Anthropology
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation
The untold story of South America’s most interesting beverage
An anthology of original essays that examine white supremacy around the globe through the lens of anthropology
A sobering look at the seductive power of fascist ideas for the young
Co-Winner of the Senior Book Prize, American Ethnological Society
What the struggle over the Indonesian rainforests can teach us about the social frictions that shape the world around us
A practical guide to the ethnographic study of online cultures, and beyond
Why and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008
Why software isn’t perfect, as seen through the stories of software developers at a run-of-the-mill tech company
A new account of the central role developmental processes play in evolution
A beautifully illustrated history of Indigenous tattooing practices around the world
A sweeping account of male nurturing, explaining how and why men are biologically transformed when they care for babies
Shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize
How an iconic bird’s final days exposed the reality of human-caused extinction
Why human biology is far more expansive than the simple categories of female and male
The strange and surprising history of the so-called epidemic of bad posture in modern America—from eugenics and posture pageants to today’s promoters of “paleo posture”
How understanding our genetic imperfections can change our view of evolution and enrich what it means to be human
A timely and urgent argument for preserving the work that connects us in the age of automation
How children’s non-belief and non-religion are formed in everyday life
A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers
Why the pursuit of state recognition by seemingly marginal religious groups in Egypt and elsewhere is a devotional practice
How computational methods can expand how we see, read, and listen to Holocaust testimony
How the UK’s immigration detention and deportation system turns people into monetized, measurable units on a supply chain
A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worlds
How Brazil’s long history of racism and authoritarian politics has led to the country’s present crises and epidemic of violence
How Mexican and Latinx hackers apply concepts from coding to their lived experiences
How mindfulness came to be regarded as a psychological support, an ethical practice and a component of public policy
A mesmerizing trip across America to investigate the changing face of death in contemporary life
How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds
One of the world’s preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other cultures
A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other species
Finalist for the National Book Award
An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartland
An arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture
An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times
An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions—and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shame
A richly illustrated journey through the evolution of Africa’s extraordinary natural world across deep time
A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance
A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empire
How social scientists' disagreements about their key words and distinctions have been misconceived, and what to do about it
An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today
Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern science