Sociology Book Summaries

The Anatomy of Fascism Summary
The Anatomy of Fascism
by Robert O. Paxton 2004 336 pages
4.22
4.8K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Suicide Summary
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
by Émile Durkheim 1897 405 pages
3.85
4.3K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
Social Acceleration Summary
Social Acceleration
A New Theory of Modernity
by Hartmut Rosa 2005 470 pages
4.35
309 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
History
The Sublime Object of Ideology Summary
The Sublime Object of Ideology
by Slavoj Žižek 1989 256 pages
4.07
5.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Guns, Germs, and Steel Summary
Guns, Germs, and Steel
The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond 1997 498 pages
4.04
440.0K ratings
History
Science
Anthropology
The Lucifer Effect Summary
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
by Philip G. Zimbardo 2007 551 pages
3.91
25.8K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Social Construction of Reality Summary
The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
by Peter L. Berger 1966 219 pages
4.11
4.2K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
The Coddling of the American Mind Summary
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure
by Jonathan Haidt 2018 352 pages
4.23
51.8K ratings
Psychology
Politics
Sociology
A History of Modern Iran Summary
A History of Modern Iran
by Ervand Abrahamian 2008 228 pages
3.89
1.6K ratings
History
Iran
Politics
Anti-Oedipus Summary
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Gilles Deleuze 1972 400 pages
4.17
8.2K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Theory
The Tyranny of Merit Summary
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
by Michael J. Sandel 2020 272 pages
4.19
12.7K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Mutual Aid Summary
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
by Pyotr Kropotkin 1891 234 pages
4.23
3.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Science
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche Summary
To Have or to Be? The Nature of the Psyche
by Erich Fromm 1976 182 pages
4.18
12.8K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
Self-Made Man Summary
Self-Made Man
One Woman's Journey Into Manhood and Back Again
by Norah Vincent 2006 290 pages
3.42
6.2K ratings
Memoir
Gender
Feminism
Images of Organization Summary
Images of Organization
by Gareth Morgan 1986 520 pages
3.92
1.0K ratings
Business
Management
Leadership
The Power of the Powerless Summary
The Power of the Powerless
by Václav Havel 1978 228 pages
4.21
3.7K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Laziness Does Not Exist Summary
Laziness Does Not Exist
by Devon Price 2021 256 pages
3.92
10.3K ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Evolutionary Psychology Summary
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
by David M. Buss 2014 518 pages
4.35
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Evolution
Why Civil Resistance Works Summary
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
by Erica Chenoweth 2011 320 pages
4.02
574 ratings
Politics
History
Activism
The Denial of Death Summary
The Denial of Death
by Ernest Becker 1973 336 pages
4.06
14.9K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
The Status Game Summary
The Status Game
On Human Life and How to Play It
by Will Storr 2021 437 pages
4.13
2.8K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Blink Summary
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
by Malcolm Gladwell 2005 296 pages
3.96
611.5K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
End Times Summary
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
by Peter Turchin 2023 368 pages
4.06
1.9K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Four Pivots Summary
The Four Pivots
Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves
by Shawn A. Ginwright 2022 272 pages
4.37
866 ratings
Social Justice
Self Help
Politics
Systems Thinking For Social Change Summary
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
by David Peter Stroh 2015 264 pages
3.78
786 ratings
Business
Sociology
Leadership
Status Anxiety Summary
Status Anxiety
by Alain de Botton 2004 306 pages
3.89
21.0K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Attention Merchants Summary
The Attention Merchants
The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
by Tim Wu 2016 403 pages
4.08
4.7K ratings
Psychology
Technology
Business
Social Intelligence Summary
Social Intelligence
The New Science of Human Relationships
by Daniel Goleman 2006 416 pages
3.99
14.1K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Caste Summary
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020 544 pages
4.53
153.7K ratings
History
Race
Social Justice
Buyology Summary
Buyology
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
by Martin Lindstrom 2008 241 pages
3.76
14.1K ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
David and Goliath Summary
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
by Malcolm Gladwell 2013 305 pages
3.97
188.3K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
Homo Ludens Summary
Homo Ludens
A Study of the Play Element in Culture
by Johan Huizinga 1938 220 pages
3.99
2.8K ratings
Philosophy
History
Game Design
A Billion Wicked Thoughts Summary
A Billion Wicked Thoughts
What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals about Human Desire
by Sai Gaddam 2011 416 pages
3.83
4.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sexuality
Technopoly Summary
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
by Neil Postman 1992 222 pages
3.95
4.9K ratings
Technology
Philosophy
Sociology
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.61
8.2K ratings
India
History
Politics
The Chaos Machine Summary
The Chaos Machine
The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
by Max Fisher 2022 400 pages
4.28
7.4K ratings
Technology
Psychology
Politics
A Conflict of Visions Summary
A Conflict of Visions
Ideological Origins of Political Struggles
by Thomas Sowell 1986 304 pages
4.32
4.5K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Woke, Inc. Summary
Woke, Inc.
Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam
by Vivek Ramaswamy 2021 368 pages
4.02
4.2K ratings
Politics
Business
Economics
The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander 2010 290 pages
4.52
114.0K ratings
History
Politics
Race
The End of History and the Last Man Summary
The End of History and the Last Man
by Francis Fukuyama 1992 464 pages
3.60
7.5K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Useful Delusions Summary
Useful Delusions
The Power and Paradox of the Self-Deceiving Brain
by Shankar Vedantam 2021 259 pages
3.84
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Never Enough Summary
Never Enough
When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It
by Jennifer Breheny Wallace 2023 320 pages
4.15
6.5K ratings
Parenting
Education
Self Help
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
150.9K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
Discipline and Punish Summary
Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
by Michel Foucault 1975 333 pages
4.23
35.3K ratings
Philosophy
History
Sociology
Globalization and its Discontents Summary
Globalization and its Discontents
by Joseph E. Stiglitz 2002 304 pages
3.87
8.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Snakes in Suits Summary
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
by Paul Babiak 2006 352 pages
3.68
4.1K ratings
Psychology
Business
Science
Generations Summary
Generations
The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents―and What They Mean for America's Future
by Jean M. Twenge 2023 560 pages
4.04
4.8K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
History
مقدمة ابن خلدون Summary
مقدمة ابن خلدون
by Ibn Khaldun 1377 3864 pages
4.30
4.7K ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
54.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
When Prophecy Fails Summary
When Prophecy Fails
A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World
by Leon Festinger 1956 264 pages
3.81
1.2K ratings
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
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