Sociology Book Summaries

The Science of Evil Summary
The Science of Evil
On Empathy and the Origins of Cruelty
by Simon Baron-Cohen 2011 256 pages
3.77
6.4K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Origins of Political Order Summary
The Origins of Political Order
From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama 2011 585 pages
4.18
10.1K ratings
History
Politics
Political Science
The Age of the Strongman Summary
The Age of the Strongman
How the Cult of the Leader Threatens Democracy around the World
by Gideon Rachman 2022 288 pages
4.05
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
بیشعوری Summary
بیشعوری
راهنمای تشخیص و درمان خطرناکترین بیماری تاریخ بشریت
by Xavier Crement 1990 232 pages
2.74
5.2K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Sociology
The Uses of Disorder Summary
The Uses of Disorder
Personal Identity and City Life
by Richard Sennett 1970 220 pages
3.87
234 ratings
Sociology
Urbanism
Philosophy
Ghetto Summary
Ghetto
The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea
by Mitchell Duneier 2015 304 pages
3.74
571 ratings
History
Sociology
Race
Irrationality Summary
Irrationality
by Stuart Sutherland 1992 256 pages
3.91
1.6K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
Liquid Life Summary
Liquid Life
by Zygmunt Bauman 2005 164 pages
3.90
2.0K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Psychology
Deluxe Summary
Deluxe
How Luxury Lost Its Luster
by Dana Thomas 2007 384 pages
3.89
3.9K ratings
Fashion
Business
History
The Rape of the Mind Summary
The Rape of the Mind
The Psychology of Thought Control, Menticide, and Brainwashing
by Joost A.M. Meerloo 1956 326 pages
4.22
874 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Rebel Cities Summary
Rebel Cities
From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
by David Harvey 2012 206 pages
3.92
2.0K ratings
Politics
Urbanism
Urban Studies
The Choice Factory Summary
The Choice Factory
25 behavioural biases that influence what we buy
by Richard Shotton 2018 202 pages
4.12
1.5K ratings
Business
Psychology
Economics
The Great Escape Summary
The Great Escape
Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by Angus Deaton 2013 362 pages
3.82
2.4K ratings
Economics
History
Politics
Happy as a Dane Summary
Happy as a Dane
10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
by Malene Rydahl 2014 142 pages
3.46
694 ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
Outcasts United Summary
Outcasts United
A Refugee Team, an American Town
by Warren St. John 2009 320 pages
3.84
8.3K ratings
Sports
Soccer
Book Club
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
Gang Leader for a Day Summary
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
by Sudhir Venkatesh 2008 302 pages
4.07
25.0K ratings
Sociology
Memoir
Economics
Minima Moralia Summary
Minima Moralia
Reflections on a Damaged Life
by Theodor W. Adorno 1951 256 pages
4.24
4.6K ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
Plato, Not Prozac! Summary
Plato, Not Prozac!
Applying Eternal Wisdom to Everyday Problems
by Lou Marinoff 1999 308 pages
3.47
2.5K ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Capitalism Summary
Capitalism
A Very Short Introduction
by James Fulcher 2001 160 pages
3.56
1.3K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Strangers in Their Own Land Summary
Strangers in Their Own Land
Anger and Mourning on the American Right
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2016 242 pages
4.12
17.4K ratings
Politics
Sociology
History
Profit and Punishment Summary
Profit and Punishment
How America Criminalizes the Poor in the Name of Justice
by Tony Messenger 2021 272 pages
4.26
606 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
History
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand
Class Matters
by bell hooks 2000 164 pages
4.23
2.8K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Social Justice
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
35.3K ratings
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays Summary
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
by Bertrand Russell 1935 192 pages
4.04
7.2K ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Grown Up Digital Summary
Grown Up Digital
How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
by Don Tapscott 2008 384 pages
3.80
1.2K ratings
Technology
Education
Business
Snoop Summary
Snoop
What Your Stuff Says About You
by Sam Gosling 2001 263 pages
3.36
5.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
The Political Brain Summary
The Political Brain
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
by Drew Westen 2007 457 pages
4.05
1.6K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
The Person and the Situation Summary
The Person and the Situation
Perspectives of Social Psychology
by Lee Ross 1991 304 pages
4.00
513 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Science
The Origins of Totalitarianism Summary
The Origins of Totalitarianism
by Hannah Arendt 1951 527 pages
4.30
13.6K ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
by Neil Postman 1995 209 pages
3.97
1.9K ratings
Education
Philosophy
Sociology
Seeing Like a State Summary
Seeing Like a State
How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed
by James C. Scott 1998 461 pages
4.21
6.3K ratings
Politics
History
Economics
Hidden Games Summary
Hidden Games
The Surprising Power of Game Theory to Explain Irrational Human Behavior
by Erez Yoeli 2022 368 pages
3.68
315 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Science
Citizens Summary
Citizens
Why the Key to Fixing Everything is All of Us
by Jon Alexander 2022 320 pages
4.08
256 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Society
Liberalism and Its Discontents Summary
Liberalism and Its Discontents
by Francis Fukuyama 2022 178 pages
3.93
3.1K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Fix the System, Not the Women Summary
Fix the System, Not the Women
by Laura Bates 2022 208 pages
4.50
4.9K ratings
Feminism
Politics
Womens
How the World Works (Real Story Summary
How the World Works (Real Story
by Noam Chomsky 2011 416 pages
4.13
5.0K ratings
Politics
History
Philosophy
The Blank Slate Summary
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
by Steven Pinker 2002 560 pages
4.09
25.0K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Knowledge Illusion Summary
The Knowledge Illusion
Why We Never Think Alone
by Steven Sloman 2017 304 pages
3.84
2.5K ratings
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
For the Love of Men Summary
For the Love of Men
A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity
by Liz Plank 2019 325 pages
4.29
7.1K ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Gender
The Meme Machine Summary
The Meme Machine
by Susan Blackmore 1999 288 pages
3.86
4.2K ratings
Science
Psychology
Philosophy
The Sociological Imagination Summary
The Sociological Imagination
by C. Wright Mills 1959 248 pages
4.16
3.2K ratings
Sociology
Philosophy
Social Science
Life at the Bottom Summary
Life at the Bottom
The Worldview That Makes the Underclass
by Theodore Dalrymple 2001 284 pages
4.23
3.8K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
by David Grazian 2010 256 pages
3.50
104 ratings
Sociology
School
History
Beauty Pays Summary
Beauty Pays
Why Attractive People Are More Successful
by Daniel S. Hamermesh 2011 224 pages
3.15
137 ratings
Economics
Psychology
Fashion
Excellent Sheep Summary
Excellent Sheep
The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
by William Deresiewicz 2014 245 pages
3.88
6.9K ratings
Education
Sociology
Politics
The Boy Crisis Summary
The Boy Crisis
Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It
by Warren Farrell 2019 368 pages
3.91
2.2K ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Sociology
The Age of Empathy Summary
The Age of Empathy
Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society
by Frans de Waal 2009 304 pages
4.00
2.6K ratings
Science
Psychology
Animals
Poverty Safari Summary
Poverty Safari
by Darren McGarvey 2017 224 pages
4.02
6.3K ratings
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety Summary
Obsesja piękna. Jak kultura popularna krzywdzi dziewczynki i kobiety
by Renee Engeln 2017 416 pages
4.14
6.1K ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Self Help
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