Sociology

Video games have come a long way from being known mainly as the preferred pastime of geeks, nerds, and slackers who live…

In a time racked with police brutality and institutionalized racism, authors Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin offer a…

This collection of essays about what it means to be "cool," particularly in relation to Blackness, packs a punch.…

In this classic work, first published in 1930, James Weldon Johnson, one of the leading lights of the Harlem…

This volume, written by historian Kerri K. Greenidge, details the life of the unlikely and, regrettably, largely…

Paul Hawkes has spent over a decade researching organizations in the worldwide movement for social and environmental…

George Jackson, a political activist and revolutionary, was killed by prison guards during an alleged escape attempt in…

An urgent and accessible handbook for peaceful protesters, activists, and community organizers—anyone trying to defend…

Historian Joan Jacobs Brumberg answers the question of why American girls are dissatisfied with their bodies by the age…

Bonobos, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, are a unique group that stands against sexual violence. Unlike…

This is a comprehensive guide to the history of entertainment inventions, including board games, toys, video games,…

In this new evolutionary history, geneticist Adam Rutherford explores the profound paradox of the human animal. Looking…

In the age of the internet, the concept of "community" is different than it once was, for better or worse. Tackling the…

A gorgeous, rightfully famous book about humans and our relationship with nature. Robin Wall Kimmerer draws on her…

Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW sparks conversation about what gives our lives meaning. Experiences like courage, vulnerability,…

While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the…

Drugs have had an important role in the social, cultural, and spiritual development of civilization from the most…

A Brief History of Secret Societies is an exploration of the appeal and shrouded history of the esoteric religious…

This is an underdog story about six unassuming college students who worked together to count cards in Las Vegas and win…

Blending memoir, biography, and ritual guide, this book celebrates and chronicles the BIPOC witches who are taking back…

In this book, Christopher DiCarlo, a leading expert in AI ethics, explores the implications of AI surpassing human…

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a…

If your house were on fire, what would you take? Foster Huntington has collected answers to this telling question from…

Butts, butts, butts. Whatever you think of them, there's no doubt that humans have a rather strange relationship with…