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
...more

New Releases Tagged "Social Science"

Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America
Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Poverty, by America
The Haves and Have-Yachts: Dispatches on the Ultrarich
Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America
There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
La società senza dolore: Perché abbiamo bandito la sofferenza dalle nostre vite
How to Let Things Go: 99 Tips from a Zen Buddhist Monk to Relinquish Control and Free Yourself Up for What Matters
The Gift of Not Belonging: How Outsiders Thrive in a World of Joiners
Infocracia: La digitalización y la crisis de la democracia
Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth
Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male Is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It
Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America
The War on the West
No-cosas: Quiebras del mundo de hoy
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
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Lavender and Red by Emily K. HobsonOut of the Closets by Karla JayThe Gay and Lesbian Liberation Movement by Margaret CruikshankArmy of Lovers by Rosa von PraunheimThe Gay Liberation Book by Len Richmond
Gay Liberation
27 books — 4 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownA Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanPoecabulary by Francis DiClementeThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeThe Duchess of Bloomsbury Street by Helene Hanff
Non-Fiction Published in Decade: 1970s
215 books — 18 voters
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

The Power of Myth by Joseph CampbellThe Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph CampbellThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
How we see the world
263 books — 141 voters


Related Genres

Jess C. Scott
Friends are the family you choose (~ Nin/Ithilnin, Elven rogue).
Jess C Scott, The Other Side of Life

Herbert Marcuse
If the worker and his boss enjoy the same television program and visit the same resort places, if the typist is as attractively made up as the daughter of her employer, if the Negro owns a Cadillac, if they all read the same newspaper, then this assimilation indicates not the disappearance of classes, but the extent to which the needs and satisfactions that serve the preservation of the Establishment are shared by the underlying population.
Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man: Studies in the Ideology of Advanced Industrial Society

More quotes...
AnthroReads - Anthropology Literature club! Welcome! AnthroReads is a community of readers exploring anthropology through literature! From a…more
37 members, last active 9 months ago
مكتبة العلوم الاجتماعية هذه مجموعة تهدف لتجميع أهم الكتب الأكاديمية الاجتماعية ، وتبادل النصائح والإرشادات حول كل ما هو …more
24 members, last active 6 years ago
Feminist Book Club Hello! This used to be a Feminist February book club but I decided to host my feminist readalong…more
66 members, last active 6 years ago
Exciting new group that will be reading and discussing anthropological theory and ethnography.
3 members, last active 6 years ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: social-science and social-sciences