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Minima Moralia

Reflections from Damaged Life

Theodor Adorno

Philosophy

A reflection on everyday existence in the sphere of consumption of late Capitalism, this work is Adornos litera

german, sociology

Language and Symbolic Power

Pierre Bourdieu

Philosophy

This volume brings together Pierre Bourdieus highly original writings on language and on the relations among la

aesthetics, french, sociology

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and The Madness of Crowds

Charles Mackay

Philosophy

In this book, Charles Mackay discusses the irrational behaviors of crowds in the economy, war and magic. He giv

economics, magic, sociology

Obedience to Authority

Stanley Milgram

Philosophy

In the 1960s, Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram famously carried out a series of experiments that fo

experiment, psychology, sociology

An Introduction to Sociology

A Reader

Robert Bocock

Psychology

Sociology changes faster than most disciplines – and the past decade has seen the emergence of some new themes

sociology

The Anatomy of Fascism

Robert O Paxton

Philosophy

What is fascism? Many authors have proposed definitions, but most fail to move beyond the abstract. The esteeme

fascism, politics, sociology

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World

Barrington Moore

History

Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World New Foreword by Edward Friedman and James C. Scott”A landmar

communism, fascism, modernization, politics, sociology

Plagues and Peoples

William H McNeill

History

Upon its original publication, Plagues and Peoples was an immediate critical and popular success, offering a ra

anthropology, pandemic, plague, sociology

Collapse

How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive

Jared Diamond

Science

Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essentia

anthropology, sociology

The Mass Psychology of Fascism

Wilhelm Reich

Psychology

In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, which continues to ravage the int

fascism, psychoanalysis, sociology

The Third Wave

Alvin Toffler

Non-fiction

The Third Wave makes startling sense of the violent changes now battering our world. Its sweeping synthesis cas

philosophy, sociology, speculative

Power Shift

Knowledge, Wealth and Violence at the Edge of the 21st Century

Alvin Toffler

Non-fiction

Alvin Tofflers Future Shock and The Third Wave are among the most influential books of our time.

culture, sociology, speculative

Masculine Domination

Domination

Pierre Bourdieu

Philosophy

Masculine domination is so anchored in our social practices and our unconscious that we hardly perceive it; it

feminism, french, sociology

The Rise and Fall of the Third Chimpanzee

How our animal heritage affects the way we live

Jared Diamond

Science

At some point during the last 100,000 years, humans began exhibiting traits and behavior that distinguished us

anthropology, biology, evolution, sociology

The World Until Yesterday

Jared Diamond

Science

Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to liter

anthropology, biology, evolution, sociology