Sociology

Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop and refine a body of knowledge about human social activity, often with the goal of applying such knowledge to the pursuit of social welfare. Subject matter ranges from the micro level of agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structures.
Sociology is both topically and methodologically a very broad discipline. Its traditional focuses have included social stratification, social class,
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
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Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
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Humankind: A Hopeful History
Everything is F*cked: A Book About Hope
Poverty, by America
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Outliers: The Story of Success
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
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