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
Social Acceleration
A New Theory of Modernity
Philosophy
Sociology
History
The Lucifer Effect
Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Psychology
Science
Philosophy
How Democracies Die
What History Reveals About Our Future
Politics
History
Political Science
The Society of the Spectacle
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Revenge of the Tipping Point
Psychology
Sociology
History
The Tyranny of Merit
What's Become of the Common Good?
Philosophy
Politics
Economics
The Anatomy of Fascism
History
Politics
Philosophy
The Attention Merchants
The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads
Psychology
Technology
Business
The Hero and the Outlaw
Building Extraordinary Brands Through the Power of Archetypes
Business
Psychology
Design
Anti-Oedipus
Capitalism and Schizophrenia
Philosophy
Theory
Psychology
The Sublime Object of Ideology
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
The Denial of Death
Philosophy
Psychology
Death
The Status Game
On Human Life and How to Play It
Psychology
Sociology
Philosophy
Suicide
A Study in Sociology
Sociology
Psychology
Philosophy
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Psychology
Politics
Parenting
Liquid Times
Living in an Age of Uncertainty
Philosophy
Sociology
Politics
To Have or To Be?
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
The Social Construction of Reality
A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge
Sociology
Philosophy
Psychology
How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
Politics
History
War
A Billion Wicked Thoughts
What the Internet Tells Us About Sexual Relationships
Psychology
Science
Sexuality
A History of Modern Iran
History
Iran
Middle East
Buyology
Truth and Lies About Why We Buy
Business
Psychology
Economics
The Shallows
What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains
Psychology
Science
Technology
Evolutionary Psychology
The New Science of the Mind
Psychology
Science
Evolution
Status Anxiety
Philosophy
Psychology
Self Help
End Times
Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
History
Politics
Economics
Blink
The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The History of Sexuality, Volume 1
An Introduction
Philosophy
History
Theory
Caste
The Origins of Our Discontents
History
Politics
Race
Images of Organization
Business
Management
Leadership
Mutual Aid
A Factor of Evolution
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
Discipline and Punish
The Birth of the Prison
Philosophy
History
Sociology
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
History
Politics
Race
Normal Accidents
Living with High-Risk Technologies
Science
Engineering
Technology
Why Civil Resistance Works
The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict
Politics
History
Activism
Technopoly
The Surrender of Culture to Technology
Technology
Philosophy
Sociology
Social Intelligence
The New Science of Human Relationships
Psychology
Self Help
Science
The Sacred Canopy
Elements of a Sociological Theory of Religion
Sociology
Religion
Philosophy
When Prophecy Fails
A Social and Psychological Study of a Modern Group that Predicted the Destruction of the World
Psychology
Religion
Sociology
The End of History and the Last Man
Politics
History
Philosophy
David and Goliath
Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
Psychology
Business
Self Help
The Social Animal
Psychology
Sociology
Science
Homo Sacer
Sovereign Power and Bare Life
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
Globalization and Its Discontents Revisited
Anti-Globalization in the Era of Trump
Economics
Politics
History
The Chaos Machine
The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World
Technology
Psychology
Politics
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Feminism
Science
Politics
Laziness Does Not Exist
Self Help
Psychology
Mental Health
Systems Thinking For Social Change
A Practical Guide to Solving Complex Problems, Avoiding Unintended Consequences, and Achieving Lasting Results
Business
Leadership
Sociology
Snakes in Suits
When Psychopaths Go to Work
Psychology
Business
Science
The Muqaddimah
An Introduction to History
History
Philosophy
Sociology
