Published anonymously by Locke in 1689, Two Treatises claims that a monarch’s right to rule does not come from God, but from the people he rules.
W.E.B Du Bois’ The Souls of Black Folk is a seminal work in the field of sociology, a classic of American literature – and a solid example of carefully-structured reasoning.
Why do we attempt to justify decisions that are clearly irrational? The answer lies in “cognitive dissonance,” the feeling of mental discomfort we experience when we hold two contradictory beliefs at the same time.
Woolf’s focus on the everyday suppression of women was a turning point in feminism, marking a realization that gaining legal and voting rights was... Læs mere
More than a classic work on the history and philosophy of science, Kuhn’s 1962 book is considered by many to be one of the greatest works of the 20th century. Kuhn helped change the way everyone looks at science.
Turner’s much-anthologized 1893 essay argues that the vast western frontier shaped the modern American... Læs mere
Born in 1858, Franz Boas permanently changed the standards and practices of anthropology. His 1940 work Race, Language and Culture brings together a half-century’s worth of ground-breaking scholarship in one volume.
In the 1960s, researchers began to understand memory as operating under two systems: a short-term one handling information for mere... Læs mere
Henry Kissinger’s 2014 book World Order: Reflections on the Character of Nations and the... Læs mere
Roll Jordan Roll (1974) is a study of the relationship between master and slave in the United States in the late 18th and 19th... Læs mere
Born in Britain in 1737, Thomas Paine had a humble, religious upbringing and very little formal education. The course of his life turned in 1774, when he met the great American statesman Benjamin Franklin in London.
First published in 1978, Batatu’s extraordinarily detailed text is considered the definitive social history... Læs mere