Sociology Book Summaries

Everything Bad is Good for You Summary
Everything Bad is Good for You
How Today's Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter
by Steven Johnson 2005 254 pages
3.49
5.1K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Cultural
The Glass Cage Summary
The Glass Cage
How Our Computers Are Changing Us
by Nicholas Carr 2014 288 pages
3.75
2.3K ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
You Are What You Watch Summary
You Are What You Watch
by Walter Hickey 2023 240 pages
3.66
648 ratings
Psychology
Film
Science
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages
3.95
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Sociology Summary
Sociology
A Very Short Introduction
by Steve Bruce 1999 128 pages
3.39
872 ratings
Sociology
Science
Philosophy
Voluntary Simplicity Summary
Voluntary Simplicity
Toward a Way of Life That is Outwardly Simple, Inwardly Rich
by Duane Elgin 1981 240 pages
3.62
1.6K ratings
Self Help
Philosophy
Sustainability
The Geopolitics of Emotion Summary
The Geopolitics of Emotion
How Cultures of Fear, Humiliation, and Hope are Reshaping the World
by Dominique Moïsi 2008 192 pages
3.64
487 ratings
Politics
Psychology
International Relations
Smarter Than You Think Summary
Smarter Than You Think
How Technology is Changing Our Minds for the Better
by Clive Thompson 2013 352 pages
3.94
2.5K ratings
Technology
Science
Psychology
Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.53
153.8K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
The End of Gender Summary
The End of Gender
Debunking the Myths about Sex and Identity in Our Society
by Debra Soh 2020 336 pages
3.91
3.1K ratings
Science
Politics
Psychology
The Madness of Crowds Summary
The Madness of Crowds
Gender, Race and Identity
by Douglas Murray 2019 293 pages
4.20
16.6K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Creation of Patriarchy Summary
The Creation of Patriarchy
by Gerda Lerner 1986 318 pages
4.37
2.3K ratings
Feminism
History
Womens
The End of the World As We Know It Summary
The End of the World As We Know It
Social Science for the Twenty-First Century
by Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 pages
4.06
126 ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
History
Seduction Summary
Seduction
Men, Masculinity and Mediated Intimacy
by Rachel O'Neill 2018 256 pages
4.60
35 ratings
Sociology
Feminism
Sexuality
X Saves the World Summary
X Saves the World
How Generation X Got the Shaft but Can Still Keep Everything from Sucking
by Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 pages
3.46
628 ratings
History
Sociology
Pop Culture
Hey, Hun Summary
Hey, Hun
Sales, Sisterhood, Supremacy, and the Other Lies Behind Multilevel Marketing
by Emily Lynn Paulson 2023 384 pages
3.60
12.4K ratings
Memoir
Cults
Feminism
Weapons of Mass Instruction Summary
Weapons of Mass Instruction
A Schoolteacher's Journey Through The Dark World of Compulsory Schooling
by John Taylor Gatto 2008 192 pages
4.23
3.2K ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
Resilience Summary
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
by Andrew Zolli 2012 336 pages
3.63
770 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom 1987 392 pages
3.76
5.8K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
Upheaval Summary
Upheaval
Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
by Jared Diamond 2019 512 pages
3.90
11.1K ratings
History
Politics
Science
Stone Age Economics Summary
Stone Age Economics
by Marshall Sahlins 1974 362 pages
3.92
513 ratings
Anthropology
Economics
History
Criminology Summary
Criminology
A Very Short Introduction
by Tim Newburn 2018 160 pages
3.84
138 ratings
Sociology
Crime
Science
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Summary
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
by Anne Case 2020 288 pages
3.81
2.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
Sociology
How to Argue With a Racist Summary
How to Argue With a Racist
What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
by Adam Rutherford 2020 224 pages
3.90
6.4K ratings
Science
Race
Politics
Cultures and Organizations Summary
Cultures and Organizations
Software of the Mind
by Geert Hofstede 1993 300 pages
4.11
1.3K ratings
Business
Cultural
Psychology
Political Tribes Summary
Political Tribes
Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations
