Sociology Book Summaries

Hate Inc. Summary
Hate Inc.
Why Today's Media Makes Us Despise One Another
by Matt Taibbi 2019 380 pages
4.10
5.5K ratings
Politics
Journalism
History
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
790 ratings
Philosophy
Science
Technology
Less Than Nothing Summary
Less Than Nothing
Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism
by Slavoj Žižek 2012 1056 pages
4.17
609 ratings
Philosophy
Theory
Politics
A State of Fear Summary
A State of Fear
How the UK government weaponised fear during the Covid-19 pandemic
by Laura Dodsworth 2021 320 pages
4.33
770 ratings
Politics
Psychology
History
The Conversation Summary
The Conversation
How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations
by Robert Livingston 2021 368 pages
4.37
537 ratings
Race
Business
Social Justice
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women
Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019 448 pages
4.34
151.0K ratings
Feminism
Science
Politics
The Theft of a Decade Summary
The Theft of a Decade
How the Baby Boomers Stole the Millennials' Economic Future
by Joseph C. Sternberg 2019 255 pages
3.39
208 ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling Summary
Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling
Career Strategies for Asians
by Jane Hyun 2005 352 pages
3.51
239 ratings
Business
Self Help
Asian Literature
SuperFreakonomics Summary
SuperFreakonomics
Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
by Steven D. Levitt 2009 270 pages
4.00
133.4K ratings
Business
Science
Psychology
Meme Wars Summary
Meme Wars
The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America
by Joan Donovan 2022 432 pages
4.00
435 ratings
Politics
Technology
History
The Org Summary
The Org
The Underlying Logic of the Office
by Ray Fisman 2013 320 pages
3.35
382 ratings
Business
Management
Economics
The Way Out Summary
The Way Out
How to Overcome Toxic Polarization
by Peter T. Coleman 2021 296 pages
3.81
135 ratings
Politics
Sociology
Leadership
The Myth of Race Summary
The Myth of Race
The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
by Robert Wald Sussman 2014 384 pages
4.11
444 ratings
History
Race
Science
Hope for Cynics Summary
Hope for Cynics
The Surprising Science of Human Goodness
by Jamil Zaki 2024 288 pages
3.92
1.5K ratings
Psychology
Self Help
Science
Not Working Summary
Not Working
Losing a Job in Today's Great Recession
by D.W. Gibson 2012 470 pages
3.69
58 ratings
Sociology
Economics
Wildland Summary
Wildland
The Making of America's Fury
by Evan Osnos 2021 465 pages
4.23
2.0K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
The Closing of the American Mind Summary
The Closing of the American Mind
by Allan Bloom 1987 392 pages
3.76
5.8K ratings
Philosophy
Education
Politics
The Violence Project Summary
The Violence Project
How to Stop a Mass Shooting Epidemic
by Jillian Peterson 2021 240 pages
4.46
1.3K ratings
Politics
True Crime
Psychology
One Nation Under Therapy Summary
One Nation Under Therapy
How the Helping Culture Is Eroding Self-Reliance
by Christina Hoff Sommers 2005 320 pages
3.60
370 ratings
Psychology
Politics
Philosophy
Discrimination and Disparities Summary
Discrimination and Disparities
by Thomas Sowell 2018 192 pages
4.47
5.1K ratings
Economics
Politics
History
Delusions of Gender Summary
Delusions of Gender
How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference
by Cordelia Fine 2010 338 pages
4.08
11.2K ratings
Feminism
Science
Psychology
Democracy and Social Ethics Summary
Democracy and Social Ethics
by Jane Addams 1902 88 pages
3.93
164 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
Assassination Generation Summary
Assassination Generation
Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
by Dave Grossman 2016 272 pages
3.70
329 ratings
Psychology
Sociology
Parenting
Culture Summary
Culture
The Story of Us, From Cave Art to K-Pop
by Martin Puchner 2023 384 pages
3.82
538 ratings
History
Art
Sociology
The Upswing Summary
The Upswing
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
by Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 pages
3.95
1.3K ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
Democracy Summary
Democracy
The God That Failed
by Hans-Hermann Hoppe 2001 304 pages
4.15
2.4K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
Economics
Schadenfreude Summary
Schadenfreude
The Joy of Another's Misfortune
by Tiffany Watt Smith 2018 157 pages
3.36
1.0K ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Sociology
Lifehouse Summary
Lifehouse
Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire
by Adam Greenfield 2024 272 pages
3.87
52 ratings
Politics
Social Justice
Self Help
Homo Sacer Summary
Homo Sacer
Sovereign Power and Bare Life
by Giorgio Agamben 1994 208 pages
4.06
4.9K ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Theory
What Is Populism? Summary
What Is Populism?
