Sociology Book Summaries

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
A Secular Age Summary
A Secular Age
by Charles Margrave Taylor 2007 874 pages
4.27
1.8K ratings
Philosophy
Religion
History
How Fascism Works Summary
How Fascism Works
The Politics of Us and Them
by Jason F. Stanley 2018 240 pages
4.22
11.3K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
Selections from the Prison Notebooks Summary
Selections from the Prison Notebooks
by Antonio Gramsci 1947 483 pages
4.20
5.2K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Will to Change Summary
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
by bell hooks 2003 208 pages
4.36
25.8K ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Psychology
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.61
8.2K ratings
India
History
Politics
The Evolution of Cooperation Summary
The Evolution of Cooperation
by Robert Axelrod 1984 264 pages
4.25
2.2K ratings
Economics
Science
Psychology
Big Gods Summary
Big Gods
How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict
by Ara Norenzayan 2013 257 pages
4.02
372 ratings
Religion
History
Psychology
A Brief History of Neoliberalism Summary
A Brief History of Neoliberalism
by David Harvey 2005 247 pages
4.13
7.1K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
The Crisis of Narration Summary
The Crisis of Narration
by Byung-Chul Han 2023 77 pages
3.90
1.6K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
19.4K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Anatomy of Violence Summary
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
by Adrian Raine 2013 501 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
Psychology
Science
Crime
The Narrow Corridor Summary
The Narrow Corridor
States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
by Daron Acemoğlu 2019 560 pages
4.22
3.5K ratings
Politics
Economics
History
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
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
Civilization and Its Discontents Summary
Civilization and Its Discontents
by Sigmund Freud 1930 127 pages
3.80
43.1K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Classics
Why Love Hurts Summary
Why Love Hurts
A Sociological Explanation
by Eva Illouz 2011 293 pages
4.00
1.8K ratings
Sociology
Psychology
Feminism
Invisible Influence Summary
Invisible Influence
The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
by Jonah Berger 2016 272 pages
3.69
3.8K ratings
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Open Society and Its Enemies Summary
The Open Society and Its Enemies
by Karl Popper 1956 920 pages
4.23
2.4K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Liquid Life Summary
Liquid Life
by Zygmunt Bauman 2005 164 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
The Human Condition Summary
The Human Condition
by Hannah Arendt 1958 349 pages
4.20
9.7K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
The Machiavellians Summary
The Machiavellians
Defenders of Freedom
by James Burnham 1943 305 pages
4.27
2.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Evicted Summary
Evicted
Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond 2016 418 pages
4.47
108.0K ratings
Sociology
Politics
Social Justice
So You've Been Publicly Shamed Summary
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
by Jon Ronson 2015 290 pages
3.93
64.9K ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Book Club
Politics As a Vocation Summary
Politics As a Vocation
by Max Weber 2013 52 pages
3.79
597 ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Sociology
Amusing Ourselves to Death Summary
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business
by Neil Postman 1985 184 pages
4.16
35.2K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
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
The Construction of Social Reality Summary
The Construction of Social Reality
by John Rogers Searle 1995 256 pages
3.90
919 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
What Money Can't Buy Summary
What Money Can't Buy
The Moral Limits of Markets
by Michael J. Sandel 2012 256 pages
3.93
14.1K ratings
Philosophy
Economics
Politics
The Wisdom of Crowds Summary
The Wisdom of Crowds
by James Surowiecki 2004 306 pages
3.82
24.6K ratings
Psychology
Business
Economics
Albion's Seed Summary
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
by David Hackett Fischer 1989 946 pages
4.37
3.4K ratings
History
American History
American
One-Dimensional Man Summary
One-Dimensional Man
Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
by Herbert Marcuse 1964 260 pages
3.98
7.3K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Design Justice Summary
Design Justice
Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020 360 pages
4.18
506 ratings
Design
Technology
Social Justice
The Corrosion of Character Summary
The Corrosion of Character
The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism
by Richard Sennett 1996 176 pages
3.94
2.0K ratings
Sociology
Economics
Philosophy
Democracy Summary
Democracy
The God That Failed
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 2001 304 pages
4.15
2.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
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
The Naked Ape Summary
The Naked Ape
by Desmond Morris 1967 256 pages
3.93
11.8K ratings
Science
Anthropology
Psychology
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me) Summary
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)
Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts
by Carol Tavris 2007 292 pages
4.04
28.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Civilization Summary
Civilization
The West and the Rest
by Niall Ferguson 2011 464 pages
3.86
10.4K ratings
History
Politics
Economics
The Meritocracy Trap Summary
The Meritocracy Trap
How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
by Daniel Markovits 2019 448 pages
3.83
2.1K ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Post-Truth Summary
Post-Truth
by Lee McIntyre 2018 240 pages
4.03
1.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Psychology
The Sociological Imagination Summary
The Sociological Imagination
by C. Wright Mills 1959 248 pages
4.16
3.2K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Social Science
Mindreader Summary
Mindreader
The New Science of Deciphering What People Really Think, What They Really Want, and Who They Really Are
by David J. Lieberman 2022 240 pages
3.85
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Image Summary
The Image
A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961 336 pages
4.08
1.4K ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
Poverty, by America Summary
Poverty, by America
by Matthew Desmond 2023 304 pages
4.27
54.2K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Better Angels of Our Nature Summary
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker 2010 806 pages
4.16
29.7K ratings
History
Psychology
Science
Criminology Summary
Criminology
by Tim Newburn 2007 1048 pages
4.12
232 ratings
Crime
Psychology
Academic
The Philosophy of Money Summary
The Philosophy of Money
by Georg Simmel 1900 616 pages
4.07
397 ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Economics
Survival of the Richest Summary
Survival of the Richest
Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
by Douglas Rushkoff 2022 224 pages
3.85
2.0K ratings
Politics
Economics
Technology
The Matthew Effect Summary
The Matthew Effect
How Advantage Begets Further Advantage
by Daniel Rigney 2010 176 pages
3.65
46 ratings
Sociology
Economics
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