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
The Meaning of Human Existence
Philosophy
Science
Biology
War Against the Weak
Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race
History
Politics
Science
Dying of Whiteness
How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
Politics
Race
Social Justice
Petit traité de manipulation à l'usage des honnêtes gens
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
Oligarchy
Politics
History
Economics
The New Class War
Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite
Politics
Economics
Sociology
The Quest for Cosmic Justice
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Making Democracy Work
Civic Traditions in Modern Italy
Politics
Political Science
History
The Vanishing American Adult
Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance
Politics
Parenting
Education
Uncivil Agreement
How Politics Became Our Identity
Politics
Political Science
Psychology
Proof
The Art and Science of Certainty
Science
Mathematics
Philosophy
When Affirmative Action Was White
An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America
History
Race
Politics
The Conservative Sensibility
Politics
Philosophy
History
Your Move
What Board Games Teach Us about Life
Games
Philosophy
Adult
Aesthetics of Excess
The Art and Politics of Black and Latina Embodiment
Race
Latinx
Theory
Let Them Eat Tweets
How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality
Politics
History
Economics
The Secret Life of Pronouns
What Our Words Say About Us
Psychology
Language
Linguistics
Born to Rebel
Birth Order, Family Dynamics and Creative Lives
Psychology
Science
Parenting
Conspiracy
Why the Rational Believe the Irrational
Psychology
Science
Politics
Fault Lines
Fractured Families and How to Mend Them
Psychology
Self Help
Family
The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism
Economics
Politics
Sociology
White Identity Politics
Politics
Race
Political Science
Shadow Network
Media, Money, and the Secret Hub of the Radical Right
Politics
History
American History
Mañana o pasado
El misterio de los mexicanos
History
Cultural
Politics
Day of Empire
How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and Why They Fall
History
Politics
Economics
American Crucible
Race and Nation in the Twentieth Century
History
American History
Race
Cultural Backlash
Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism
Politics
Political Science
Sociology
Habits of the Heart
Individualism and Commitment in American Life
Sociology
Politics
Philosophy
Social Darwinism in American Thought
History
Politics
Philosophy
Places of the Heart
The Psychogeography of Everyday Life
Psychology
Architecture
Urbanism
The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism
Politics
History
Political Science
Rural Versus Urban
The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy
Politics
History
Sociology
The Division of Labor in Society
Sociology
Philosophy
Economics
2020
One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
History
Sociology
Politics
Virtuous Violence
Hurting and Killing to Create, Sustain, End, and Honor Social Relationships
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Homegrown
Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism
History
True Crime
Politics
American Exceptionalism
A Double-Edged Sword
Politics
Sociology
American History
The Sociology of Georg Simmel
Sociology
Philosophy
Anthropology
War! What Is It Good For?
Conflict and the Progress of Civilization from Primates to Robots
History
War
Military Fiction
The Case Against Socialism
Politics
Economics
History
Worth Dying For
The Power and Politics of Flags
Politics
History
Geography
La fábrica de cretinos digitales
Los peligros de las pantallas para nuestros hijos
Education
Parenting
Sociology
Why Cities Lose
The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide
Politics
History
Political Science
The Logic of Failure
Recognizing and Avoiding Error in Complex Situations
Psychology
Business
Science
The Populist Explosion
How the Great Recession Transformed American and European Politics
Politics
History
Economics
White Backlash
Immigration, Race, and American Politics
Race
Politics
Political Science
The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism
Economics
Sociology
Politics
San Fransicko
Why Progressives Ruin Cities
Politics
History
Sociology
More Guns, Less Crime
Understanding Crime and Gun Control Laws
Politics
Law
Economics
Political Order and Political Decay
From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
Politics
History
Political Science
