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
Broke, USA
From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc. - How the Working Poor Became Big Business
Economics
Politics
Poverty
Rethinking Sex
A Provocation
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Liberty in the Age of Terror
A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values by Grayling, A. C. (2010) Paperback
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Unmasked
Inside Antifa's Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy
Politics
History
Sociology
The New Elite
Inside the Minds of the Truly Wealthy
Business
Sociology
Economics
Supernormal
The Untold Story of Adversity and Resilience
Psychology
Self Help
Parenting
Tearing Us Apart
How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
Cultural
Politics
Philosophy
The Social Instinct
How Cooperation Shaped the World
Science
Psychology
Biology
Ain't No Makin' It
Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
Sociology
Education
School
This Is an Uprising
How Nonviolent Revolt Is Shaping the Twenty-First Century
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Them And Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
Politics
Economics
Sociology
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Politics
History
Social Justice
Tías and Primas
On Knowing and Loving the Women Who Raise Us
Feminism
Memoir
Queer
The Injustice of Place
Uncovering the Legacy of Poverty in America
History
Politics
Sociology
Libido Dominandi
Sexual Liberation and Political Control
History
Politics
Philosophy
The End of Policing
Politics
Social Justice
History
Strange Rites
New Religions for a Godless World
Religion
Spirituality
Sociology
The Jews
History
Politics
Sociology
The INTP
Personality, Careers, Relationships, & the Quest for Truth and Meaning
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
I, Mammal
How to Make Peace With the Animal Urge for Social Power
Science
Psychology
Sociology
The Joy of Pain
Schadenfreude and the Dark Side of Human Nature
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
The End of Race Politics
Arguments for a Colorblind America
Politics
Race
History
Dignity in a Digital Age
Making Tech Work for All of Us
Technology
Politics
Economics
#republic
Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media
Politics
Political Science
Society
Propaganda and the Public Mind
Politics
History
Philosophy
A People's Guide to Capitalism
An Introduction to Marxist Economics
Economics
Politics
History
Methodology of the Oppressed
Feminism
Theory
Academic
Less Than Human
Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Born to Be Good
The Science of a Meaningful Life
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Origins of Happiness
The Science of Well-Being over the Life Course
Economics
Psychology
Science
The Dialectical Imagination
A History of the Frankfurt School & the Institute of Social Research, 1923-50
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Hive Mind
How Your Nation's IQ Matters So Much More Than Your Own
Economics
Psychology
Sociology
Plutocrats
The Rise of the New Global Super Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else
Economics
Politics
Business
This View of Life
Completing the Darwinian Revolution
Science
Biology
Evolution
Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind
How Intelligence Increases When You Think Less
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Going Mainstream
How extremists are taking over
Politics
Society
Psychology
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
Psychology
Business
Politics
Wiser
Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter
Psychology
Business
Politics
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
History
Psychology
Sociology
Do What You Love and Other Lies About Success and Happiness
Sociology
Politics
Economics
The Making and Breaking of Affectional Bonds
Psychology
Parenting
Self Help
The Art of Insubordination
How to Dissent and Defy Effectively
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Western Illusion of Human Nature
With Reflections on the Long History of Hierarchy, Equality and the Sublimation of Anarchy in the West, and ... Conceptions of the Human Condition
Anthropology
Philosophy
History
The Science of Happiness
Seven Lessons for Living Well
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
Economics
History
Business
Jackpot
How the Super-Rich Really Live―and How Their Wealth Harms Us All
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Prey
Immigration, Islam, and the Erosion of Women's Rights
Politics
Feminism
Religion
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the British
Travel
Humor
British Literature
Voodoo Histories
The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History
History
Politics
Conspiracy Theories
