Sociology

My Big TOE: Awakening, written by a nuclear physicist in the language of contemporary culture, unifies science and philosophy, physics and metaphysics, mind and matter....

Renowned psychologist and best-selling author of The Dance of Anger sheds new light on the two most important words in the English language - I'm sorry....

Navigating the challenges of long-term commitment takes effort - and it just got simpler, with this empowering, step-by-step guide to communicating about the things that matter most to you and your partner....

Through vivid stories of the experiences of their patients (both adults and children), Drs. Hallowell and Ratey show the varied forms ADD takes....

Discover the game-changing theory of the cycles of history and what past generations can teach us about living through times of upheaval—with deep insights into the roles that Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials have to play....

Richard 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....

Today, we are told that medical interventions increased our lifespan and single-handedly prevented masses of deaths. But is this really true? Dissolving Illusions details facts and figures from long-overlooked medical journals, books, newspapers, and other sources....

Future Shock is about the present. Future Shock is about what is happening today to people and groups who are overwhelmed by change. It vividly describes the emerging global civilization and illuminates the world of tomorrow by exploding countless cliches about today....

This sweeping book is a systematic treatment of the historic transformation of the West from limited monarchy to unlimited democracy....

The hilarious, charming, and candid story of writer Christopher Ingraham’s decision to uproot his life and move his family to Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, population 1,400 - the community he made famous as “the worst place to live in America” in a story he wrote....

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Black Swan, a bold new work that challenges many of our long-held beliefs about risk and reward, politics and religion....

Imagine you are dying with a secret. Something you've never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or a last wish - a task you need carried out before you can rest in peace....

A powerful critique, We Have Never Been Woke reveals that only by challenging this elite’s self-serving narratives can we hope to address social and economic inequality effectively.

Following Kate Marshall’s first year in the mortuary at a north of England NHS hospital, with each month exploring the people she meets, in life and death, as well as her own growing awareness of life behind the veil....

Campbell outlines the Hero's Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world's mythic traditions....

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Written after his wife's tragic death, A Grief Observed is C.S. Lewis's honest reflection on the fundamental issues of life, death, and faith in the midst of loss....

This is a study of how intellectuals as a class affect modern societies by shaping the climate of opinion in which official policies develop, on issues ranging from economics to law to war and peace,,,,

Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness.

El nou llibre del reconegut historiador i autor del fenomen global Sàpiens. Una obra que analitza com les xarxes d'informació han conformat el món i a ...

Here, in 14 accessible chapters, from the "Lesson of Love" to the "Lesson of Happiness", the authors reveal the truth about our fears....

Discrimination and Disparities challenges believers in such one-factor explanations of economic outcome differences as discrimination, exploitation, or genetics....

From Malcolm Gladwell’s hit podcast Revisionist History comes a compendium about one of his greatest obsessions: education....

The astonishing true story of Wilkerson's outreach to New York teens trapped by drugs and gangs....

The Buddhist approach to death can be of great benefit to people of all backgrounds - as has been demonstrated time and again in Joan Halifax's decades of work....

From ventilators to brain implants, medicine has been blurring what it means to die. In a lucid description of modern neuroscientific thinking, Zeleznikow-Johnston explains that death is not the loss of breath, but of personal identity – that the core of our identities is our minds, and that our minds are encoded in the structure of our brains. On this basis, he explores how recent discoveries now offer us all the chance of preserving our minds for future revival. Whether they discovered cures or fought for justice, we are grateful to those of our ancestors who helped craft a kinder world.

Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama recreates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators.

Una exploración profundamente convincente de la industria de la muerte, las personas que trabajan en ella y lo que les llevó allí. Estamos rodeados de muerte. Está en las noticias, en nuestras canciones infantiles, en nuestros podcasts de crímenes reales. Sin embargo, desde pequeños se nos dice que hay que temer a la muerte.

Il nichilismo è tornato a essere una questione aperta nel nostro tempo. Le domande che in passato, con la sua critica degli idoli, esso aveva dichiarato ormai impossibili – come la domanda sul senso ultimo di sé e della realtà, sulla verità dell’io e della storia, sul nostro desiderio in rapporto all’infinito – si rivelano nuovamente possibili, ragionevoli, brucianti. Oggi il nichilismo non sembra più consistere, come nella sua forma classica, in una perdita di valori e di ideali, ma piuttosto nell’emergere di un bisogno irriducibile: più nudo, forse, ma molto più impegnativo.

