Sociology & Psychology

This companion to the bestselling THE HERO WITHIN outlines twelve archetypal patterns that can aid inner development and the quest for wholeness.

In Evolutionary Ideas, Sam Tatam shows how behavioural science and evolutionary psychology can help us solve tomorrow's challenges, not by divining something the world has never seen, but by borrowing from yesterday's solutions

An impassioned exploration of the ways in which social media has manipulated us all Nobody meant for this to happen. Facebook didn’t mean to facilitate a genocide. Twitter didn’t want to be used to harass women. YouTube never planned to radicalise young men. But with billions of users, these platforms ...

A clear, concise and easily understood guide to the most fascinating of subjects - the human psyche.

Definitive pop science from a world expert.

This book explains what pregnancy loss involves with an emphasis on the emotional impact miscarriage can have.This is an invaluable resource for anyone who has experienced a miscarriage, as well as healthcare staff that offer miscarriage care.

'Fantastic ... It explains the misperception of stacked odds and personal powerlessness that stops individuals challenging bad behaviour. Stunning. Humbling. Thought-provoking'Kathryn Mannix, author of With the End in Mind

In the face of discrimination, bad behaviour, evil and ...

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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.

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.

'The most approachable and exhilarating Latin American writer of our times.' Robert McCrum, ObserverIn the past, culture was a kind of vital consciousness that constantly rejuvenated and revivified everyday reality.

An astonishing, chilling and appallingly useful guide to recognising conscienceless individuals - you need this book in your life.

'Testing Times: Psychologist at Work' is essential reading for those interested in Business, Psychology, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, and for the general reader. "Very few people can say they changed an entire industry: Peter Saville is one of them. This book describes how he did it and a whole lot ...

Demystifies the facts of Freud's discovery of psychoanalysis. This book tells the story of Freud's life and ideas from his upbringing in 19th-century Vienna, his early medical career and his encounter with cocaine, to the gradual evolution of his theories on the unconscious, dreams and sexuality.

Richard Sennett has spent an intellectual lifetime exploring how humans live in cities. In this pair of essays he visits two of the world's greatest cities at crucial moments in their history to meditate on the condition of exile in both geographical and psychic space: the Jewish Ghetto of Renaissance Venice,; and nineteenth-century Paris.

A critical look at cultural urban regeneration and how it is used as a political tool by the ruling elite to police populations.

A chilling and provocative scientific dissection of the psychopath's brain

A revealing book which challenges the prevailing materialist worldview and explores the true nature of the human brain.

Why do we cut off our noses to spite our faces? A leading expert in psychology shines a light on a universal emotion

This text brings together sociological, anthropological and social policy perspectives on the life course with a view to developing the conceptual rigour of the term as well as to exploring the rich range of debates and issues it encompasses.