William Whyte’s core idea in The Organization Man is that the Protestant Ethic that characterized financial and personal success in American history... Læs mere
Distance Still Matters is an influential Harvard Business Review article. In this work, Ghemawat proposes the... Læs mere
The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction combats traditional art criticism’s treatment of artworks as fixed, unchanging mystical objects. For Walter Benjamin, the consequences of addressing a work of art in this manner have a wider resonance.
In this book, Benhabib argues that the transnational movement of people has brought to light fundamental dilemmas facing liberal democracies. Banhabib’s work goes to the heart of key issues faced in a world of forced displacement, Brexit, and increased protectionism.
Amartya Sen’s Inequality Re-Examined is a seminal text setting out a theory to evaluate social arrangements and inequality. By... Læs mere
This book outlines the creation of organisational knowledge through the constant conversion of the two types of knowledge, tacit and explicit, which Nonaka believes has the potential to guide managers’ knowledge creation strategies.
Tabbaa’s Transformation offers an innovative approach to understanding... Læs mere
One of the most widely read books in the social sciences, Purity and... Læs mere
Bourdieu questions the preeminent ideas of social anthropologists who stressed the structural principles governing human action rather than the actions themselves and, Bourdieu asserts, doesn’t account for all observable nuances of behaviour.
Gutiérrez’s 1971 book provides an inspiring argument as to how Christians and the Roman Catholic Church should support the poor. The Catholic Church had traditionally seen... Læs mere
Though nearly 1500 years old, The Rule of St. Benedict remains one of the most influential texts in the Western monastic movement. It offers a unique insight into the early... Læs mere
Focusing on the differences he observed in economic behavior between Catholics and Protestants, Weber’s seminal 1905 work examines the role that morality plays in the lives people choose to lead seeking to isolate beliefs and practices that influenced economic behaviour.