rise of European Capitalism
History
Africa
Race
Natives
Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
History
Politics
Race
The New Leviathans
Thoughts After Liberalism
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Common Good
Politics
Economics
History
The Big Sort
Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
Politics
Sociology
History
Trust
The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Stupid TV, Be More Funny
How the Golden Era of The Simpsons Changed Television—and America—Forever
Pop Culture
History
Humor
Why the West Rules—for Now
The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal About the Future
History
Politics
Economics
أبناء الأيام
History
Literature
Politics
Oligarchy
Politics
History
Economics
The New Class War
Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Why We Kneel, How We Rise
Sports
History
Politics
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
The Theory of Economic Development
Economics
Politics
Business
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Economics
Sociology
Politics
Political Order and Political Decay
From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
Politics
History
Political Science
San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
Politics
History
Sociology
The Great Experiment
Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Age of Responsibility
Luck, Choice, and the Welfare State
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Why Nudge?
The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism
Politics
Economics
Psychology
Democracy for Realists
Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government
Politics
Political Science
History
The Watchman's Rattle
Thinking Our Way Out of Extinction
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Great Disruption
Human Nature and the Reconstitution of Social Order
Politics
Sociology
Political Science
The Quest for Community
A Study in the Ethics of Order & Freedom
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Economists' Hour
False Prophets, Free Markets, and the Fracture of Society
Economics
History
Politics
Kashmir
The Vajpayee Years
History
India
Politics
Capital and Ideology
Economics
Politics
History
The Dark Side of Democracy
Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
History
Politics
Sociology
The End of Power
From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
Business
Politics
History
Republican Gomorrah
Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party
Politics
Religion
History
Why Leaders Lie
The Truth About Lying in International Politics
Politics
International Relations
History
Empires in World History
Power and the Politics of Difference
History
World History
Politics
A Brief History of Equality
Economics
History
Politics
