Hunger
Knut Hamsun, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 for Growth of the Soil, wrote his first novel, Hunger, in 1890.
It is not a pleasant novel to read, although it keeps the reader in...
Sociology
The Rise of Christianity. A Sociologist Reconsiders History
The author, an expert in the sociology of religion, applies methods and models from his field to the early years of Christianity, compares them with available historical and archaeological data, and draws...
The rigtheous mind
Haidt is known for his sociological studies. In this case, he analyzes the morality of American society, which shares some similarities with our own, through cultural psychology. The author defines himself...
Progressive myths
Huemer attempts to decipher what lies behind the progressive myths of our time. He divides them into personal, racial, feminist, gender, economic, and scientific myths, and concludes with a final analytical...
Of Boys and Men
Policies in Western countries promoting gender equality have, in recent years, favored the recognition of women as a highly valuable asset in the labor market, although there are still some gaps regarding...
Voices in the evening
A novel set in postwar Italy: with fascism gone, former fascists have been reintegrated, alongside socialists and communists, and the Christian Democracy party is born. The war has left deep wounds,...
Why liberalism failed?
For Deneen, “liberalism has failed because liberalism has succeeded,” but which liberalism is he referring to? There are no references to Adam Smith, nor to the Vienna School or the Chicago School. It soon...
The Sugar Kremlin
Sorokin is one of the most renowned contemporary Russian novelists. The Sugar Kremlin is a collection of short stories and novellas, almost all linked by a small sugar figurine of the Kremlin.
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On freedom
Freedom is an essential condition for the development of personal and social life; however, it is not always understood in the same way. Snyder’s book is not a philosophical treatise but an analysis of...
The performer
Richard Sennett, a renowned sociologist of Jewish faith, takes a journey, at the age of 85, through contemporary society. His starting point is that "the world is a stage," a phrase spoken by Jaques in a...