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Tocqueville Summary
Tocqueville
A Very Short Introduction
by Harvey C. Mansfield 2007 124 pages
3.53
100+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Politics
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy Summary
Hegemony and Socialist Strategy
Towards a Radical Democratic Politics
by Ernesto Laclau 1985 198 pages
3.84
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Theory
سيكولوجية الجماهير Summary
سيكولوجية الجماهير
by Gustave Le Bon 1895 200 pages
3.82
18k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Politics
The Constitution of Knowledge Summary
The Constitution of Knowledge
A Defense of Truth
by Jonathan Rauch 2021 318 pages
4.26
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority Summary
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority
by Martin Gurri 2014 362 pages
4.22
1k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
Rebel Cities Summary
Rebel Cities
From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution
by David Harvey 2012 206 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Politics
Urbanism
Urban Studies
Mismeasure of Woman Summary
Mismeasure of Woman
Why Women Are Not the Better Sex, the Inferior Sex, or the Opposite Sex
by Carol Tavris 1992 400 pages
4.06
100+ ratings
Feminism
Psychology
Science
Human Frontiers Summary
Human Frontiers
The Future of Big Ideas in an Age of Small Thinking
by Michael Bhaskar 2021 432 pages
3.85
100+ ratings
Technology
Science
Sociology
The Anatomy of Fascism Summary
The Anatomy of Fascism
by Robert O. Paxton 2004 336 pages
4.21
4k+ ratings
History
Politics
Philosophy
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East Summary
What Went Wrong? The Clash Between Islam & Modernity in the Middle East
by Bernard Lewis 2001 186 pages
3.54
3k+ ratings
History
Islam
Politics
Mix It Up Summary
Mix It Up
Popular Culture, Mass Media, and Society
by David Grazian 2010 256 pages
3.52
100+ ratings
Sociology
School
History
Anti-Tech Revolution Summary
Anti-Tech Revolution
Why and How
by Theodore John Kaczynski 2016 268 pages
3.94
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Technology
Delusions of Gender Summary
Delusions of Gender
How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
by Cordelia Fine 2010 338 pages
4.08
11k+ ratings
Feminism
Science
Psychology
Testosterone Rex Summary
Testosterone Rex
Myths of Sex, Science, and Society
by Cordelia Fine 2017 272 pages
3.79
3k+ ratings
Science
Feminism
Psychology
Superclass Summary
Superclass
The Global Power Elite and the World They Are Making
by David Rothkopf 2008 400 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Business
Escape from Evil Summary
Escape from Evil
by Ernest Becker 1975 188 pages
4.39
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
La crisis de la narración Summary
La crisis de la narración
by Byung-Chul Han 2023 112 pages
3.89
1k+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Essays
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand
A Portrait of America's Largest and Least Understood Minority
by Marie Arana 2024 573 pages
4.33
100+ ratings
History
Sociology
Politics
Capitalist Realism Summary
Capitalist Realism
Is There No Alternative?