by Jan-Werner Müller 2014 136 pages
3.82
2.8K ratings
Politics
Philosophy
History
The Sociology Book Summary
The Sociology Book
Big Ideas Simply Explained
by Sam Atkinson 2015 352 pages
4.01
1.1K ratings
Sociology
Reference
Science
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
210 ratings
Psychology
Biography
Science
The Origins of Woke Summary
The Origins of Woke
Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
by Richard Hanania 2023 270 pages
3.77
247 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
War and Peace and War Summary
War and Peace and War
The Rise and Fall of Empires
by Peter Turchin 2005 416 pages
4.18
854 ratings
History
Politics
War
The Rise of the Creative Class Summary
The Rise of the Creative Class
And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life
by Richard Florida 2002 434 pages
3.68
3.3K ratings
Sociology
Economics
Business
Behind the Screen Summary
Behind the Screen
Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
by Sarah T. Roberts 2019 280 pages
3.66
151 ratings
Technology
Internet
Sociology
National Populism Summary
National Populism
The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy
by Roger Eatwell 2018 374 pages
3.80
1.3K ratings
Politics
Political Science
History
Flawless Summary
Flawless
Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital
by Elise Hu 2023 310 pages
4.07
2.3K ratings
Feminism
Sociology
Asia
Tearing Us Apart Summary
Tearing Us Apart
How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing
by Ryan T. Anderson 2022 320 pages
4.51
194 ratings
Cultural
Politics
Philosophy
Conspirituality Summary
Conspirituality
How New Age Conspiracy Theories Became a Health Threat
by Derek Beres 2023 384 pages
4.03
1.3K ratings
Politics
Psychology
Science
Aging Thoughtfully Summary
Aging Thoughtfully
Conversations about Retirement, Romance, Wrinkles, and Regret
by Martha C. Nussbaum 2017 264 pages
3.43
112 ratings
Philosophy
Essays
Sociology
Them And Us Summary
Them And Us
Changing Britain - Why We Need a Fair Society
by Will Hutton 2010 434 pages
3.90
109 ratings
Politics
Economics
Sociology
America's Cultural Revolution Summary
America's Cultural Revolution
How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
by Christopher F. Rufo 2023 352 pages
4.25
924 ratings
Politics
History
Sociology
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper Summary
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos 1997 224 pages
3.59
996 ratings
Mathematics
Science
Journalism
Sociobiology Summary
Sociobiology
The New Synthesis
by Edward O. Wilson 1975 720 pages
4.23
1.8K ratings
Science
Biology
Sociology
Why Nothing Works Summary
Why Nothing Works
The Anthropology of Daily Life
by Marvin Harris 1981 224 pages
3.76
254 ratings
Anthropology
Sociology
History
Liberty in the Age of Terror Summary
Liberty in the Age of Terror
A Defence of Civil Liberties and Enlightenment Values by Grayling, A. C. (2010) Paperback
by A.C. Grayling 2009 283 pages
3.55
144 ratings
Philosophy
Politics
Sociology
A Criminal History of Mankind Summary
A Criminal History of Mankind
by Colin Wilson 1985 815 pages
3.90
763 ratings
History
Psychology
True Crime
The Black Hand Summary
The Black Hand
The Bloody Rise and Redemption of "Boxer" Enriquez, a Mexican Mob Killer
by Chris Blatchford 2008 352 pages
4.07
2.0K ratings
True Crime
Crime
Biography
Do Fathers Matter? Summary
Do Fathers Matter?
What Science Is Telling Us about the Parent We've Overlooked
by Paul Raeburn 2014 288 pages
3.60
591 ratings
Parenting
Science
Psychology
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