Sociology
Our social world shapes everything from how we think and behave to how we build our communities and technologies. These thought-provoking works examine human nature, cultural shifts, and the hidden patterns that drive our increasingly complex society.
Sociology Book Summaries
Strange Rites
New Religions for a Godless World
Religion
Spirituality
Sociology
Strange Rites
New Religions for a Godless World
Religion
Spirituality
Sociology
Born Digital
Technology
Education
Internet
Born Digital
Technology
Education
Internet
The World Caf�
Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter
Leadership
Business
Communication
The World Caf�
Shaping Our Futures Through Conversations That Matter
Leadership
Business
Communication
Unthinking
The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Unthinking
The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy
Business
Psychology
Self Help
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
History
Art
Sociology
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
History
Art
Sociology
The Psychology of Intelligence
Psychology
Philosophy
Education
The Psychology of Intelligence
Psychology
Philosophy
Education
Get Rich or Lie Trying
Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy
Sociology
Economics
Business
Get Rich or Lie Trying
Ambition and Deceit in the New Influencer Economy
Sociology
Economics
Business
The Race between Education and Technology
Economics
Education
History
The Race between Education and Technology
Economics
Education
History
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
White Malice
The CIA and the Covert Recolonization of Africa
History
Africa
Politics
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
Travel
History
Politics
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
Travel
History
Politics
The Age of Entitlement
America Since the Sixties
History
Politics
Cultural
The Age of Entitlement
America Since the Sixties
History
Politics
Cultural
The Social Sex
A History of Female Friendship
History
Feminism
Womens
The Social Sex
A History of Female Friendship
History
Feminism
Womens
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Smart on Crime
A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Prius Or Pickup?
How the Answers to Four Simple Questions Explain America's Great Divide
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
History
Politics
Immigration
The Great Escape
A True Story of Forced Labor and Immigrant Dreams in America
History
Politics
Immigration
Rebel Sell
Why The Culture Can't Be Jammed
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
Rebel Sell
Why The Culture Can't Be Jammed
Politics
Sociology
Philosophy
The Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
Design
Business
Cultural
The Substance of Style
How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
Design
Business
Cultural
Personality, Character, and Intelligence
Part Three from What the Dog Saw
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Personality, Character, and Intelligence
Part Three from What the Dog Saw
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Science
Psychology
History
Blueprint
The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Science
Psychology
History
Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Education
African American
Social Justice
Young, Gifted, and Black
Promoting High Achievement among African-American Students
Education
African American
Social Justice
The Purity Myth
How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Feminism
Sexuality
Gender Studies
The Purity Myth
How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women
Feminism
Sexuality
Gender Studies
Criminology For Dummies
Science
Reference
Psychology
Criminology For Dummies
Science
Reference
Psychology
Conspirituality
How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat
Politics
Psychology
Science
Conspirituality
How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat
Politics
Psychology
Science
The Age of Grievance
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
The Age of Grievance
Politics
Sociology
Psychology
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
Social Justice
Politics
Self Help
Social Justice for the Sensitive Soul
How to Change the World in Quiet Ways
Social Justice
Politics
Self Help
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
The Battle for Paradise
Puerto Rico Takes on the Disaster Capitalists
Politics
History
Economics
The Sharing Economy
The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism
Business
Economics
Technology
The Sharing Economy
The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-based Capitalism
Business
Economics
Technology
Who Speaks for Islam?
What a Billion Muslims Really Think
Islam
Religion
Politics
Who Speaks for Islam?
What a Billion Muslims Really Think
Islam
Religion
Politics
Labor of Love
The Invention of Dating
History
Feminism
Sociology
Labor of Love
The Invention of Dating
History
Feminism
Sociology
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
History
Archaeology
Cities
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
History
Archaeology
Cities
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
Architecture
Politics
History
The Edifice Complex
How the Rich and Powerful--and Their Architects--Shape the World
Architecture
Politics
History
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Sociology
Reference
Science
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
Sociology
Reference
Science
The Unabomber Manifesto
Industrial Society & Its Future
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
The Unabomber Manifesto
Industrial Society & Its Future
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
Politics
History
Sociology
Coming Apart
The State of White America, 1960-2010
Politics
History
Sociology
Coercion, Capital, and European States, A.D. 990-1992
History
Politics
Sociology
Coercion, Capital, and European States, A.D. 990-1992
History
Politics
Sociology
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
Politics
History
Sociology
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
Politics
History
Sociology
Dedicated
The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Dedicated
The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
How Change Happens
Why Some Social Movements Succeed While Others Don't
Politics
Social Change
Sociology
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Economics
Business
Science
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Economics
Business
Science
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
Politics
History
Sociology
How Migration Really Works
A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics
Politics
Sociology
Economics
How Migration Really Works
A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
Science
Technology
Philosophy
Virtually Human
The Promise and the Peril of Digital Immortality
Science
Technology
Philosophy
Asking for It
The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture--And What We Can Do about It
Feminism
Politics
Gender Studies
Asking for It
The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture--And What We Can Do about It
Feminism
Politics
Gender Studies
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult Of Sentimentality
Sociology
Politics
Essays
Spoilt Rotten
The Toxic Cult Of Sentimentality
Sociology
Politics
Essays
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
Law
Politics
Social Justice
Punishment Without Crime
How Our Massive Misdemeanor System Traps the Innocent and Makes America More Unequal
Law
Politics
Social Justice
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
Politics
History
Sociology
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
Politics
History
Sociology
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Mathematics
Science
Education
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
Mathematics
Science
Education
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
Economics
Business
Sociology
The Velvet Rope Economy
How Inequality Became Big Business
Economics
Business
Sociology
The Jews
History
Politics
Sociology
The Jews
History
Politics
Sociology
