Cultural Analysis Books

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The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.56 — 6,371 ratings — published 2020
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.17 — 40,402 ratings — published 1985
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The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.22 — 58,296 ratings — published 2018
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Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.46 — 4,881 ratings — published 2022
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.83 — 510,823 ratings — published 2016
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The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Caused an Epidemic of Mental Illness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.30 — 206,216 ratings — published 2024
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Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,858 ratings — published 2018
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Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (Cultural Liturgies) Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, Worldview, and Cultural Formation (Cultural Liturgies)
by (shelved 5 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,612 ratings — published 2009
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Outliers: The Story of Success Outliers: The Story of Success (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.19 — 881,004 ratings — published 2008
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Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture Biblical Critical Theory: How the Bible's Unfolding Story Makes Sense of Modern Life and Culture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.52 — 1,233 ratings — published 2022
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The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality The Air We Breathe: How We All Came to Believe in Freedom, Kindness, Progress, and Equality (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.45 — 2,314 ratings — published
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The Nineties The Nineties (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.87 — 30,993 ratings — published 2022
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Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.02 — 79,314 ratings — published 2019
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism (Audiobook)
by (shelved 4 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.16 — 173,617 ratings — published 2018
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The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.49 — 12,895 ratings — published 2019
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How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture How Should We Then Live? The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.18 — 14,544 ratings — published 1975
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Christianity and Liberalism Christianity and Liberalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.35 — 6,710 ratings — published 1922
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On the Inconvenience of Other People On the Inconvenience of Other People (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.03 — 166 ratings — published 2022
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Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.86 — 18,039 ratings — published 2025
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Revenge of the Tipping Point Revenge of the Tipping Point (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.02 — 63,650 ratings — published 2024
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Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity Crisis of Confidence: Reclaiming the Historic Faith in a Culture Consumed with Individualism and Identity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.33 — 671 ratings — published
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Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up Bad Therapy: Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.95 — 15,467 ratings — published 2024
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.14 — 30,735 ratings — published 1978
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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.67 — 23,687 ratings — published 2023
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The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims The Secular Creed: Engaging Five Contemporary Claims (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.28 — 3,139 ratings — published 2021
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The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming-of-Age Crisis—and How to Rebuild a Culture of Self-Reliance (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,405 ratings — published 2017
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Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.00 — 341,553 ratings — published 2019
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century 21 Lessons for the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.15 — 180,482 ratings — published 2018
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Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.21 — 42,582 ratings — published 2009
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Our Secular Age: Ten Years of Reading and Applying Charles Taylor Our Secular Age: Ten Years of Reading and Applying Charles Taylor (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.01 — 460 ratings — published 2017
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How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor How (Not) to Be Secular: Reading Charles Taylor
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,427 ratings — published 2014
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Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural Captivity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,483 ratings — published 2004
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Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.23 — 37,817 ratings — published 1975
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.01 — 862,874 ratings — published 2000
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Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione Menti tribali. Perché le brave persone si dividono su politica e religione (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.19 — 67,979 ratings — published 2012
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The Society of the Spectacle The Society of the Spectacle (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,059 ratings — published 1967
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The Wages of Spin: Critical Writings on Historical and Contemporary Evangelicalism The Wages of Spin: Critical Writings on Historical and Contemporary Evangelicalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.20 — 119 ratings — published 2004
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Heretics Heretics (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 5,860 ratings — published 1905
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What's Wrong with the World What's Wrong with the World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 2,891 ratings — published 1910
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Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Play and Possibility (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.72 — 7,756 ratings — published 1986
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Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,841 ratings — published
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Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.26 — 12,938 ratings — published 2019
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How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,393 ratings — published 2024
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Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.07 — 4,123 ratings — published 1980
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Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America's Political Crisis (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.32 — 120 ratings — published
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Orthodoxy Orthodoxy (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.20 — 43,127 ratings — published 1908
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2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity 2084: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.93 — 1,504 ratings — published 2020
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Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 3.92 — 10,847 ratings — published 2024
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Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West Remaking the World: How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as cultural-analysis)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,577 ratings — published 2023
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