by Mark Fisher 2009 81 pages
4.22
34k+ ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Civilized to Death Summary
Civilized to Death
What Was Lost on the Way to Modernity
by Christopher Ryan 2018 400 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
History
Philosophy
Sociology
Annihilation of Caste Summary
Annihilation of Caste
by B.R. Ambedkar 1936 100 pages
4.62
7k+ ratings
India
History
Politics
Worshipping False Gods Summary
Worshipping False Gods
Ambedkar and the Facts Which Have Been Erased
by Arun Shourie 1997 680 pages
3.80
100+ ratings
History
India
Politics
Of Boys and Men Summary
Of Boys and Men
Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
by Richard V. Reeves 2022 298 pages
4.07
7k+ ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
The Book of Learning and Forgetting Summary
The Book of Learning and Forgetting
by Frank Smith 1998 144 pages
4.08
100+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Sociology
Clock of the Long Now Summary
Clock of the Long Now
Time and Responsibility: The Ideas Behind the World's Slowest Computer
by Stewart Brand 1999 208 pages
4.10
500+ ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Custodians of Wonder Summary
Custodians of Wonder
Ancient Customs, Profound Traditions, and the Last People Keeping Them Alive
by Eliot Stein 2024 336 pages
4.39
100+ ratings
History
Travel
Sociology
How Ideas Spread Summary
How Ideas Spread
by Jonah Berger 2014 6 pages
3.69
100+ ratings
Business
Psychology
Science
The Quiet Damage Summary
The Quiet Damage
QAnon and the Destruction of the American Family
by Jesselyn Cook 2024 250 pages
4.46
3k+ ratings
Politics
History
Psychology
Snoop Summary
Snoop
What Your Stuff Says About You
by Sam Gosling 2001 263 pages
3.36
4k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Sociology
White Poverty Summary
White Poverty
How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
by William J. Barber II 2024 270 pages
4.31
100+ ratings
Politics
History
Social Justice
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy Summary
Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls 2007 496 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
History
Quarterlife Crisis Summary
Quarterlife Crisis
The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties
by Alexandra Robbins 2001 224 pages
3.18
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Psychology
Personal Development
The Will to Change Summary
The Will to Change
Men, Masculinity, and Love
by bell hooks 2003 208 pages
4.37
24k+ ratings
Feminism
Philosophy
Gender
Tribe Summary
Tribe
On Homecoming and Belonging
by Sebastian Junger 2016 182 pages
4.02
47k+ ratings
Psychology
History
Sociology
The Essential Engineer Summary
The Essential Engineer
Why Science Alone Will Not Solve Our Global Problems
by Henry Petroski 2010 288 pages
3.37
100+ ratings
Engineering
Science
Technology
The Vision of the Anointed Summary
The Vision of the Anointed
Self-Congratulation as a Basis for Social Policy
by Thomas Sowell 1995 320 pages
4.40
3k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
Philosophy
Mindmasters Summary
Mindmasters
The Data-Driven Science of Predicting and Changing Human Behavior
by Sandra Matz 2025 240 pages
4.28
100+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Technology
Fist Stick Knife Gun Summary
Fist Stick Knife Gun
A Personal History of Violence
by Geoffrey Canada 1995 179 pages
4.03
2k+ ratings
Memoir
Graphic Novels
Education
Nordic Ideology Summary
Nordic Ideology
A Metamodern Guide to Politics, Book Two
by Hanzi Freinacht 2019 497 pages
4.46
100+ ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Summary
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Career Strategies for Asians
by Jane Hyun 2005 352 pages
3.51
100+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Asian Literature
The Natashas Summary
The Natashas
Inside the New Global Sex Trade
by Victor Malarek 2011 320 pages
3.90
500+ ratings
True Crime
Feminism
Sociology
What About Men? Summary
What About Men?
by Caitlin Moran 2023 319 pages
3.70
2k+ ratings
Feminism
Humor
Gender
Peoplewatching Summary
Peoplewatching
The Desmond Morris Guide to Body Language
by Desmond Morris 1977 400 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Anthropology
Drunk Summary
Drunk
How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization
by Edward Slingerland 2021 369 pages
3.81
2k+ ratings
History
Science
Sociology
The Socialist Manifesto Summary
The Socialist Manifesto
The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality
by Bhaskar Sunkara 2019 288 pages
3.62
1k+ ratings
Politics
Economics
History
Cities Summary
Cities
The First 6,000 Years
by Monica L. Smith 2019 304 pages
3.26
100+ ratings
History
Archaeology
Cities
The Polymath Summary
The Polymath
A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
by Peter Burke 2020 352 pages
3.24
100+ ratings
History
Biography
Science
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age Summary
The Climate of History in a Planetary Age
by Dipesh Chakrabarty 2021 292 pages
3.67
100+ ratings
History
Climate Change
Philosophy
The Man Who Shocked The World Summary
The Man Who Shocked The World
The Life And Legacy Of Stanley Milgram
by Thomas Blass 2004 392 pages
3.95
100+ ratings
Psychology
Biography
Science
We Real Cool Summary
We Real Cool
Black Men and Masculinity
by bell hooks 2003 184 pages
4.27
1k+ ratings
Feminism
Race
Gender
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