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 Fourth Turning
An American Prophecy—What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny
History
Politics
Philosophy
Chavs
The Demonization of the Working Class
Politics
Sociology
History
No Logo
Politics
Economics
Business
Minds Make Societies
How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Bradshaw on the Family
A New Way of Creating Solid Self-Esteem
Psychology
Self Help
Relationships
Clothing Poverty
The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes
Fashion
Economics
Sustainability
Building Social Business
The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity's Most Pressing Needs
Business
Economics
International Development
Aspiration
The Agency of Becoming
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
Post-Truth
The New War on Truth and How to Fight Back
Politics
Philosophy
Society
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
Homo Deus
A History of Tomorrow
History
Science
Philosophy
Asking for It
The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It
Feminism
Politics
Gender Studies
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Politics
Economics
Technology
The War for Kindness
Building Empathy in a Fractured World
Psychology
Science
Self Help
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
Psychology
Business
Science
America
The Farewell Tour
Politics
History
Sociology
Culture Jam
How to Reverse America's Suicidal Consumer Binge - and Why We Must
Politics
Sociology
Economics
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Economics
Business
Science
Social
Why Our Brains Are Wired to Connect
Psychology
Science
Neuroscience
Can't Even
How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation
Psychology
Sociology
Self Help
Poverty Safari
Politics
Memoir
Sociology
The Almost Nearly Perfect People
Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
Travel
History
Politics
Our Kids
The American Dream in Crisis
Sociology
Education
Politics
The Hero and the Outlaw
Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes
Business
Psychology
Design
The Meritocracy Trap
How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite
Politics
Economics
Sociology
Marx
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Politics
History
Chief Culture Officer
How to Create a Living, Breathing Corporation
Business
Anthropology
Sociology
Because Internet
Understanding the New Rules of Language
Linguistics
Language
Science
How to Kill a City
Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood
Urban Planning
Politics
Urbanism
The Geography of Thought
How Asians and Westerners Think Differently... and Why
Psychology
Philosophy
Science
Free Speech
A Very Short Introduction
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
LikeWar
The Weaponization of Social Media
Politics
Technology
Sociology
Third Culture Kids
Growing Up Among Worlds
Parenting
Psychology
Education
Priceless
The Myth of Fair Value
Psychology
Business
Economics
Beyond Human Nature
How Culture and Experience Shape the Human Mind
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
The Anatomy of Violence
The Biological Roots of Crime
Psychology
Science
Crime
So You've Been Publicly Shamed
Psychology
Sociology
Journalism
Social Acceleration
A New Theory of Modernity
Philosophy
Sociology
History
In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays
Philosophy
Essays
Politics
Happy as a Dane
10 Secrets of the Happiest People in the World
Self Help
Psychology
Adult
Justice
What's the Right Thing to Do?
Philosophy
Politics
Law
Why We Can't Afford the Rich
Economics
Politics
Society
The Uses of Disorder
Personal Identity and City Life
Sociology
Urbanism
Philosophy
Passages
Predictable Crises of Adult Life
Psychology
Self Help
Philosophy
Heavens on Earth
The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia
Science
Philosophy
Religion
Here Comes Everybody
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
Business
Technology
Sociology
Intellectuals and Society
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Pandora's Seed
The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization
Science
History
Anthropology
Parasitic Mind
How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Freakonomics
A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Economics
Business
Science