by Amy Chua 2018 293 pages
4.20
4.0K ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Framers Summary
Framers
Human Advantage in an Age of Technology and Turmoil
by Kenneth Cukier 2021 272 pages
3.54
538 ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Before You Know It Summary
Before You Know It
The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do
by John A. Bargh 2017 354 pages
4.02
1.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Here Comes Everybody Summary
Here Comes Everybody
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
by Clay Shirky 2008 336 pages
3.78
7.1K ratings
Business
Technology
Sociology
Nice Racism Summary
Nice Racism
How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
by Robin DiAngelo 2021 220 pages
3.95
2.9K ratings
Race
Social Justice
Anti Racist
The Populist Delusion Summary
The Populist Delusion
by Neema Parvini 2022 174 pages
4.35
472 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Political Science
Culture Jam Summary
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
by Kalle Lasn 1999 272 pages
3.62
1.8K ratings
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Clothing Poverty Summary
Clothing Poverty
The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes
by Andrew Brooks 2015 288 pages
3.77
169 ratings
Fashion
Economics
Sustainability
Moral Combat Summary
Moral Combat
Why the War on Violent Video Games Is Wrong
by Patrick M. Markey 2017 256 pages
4.19
160 ratings
Psychology
Video Games
Sociology
Why We Can't Afford the Rich Summary
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
by Andrew Sayer 2014 448 pages
4.01
144 ratings
Economics
Politics
Society
The Misinformation Age Summary
The Misinformation Age
How False Beliefs Spread
by Cailin O'Connor 2018 280 pages
3.76
1.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Psychology
Men and Marriage Summary
Men and Marriage
by George Gilder 1986 240 pages
4.23
466 ratings
Marriage
Cultural
Politics
Insane Summary
Insane
America's Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness
by Alisa Roth 2018 320 pages
4.07
1.3K ratings
Mental Health
Psychology
History
Chavs Summary
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
by Owen Jones 2011 298 pages
4.09
10.3K ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Criminal (In)Justice Summary
Criminal (In)Justice
What the Push for Decarceration and Depolicing Gets Wrong and Who It Hurts Most
by Rafael A. Mangual 2022 256 pages
4.15
210 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Law
The Perennials Summary
The Perennials
The Megatrends Creating a Postgenerational Society
by Mauro F. Guillén 2023 263 pages
3.59
194 ratings
Sociology
Business
Society
Swearing Is Good for You Summary
Swearing Is Good for You
The Amazing Science of Bad Language
by Emma Byrne 2017 240 pages
3.48
2.0K ratings
Science
Psychology
Language
The Happiness Effect Summary
The Happiness Effect
How Social Media is Driving a Generation to Appear Perfect at Any Cost
by Donna Freitas 2017 368 pages
3.33
260 ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Social Media
جوهر الإنسان Summary
جوهر الإنسان
by Erich Fromm 1944 203 pages
4.04
1.8K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Acting with Power Summary
Acting with Power
Why We Are More Powerful Than We Believe
by Deborah Gruenfeld 2020 272 pages
3.85
438 ratings
Business
Psychology
Self Help
The Science of Fear Summary
The Science of Fear
Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn't--and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger
by Daniel Gardner 2008 339 pages
3.97
5.7K ratings
Psychology
Science
Politics
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
by Matthew d'Ancona 2017 167 pages
3.75
893 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Coming of Age in Samoa Summary
Coming of Age in Samoa
A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
by Margaret Mead 1928 223 pages
3.55
3.1K ratings
Anthropology
Psychology
Sociology
Age of Propaganda Summary
Age of Propaganda
The Everyday Use and Abuse of Persuasion
by Anthony R. Pratkanis 1991 432 pages
4.03
874 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Business
Broken Code Summary
Broken Code
Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets
by Jeff Horwitz 2023 528 pages
3.90
606 ratings
Technology
Business
Politics
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