Sociology - Social Theory
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Losing Reality: On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindset of Political and Religious Zealotry
$17.99 Add to cartA “fresh perspective” (Kirkus Reviews) on the psychology of zealotry, from a National Book Award winner and a leading authority on the nature of cults, political absolutism, and mind control
In this u
- Author: Lifton, Robert Jay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 1620979535
- Language: English
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Anointed: The Extraordinary Effects of Social Status in a Winner-Take-Most World
$29.00 Add to cartA leading organizational theorist takes us deep into the realm of humanity’s most powerful invisible force–social status–and how it shapes everything from who we trust and what we value to which ide… [more below]
- Author: Stuart, Toby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 02 2025
- ISBN10: 166800187X
- Language: English
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When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others
$19.99 Add to cartIn this “urgent and necessary book” (Rebecca Traister, New York Times bestselling author), journalist Elissa Strauss explores the powerful role caring for others plays in our individual and communal l… [more below]
- Author: Strauss, Elissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1982169281
- Language: English
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Readings for Sociology
$52.50 Add to cartThe perfect mix of classic and contemporary readings
- Author: O’Brien, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: June 10 2023
- ISBN10: 132404408X
- Language: English
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Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea
$30.00 Add to cartA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK – From renowned organizers and activists Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, comes the first in-depth examination of Solidarity–not just as a rallying cry, but as potent polit… [more below]
- Author: Hunt-Hendrix, Leah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 0593701240
- Language: English
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The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
$30.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – Everybody tells you to live for a cause larger than yourself, but how exactly do you do it? The author of The Road to Character explores what it takes to lead a meaningf… [more below]
- Author: Brooks, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 0812993268
- Language: English
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Finding Your Third Place: Building Happier Communities (and Making Great Friends Along the Way)
$16.95 Read moreAn exciting new look at the essential gathering spaces in our society where friendships are formed, relationships are nurtured, and the tapestry of community is woven.
Do you have a third place? Your- Series: Servant Leadership
- Author: Kyte, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1682754723
- Language: English
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Fans Have More Friends
$21.99 Read more“…Ben Valenta and David Sikorjak explore a convincing case for how fandom can improve both our relationships and lives.” -Arthur C. Brooks, Harvard professor and #1 New York Times bestselling author… [more below]
- Author: Valenta, Ben
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 9798985842814
- Language: English
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War and Peace: On the Principle and Constitution of the Rights of Peoples
$30.00 Read moreProudhon’s anarchist theory of international relations, a 19th-century vision of what might have been and could still be.
War and Peace by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, originally published in 1861, is still… [more below]- Author: Proudhon, Pierre-Joseph
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 625
- Publish Date: August 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1849354685
- Language: English
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The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life
$29.95 Read moreUsing the concept of the everyday as a lever for social transformation
The texts in this volume represent Kristin Ross’s attempt to think the question of the everyday across a range of discourses, pra- Author: Ross, Kristin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1839768312
- Language: English
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The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World
$20.00 Read moreA “meticulously researched and buoyantly written” (Esquire) look at what happens when we talk to strangers, and why it affects everything from our own health and well-being to the rise and fall of nat… [more below]
- Author: Keohane, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 05 2022
- ISBN10: 1984855794
- Language: English
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Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia
$18.95 Read moreBy 2016, it was impossible to ignore an international resurgence of xenophobia. What had happened? Looking for clues, psychiatrist and historian George Makari started out in search of the idea’s origi
- Author: Makari, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1324050446
- Language: English
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The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$27.99 Read moreLearn about how we organize our society in The Sociology Book.
Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format. Learn about S- Series: Big Ideas
- Author: Tomley, Sarah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 07 2015
- ISBN10: 1465436502
- Language: English
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The Fall of Public Man
$19.99 Add to cartA sweeping, farsighted study of the changing nature of public culture and urban society, The Fall of Public Man spans more than two centuries of Western sociopolitical evolution and investigates the c… [more below]
- Author: Sennett, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 11 2017
- ISBN10: 0393353745
- Language: English
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Class War: A Literary History
$29.95 Read moreA bold new history of the global class war
A thrilling and vivid work of history, Class War weaves together literature and politics to chart the making and unmaking of social class through revolution- Author: Steven, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1839760699
- Language: English
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Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time
$27.99 Read more“Hide your phone, stop hustling for a second, and read this passionate argument for the importance of unstructured pre-digital hang.” —People
Loneliness is an epidemic; it feels harder than ever to- Author: Liming, Sheila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1685890059
- Language: English
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Relationality: How Moving from Transactional to Transformational Relationships Can Reshape Our Lonely World
$19.95 Add to cartFor readers of Together and The Art of Gathering
How moving from transactional to transformational relationships and organizations can save our democracy, nurture our connections, and make us happier- Author: Jay, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 9798889840541
- Language: English
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Finding Your Third Place: Building Happier Communities (and Making Great Friends Along the Way)
$16.95 Add to cartAn exciting new look at the essential gathering spaces in our society where friendships are formed, relationships are nurtured, and the tapestry of community is woven.
Do you have a third place? Your- Series: Servant Leadership
- Author: Kyte, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1682754723
- Language: English
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The Fall of Public Man
$19.99 Read moreA sweeping, farsighted study of the changing nature of public culture and urban society, The Fall of Public Man spans more than two centuries of Western sociopolitical evolution and investigates the c… [more below]
- Author: Sennett, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: April 11 2017
- ISBN10: 0393353745
- Language: English
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Community and Society
$15.89 Add to cartCommunity and Society, or Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft, is a study of the spectrum of prototypical social groups as identified by German sociologist Ferdinand T nnies. First published in 1887, the wo
- Author: Tönnies, Ferdinand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1953450180
- Language: English
