Sociology & Psychology

From the bestselling author of Awakenings, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Musicophilia.

'Anyone in any relationship at any stage of life could stand to learn from the wisdom in these pages.' Andrew SolomonThe years of midlife can be a struggle. 'The rough patch, for all its pain and bewilderment, presents an opportunity - to know ourselves, to expand our scope, to grow, and to grow up.'

'A TRULY IMPORTANT BOOK' JOHN HUMPHRYS


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What is paranoia? What makes us anxious? How can this be overcome?

In a postcolonial age of globalizing economies, the political quest for national identity has become increasingly urgent. This text traces the ways the Australian state and people struggle to represent social and cultural practices to which class, gender and ethnicity are fundamental.

In a postcolonial age of globalizing economies, the political quest for national identity has become increasingly urgent. This text traces the ways the Australian state and people struggle to represent social and cultural practices to which class, gender and ethnicity are fundamental.

Studies women's language use in bilingual or multi-lingual cultural situations. The authors - social anthropologists, language teachers, and interpreters cover a variety of geographical and linguistic situations, from the death of Gaelic in the Outer Hebrides, to the use of Spanish by Quechua and Aymara women in the Andes.

The question of individuality in non-European, and especially South Asian societies is a controversial one. Studies in anthropology and psychology undertaken in recent years onconcepts of person and self approach the problem by concentrating on ideologies; the question of practice remains largely neglected.

The fascinating story behind Studies on Hysteria, the groundbreaking book that launched Freud's career and created psychoanalysis

A renowned branding consultant and behavioral psychologist shows readers how to appeal to the hidden brain where instinct prevails, creating a network of connections that convince people to buy into your product, idea, or vision.

Judith Butler shows how COVID-19 and all its consequences-political, social, ecological, economic-challenge us to develop a new account of interdependency. Butler argues for a radical social equality and advocates modes of resistance that seek to establish new conditions of livability and a new sense of a shared world.

Drawing on new research from anthropology, evolutionary biology, experimental psychology, and neuroscience, Dominic Johnson presents a new theory of supernatural punishment that offers fresh insight on the origins and evolution of not only religion, but human cooperation and society.

Published for the first time as a Granta Books paperback: Barbara Ehrenreich's groundbreaking investigation into the roots of war, with a new introduction by the author.

Linguist and writer Malwina Gudowska unpicks the myths surrounding multilingualism and the political, emotional and gendered weight of passing down language to your children

A captivating A-Z compendium of our fixations by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher

Classic work of geography analysing the new possibilities for spatial thought

Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2019'[A] painfully intense, courageous and gripping account of [Fanning's] journey to the underworld of madness and back. This is a brave and instructive book.' Irish Times'Extraordinary. An account of mental illness, grief, delusions, homelessness, a fractured ...

After World War I, the US was flooded with newspapers, magazines, radio stations and movies. Many feared serious books would disappear altogether. The concern caused a boom in fine editions, valued for beauty, craftsmanship or rarity, rather than content, and this is their story.

Why do people commit hate crimes? A world-leading criminologist explores the tipping point between prejudice and hate crime, analysing human behaviour across the globe and throughout history in this vital book.

Think you're rational? Think again

Tell your inner critic to take a back seat, so you can start feeling more calm, confident, and kickass!