Social Theory
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Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
$26.95 Read moreFive mysterious billionaires summoned theorist Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The topic? How to survive the “Event” the societal catastrophe they know is coming. Rushkoff came
- Author: Rushkoff, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0393881067
- Language: English
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Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity
$17.99 Add to cartA New York Times New and Noteworthy Book
From the bestselling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, an adaptation of his wildly popular, often controversial podcast
“Civilization rests on a series o
- Author: Harris, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0062857797
- Language: English
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The Double Flame: Love and Eroticism
$19.99 Add to cartIn this series of essays Paz explores the intimate connection between sex, eroticism, and love in literature throughout the ages. Rich in scope, The Double Flame examines everything from taboo to repr
- Author: Paz, Octavio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 06 2010
- ISBN10: 0156003651
- Language: English
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Rebel Ideas: The Power of Diverse Thinking
$18.99 Add to cartRebel Ideas will strengthen any kind of team, while including advice on how, as individuals, we can embrace the potential of an “outsider mind-set” as our greatest asset.
Ideas are everywhere, but tho- Author: Syed, Matthew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1250769914
- Language: English
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One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society
$25.00 Add to cartOriginally published in 1964, One-Dimensional Man quickly became one of the most important texts in the ensuing decade of radical political change. This second edition, newly introduced by Marcuse sch… [more below]
- Author: Marcuse, Herbert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0807014176
- Language: English
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Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
$30.00 Add to cartBased on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, how to use scientists’ tricks of the trade to make the best decisions and solve the hardest problems in age of uncertainty and overwhelming information. … [more below]
- Author: Perlmutter, Saul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0316438103
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism
$16.00 Read moreOur ecological problems stem from our social problems. Here’s a framework for understanding both.
What is nature? What is humanity’s place in nature? And what is the relationship of society to the natu- Author: Bookchin, Murray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1849354405
- Language: English
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Extremism
$16.95 Add to cartWhat extremism is, how extremist ideologies are constructed, and why extremism can escalate into violence.
A rising tide of extremist movements threaten to destabilize civil societies around the globe.
- Series: MIT Press Essential Knowledge
- Author: Berger, J. M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 0262535874
- Language: English
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Immediacy: Or, the Style of Too Late Capitalism
$24.95 Add to cartWhy speed, flow, and direct expression now dominate cultural style
Contemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of- Author: Kornbluh, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 30 2024
- ISBN10: 180429134X
- Language: English
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12 Reglas Para Vivir: Un Ant?doto Al Caos / 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos: Un Ant?doto Al Caos
$22.95 Read moreCuáles son las reglas esenciales para vivir que todos deberÃamos conocer? Regla n. 1: mantente erguido con los hombros hacia atrás…, como las langostas; regla n. 8: di la verdad, o por lo menos n
- Author: Peterson, Jordan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 12, 2019
- ISBN10: 6070755626
- Language: Spanish
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Collective Illusions: Conformity, Complicity, and the Science of Why We Make Bad Decisions
$19.99 Add to cartDrawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and social psychology research, an acclaimed author demonstrates how so much of our thinking is informed by false assumptions–making us dangerously mistrustful as
- Author: Rose, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0306925699
- Language: English
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Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts Into a Force for Good
$29.99 Read moreWinner of the 2023 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy
An astounding and inspiring look at the science behind tribalism, and how we can learn to harness it to improve the world around us.
What do you thi- Author: Samson, David R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1250272246
- Language: English
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
$32.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK – “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”–Dwight Garner, The New York Ti
- Author: Wilkerson, Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: August 04, 2020
- ISBN10: 0593230256
- Language: English
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Survival of the Richest: Escape Fantasies of the Tech Billionaires
$17.95 Add to cartFive mysterious billionaires summoned Douglas Rushkoff to a desert resort for a private talk. The subject? How to survive the “Event” the societal collapse they know is coming. Rushkoff argues that th
- Author: Rushkoff, Douglas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1324066067
- Language: English
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The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics
$32.00 Add to cartRichard Hanania has emerged as one of the most talked-about writers in the nation, and in this book, he puts forward a stunning new theory about the culture war that could turn our debates upside down
- Author: Hanania, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063237210
- Language: English
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The Eye of the Master: A Social History of Artificial Intelligence
$24.95 Add to cartA social history of AI that finally reveals its roots in the spatial computation of industrial factories and the surveillance of collective behaviour.
What is AI? A dominant view describes it as the q- Author: Pasquinelli, Matteo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1788730062
- Language: English
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The Age of Grievance
$28.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling author and longtime New York Times columnist Frank Bruni comes a lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on bot… [more below]
- Author: Bruni, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 1668016435
- Language: English
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Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides
$30.00 Add to cartDiscover the secret to flourishing in an age of division: belonging. In a world filled with discord and loneliness, finding harmony and happiness can be difficult. But what if the key to unlocking our
- Author: Cohen, Geoffrey L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 13, 2022
- ISBN10: 1324006188
- Language: English
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The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset That Drives Extraordinary Results
$32.00 Add to cartThe Economist‘s Best Books of 2023
In this “handbook for disruptors” (Eric Schmidt), The Geek Way reveal
Forbes Top 10 Business Books of 2023
Financial Times’ Monthly Best Business Books to Read Pick- Author: McAfee, Andrew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 14, 2023
- ISBN10: 0316436704
- Language: English
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The Sociology Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
$21.99 Add to cartLearn 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: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 12 2019
- ISBN10: 146547854X
- Language: English