「パレスチナ問題」も順を追ってひも解いていけばそれほど難しくはない。イスラエルとハマスの戦争もこの問題を理解することで根底から原因が見えてくる。中東研究の第一人者である著者が、イスラエルとパレスチナをわかりやすく解説した一冊。

The first book that explains how to open to the immensity of living with death—and how participating fully in life is the perfect preparation for whatever may come next. In Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying, the Levines provide calm compassion rather than the frightening melodrama of death. A meaningful insight how to participate fully in life as the perfect preparation for whatever may come next, be it sorrow or joy, loss or gain, death or a new wonderment at life.

Fighting for Your Marriage is based on the widely acclaimed PREP approach (Prevention and Relationship Education Program). Research has found that couples who use these strategies can handle conflict more constructively, protect their happiness, and reduce the odds of breaking up. Based on more than forty years of evidence, this book shows couples how to talk more and fight less, protect their friendship, and keep the fun alive.

Se a antropofagia é, de fato, uma marca do modo de produção da subjetividade e da cultura no Brasil, como pensavam os modernistas de 1922, há poucas razões para alegrar-se: a hibridação, a flexibilidade, a liberdade de experimentação e a irreverência por si mesmas não asseguram, de modo algum, a vitalidade de uma sociedade. (...) Embora haja uma variedade de posições entre estes dois extremos da micropolítica antropofágica no Brasil, a balança tende frequentemente para o polo reativo, o que cria um terreno fértil para a incorporação acrítica da política de produção da subjetividade.

Un texto clásico y muy relevante del Budismo Tibetano en una versión accesible para todos los lectores. Con incontables ediciones a lo largo de los...

Quizás sea en política donde el desarrollo de este fenómeno asentado en la última década en Occidente resulta más llamativo. Una representante pública entiende la destrucción de las infraviviendas de las personas sin hogar como un acto autopromocional. Otra aumenta su aceptación popular tras calificar de «mantenidos subvencionados» a los desfavorecidos afectados por una pandemia. Un alcalde se jacta de que no hará nada en absoluto por aquellos estudiantes y trabajadores que no pueden acceder a una vivienda digna en la ciudad que él gestiona.

De un modo sencillo, pero profundo, este libro nos habla del viaje completo que realizamos tras la muerte, explicando detalladamente cómo es nuestra vida en el mundo espiritual y la influencia que ella tiene en nuestra actual vida en la Tierra. Gracias a este conocimiento, encontramos respuestas a las cuestiones que siempre nos hemos planteado: ¿Dónde vamos tras la muerte? ¿A qué hemos venido? ¿Qué sentido tiene esta vida? ¿Por qué me suceden siempre las mismas cosas? ¿De qué manera pueden comunicarse los espíritus con sus seres queridos?

En este libro Máximo E. Jaramillo Molina detalla cómo la narrativa meritocrática resulta funcional para legitimar la extrema acumulación a la par de la pobreza extrema. A lo largo de siete capítulos el autor busca desmontar los distintos mitos que sostienen la narrativa meritocrática en sociedades con desigualdad extrema y creciente, como la mexicana.

Its Faulkner meets Foxworthy! Jay McBride's portrayal of the hilarious antics and schemes of those surviving in the underbelly of southern culture not only ring true, but also reveal deep respect for a survival tool that transcends everything material: an active and ongoing sense of humor.

Inside the Invisible Cage uses unique longitudinal data to investigate how digital labor platforms use algorithms to dictate the actions of high-skilled workers by determining accepted behaviors, work opportunities, and even success. As Hatim Rahman explains, employers can use algorithms to shift rules and guidelines without notice, explanation, or recourse for workers. The invisible cage signals a profound shift in the way markets and organizations categorize and ultimately control people.

Introduction to Sociology 3e aligns to the topics and objectives of many introductory sociology courses. It is arranged in a manner that provides foundational sociological theories and contexts, then progresses through various aspects of human and societal interactions.