Social Science

The social sciences are the fields of scholarship that study society. "Social science" is commonly used as an umbrella term to refer to a plurality of fields outside of the natural sciences. These include: anthropology, archaeology, business administration, criminology, economics, education, geography, linguistics, political science, sociology, international relations, communication, and, in some contexts, history, law, and psychology.
The term may be used, however, in the specific context of referring to the original science of society established in 19th century sociology. Émile Durkheim, Kar
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Revenge of the Tipping Point
Poverty, by America
Moral Ambition: Stop Wasting Your Talent and Start Making a Difference
Disney Adults: Exploring (and Falling in Love with) a Magical Subculture
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
All Consuming: Why We Eat the Way We Eat Now
When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows...: Common Knowledge and the Mysteries of Money, Power, and Everyday Life
Toxische Weiblichkeit
The Score: How to Stop Playing Somebody Else's Game
The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich
The War on the West
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Blank Space: A Cultural History of the Twenty-First Century
No-cosas: Quiebras del mundo de hoy
Integrated: How American Schools Failed Black Children
Outliers: The Story of Success
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Code Talker by Joseph BruchacUncommon Valor by Melvin ClaxtonHarlem's Rattlers and the Great War by Jeffrey T. SammonsAmerican Patriots by Gail Lumet BuckleyServing Our Country by Brenda L. Moore
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Race, Women, Culture - UCSC
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Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. RamachandranStuff Matters by Mark MiodownikCollapse by Jared DiamondThe Disappearing Spoon by Sam KeanLiquid Rules by Mark Miodownik
Armchair Science Books
28 books — 7 voters


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