Humanities

The humanities are academic disciplines that study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytical, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural sciences.
The humanities include ancient and modern languages, literature, law, history, philosophy, religion, and visual and performing arts such as music and theatre. The humanities that are also regarded as social sciences include technology, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, and linguistics. Scholars working in the humanities are sometimes describe
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The Future of Truth
Futuro ancestral
A Terra Dá, a Terra Quer
An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 3 - The Masters of History
As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West
Trace Elements: Conversations on the Project of Science Fiction and Fantasy
10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World: How Parents Can Stop Smartphones, Social Media, and Gaming from Taking Over Their Children's Lives
Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care
How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures
The Musical Human: A History of Life on Earth
The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
Awake!: William Blake and the Power of the Imagination
Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
The Prince
The Republic
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Man's Search for Meaning
The Odyssey
Thinking, Fast and Slow
The Communist Manifesto
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
The Art of War
Hamlet
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics (Politics of Place, #1)
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
History of Beauty by Umberto EcoWays of Seeing by John BergerBrunelleschi's Dome by Ross KingLeonardo da Vinci by Leonardo da VinciA History of Illuminated Manuscripts by Christopher de Hamel
The World History of Art
417 books — 140 voters
The Burning God by R.F. KuangPath of the Berserker by Rick ScottYumi and the Nightmare Painter by Brandon SandersonHeaven Official's Blessing by Mò Xiāng Tóng XiùThe Emperor by Robert         Reid
Books on the Myth of Attis
22 books — 6 voters

Wheelock's Latin by Frederic M. WheelockChomsky For Beginners by David CogswellText Structure by Nelly TinchevaThe Mother Tongue by Bill  BrysonBreaking the Bias of English by Vivian R. Probst
Linguistics
10 books — 5 voters

Demography is Politics by Joanne RodriguesModern Living and Its Discontents by Stephen C. HoenigmannBody Talk by Jane M. UssherCelebrity Culture by Ellis CashmoreEscape from Freedom by Erich Fromm
Best Sociology Books
89 books — 39 voters


“ History is not a compilation of facts, but an insight into a moving process of life. ”
― Siegfried Giedion, Space Time & Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition, 3rd Edition

“ If you fail to accept or administer anything modern, then believe that pure is permanent and not primitive. ”
― Suman Subhralin

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