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
Revolt Against the Modern World
Philosophy
Politics
History
Revolt Against the Modern World
Philosophy
Politics
History
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
History
Psychology
Sociology
Bunk
The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News
History
Psychology
Sociology
Facts and Other Lies
Welcome to the Disinformation Age
Sociology
Politics
Current Affairs
Facts and Other Lies
Welcome to the Disinformation Age
Sociology
Politics
Current Affairs
Getting Off
Pornography and the End of Masculinity
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Getting Off
Pornography and the End of Masculinity
Feminism
Sexuality
Sociology
Stuck
Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On
Self Help
Psychology
Sociology
Stuck
Why We Can't (or Won't) Move On
Self Help
Psychology
Sociology
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
The Mass Psychology of Fascism
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
I Never Thought of It That Way
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
Politics
Self Help
Psychology
I Never Thought of It That Way
How to Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times
Politics
Self Help
Psychology
René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Philosophy
Psychology
Anthropology
René Girard's Mimetic Theory
Philosophy
Psychology
Anthropology
How We Know What Isn't So
The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
How We Know What Isn't So
The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
Politics
History
Economics
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
Politics
History
Economics
Tits Up
What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
Feminism
Science
History
Tits Up
What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
Feminism
Science
History
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
History
Politics
Philosophy
Free Speech
A History from Socrates to Social Media
History
Politics
Philosophy
How to Lose a Country
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
Politics
History
Sociology
How to Lose a Country
The 7 Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship
Politics
History
Sociology
The Certainty Illusion
What You Don't Know and Why It Matters
Science
Psychology
Politics
The Certainty Illusion
What You Don't Know and Why It Matters
Science
Psychology
Politics
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
Economics
Politics
History
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
Economics
Politics
History
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
History
Economics
Business
Transaction Man
The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
History
Economics
Business
The Control Revolution
Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
History
Technology
Economics
The Control Revolution
Technological and Economic Origins of the Information Society
History
Technology
Economics
Not Working
People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today's Changing Economy
Sociology
Economics
Not Working
People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today's Changing Economy
Sociology
Economics
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Politics
Philosophy
History
A Field Guide to Earthlings
An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Self Help
A Field Guide to Earthlings
An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Psychology
Self Help
Evil
The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Evil
The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Trust
The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Trust
The Social Virtue and the Creation of Prosperity
Economics
Politics
Sociology
Entitled
How Male Privilege Hurts Women
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
Entitled
How Male Privilege Hurts Women
Feminism
Philosophy
Politics
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
History
Race
Politics
The Origins of the Urban Crisis
Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
History
Race
Politics
The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
Business
Management
Economics
The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
Business
Management
Economics
States and Social Revolutions
A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China
History
Politics
Sociology
States and Social Revolutions
A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia and China
History
Politics
Sociology
The Extinction of Experience
Being Human in a Disembodied World
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
The Extinction of Experience
Being Human in a Disembodied World
Philosophy
Technology
Psychology
The New Age of Sexism
How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny
Feminism
Politics
Technology
The New Age of Sexism
How AI and Emerging Technologies Are Reinventing Misogyny
Feminism
Politics
Technology
How to Talk to a Science Denier
Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
Science
Psychology
Politics
How to Talk to a Science Denier
Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason
Science
Psychology
Politics
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the English
Travel
Humor
British Literature
The Anglo Files
A Field Guide to the English
Travel
Humor
British Literature
Why Trust Matters
An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us
Economics
Business
History
Why Trust Matters
An Economist's Guide to the Ties That Bind Us
Economics
Business
History
Whole Numbers and Half Truths
What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India
India
Economics
Politics
Whole Numbers and Half Truths
What Data Can and Cannot Tell Us About Modern India
India
Economics
Politics
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
Hegemony How-To
A Roadmap for Radicals
Politics
Activism
Social Justice
The Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
History
Economics
Politics
The Great Leveler
Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century
History
Economics
Politics
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
History
Race
African American
Worse Than Slavery
Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice
History
Race
African American
Them and Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Them and Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
History
Politics
Philosophy
Fed Up
Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
Feminism
Self Help
Womens
Fed Up
Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward
Feminism
Self Help
Womens
Sidewalk
Sociology
Ethnography
Anthropology
Sidewalk
Sociology
Ethnography
Anthropology
The Big Sort
Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
Politics
Sociology
History
The Big Sort
Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart
Politics
Sociology
History
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
History
Sociology
Politics
Unforgiving Places
The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence
History
Sociology
Politics
Off the Edge
Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
History
Politics
Psychology
Off the Edge
Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything
History
Politics
Psychology
Distinction
Sociology
Philosophy
Theory
Distinction
Sociology
Philosophy
Theory
Elite Capture
How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics
Politics
Philosophy
Race
Elite Capture
How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics
Politics
Philosophy
Race
The Quantified Self
Technology
Sociology
Academic
The Quantified Self
Technology
Sociology
Academic
The Souls of Black Folks
History
Classics
Race
The Souls of Black Folks
History
Classics
Race
Studies in the Development of Capitalism
Economics
History
Sociology
Studies in the Development of Capitalism
Economics
History
Sociology
The Wages of Whiteness
Race and the Making of the American Working Class
History
Race
Politics
The Wages of Whiteness
Race and the Making of the American Working Class
History
Race
Politics
What Is Property?
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
What Is Property?
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
Uncivil Agreement
How Politics Became Our Identity
Politics
Political Science
Psychology
Uncivil Agreement
How Politics Became Our Identity
Politics
Political Science
Psychology
