Sociology

In ‘What to Do? Thoughts Evoked by the Census of Moscow, ‘ Leo Tolstoy presents a poignant critique of Russian society in the aftermath of the 1897 census. This thought-provoking essay meditates on t …

Look in the mirror – what do you see? We all feel, instinctively, that self exists. That somewhere inside us, under the clothes, the make-up and self-tan, lurks a hard ‘pearl’, a kernel of truth call …

Everett Dean Martin presented in this book what he saw as the dilemma of the modern age: a technological information revolution that made it possible, in the absence of an adequate educational system …

The Greek Church at one time taught that the bodies of persons upon whom the ban of excommunication had been passed did not undergo decomposition after death until such sentence had been revoked by t …

In ‘The Instinct of Workmanship and the State of Industrial Arts, ‘ Thorstein Veblen explores the intricate relationship between human instinct and industrial productivity, challenging the prevailing …

In ‘The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions; Or, Joints In Our Social Armour, ‘ James Runciman delves into the intricate relationship between societal norms and individual behaviors, particula …

With this book is completed a trilogy of works begun in 2005 with This City Now: Glasgow and its Working Class Past, and continuing with Clydeside; Red Orange and Green in 2009. The three books have …

New York Times bestselling author Sam Harris is one of the most famous popular thinkers of our day. With a You Tube podcast channel Making Sense of almost half a million subscribers, and almost three …

In ‘Eugenics and Other Evils, ‘ G. K. Chesterton presents a fervent critique of the early 20th-century eugenics movement, meticulously dissecting its philosophical foundations and socio-political ram …

In ‘Superiority and Subordination as Subject-Matter of Sociology, ‘ Georg Simmel presents a profound exploration of social hierarchies and the intricate dynamics of power within human relationships. …