The social sciences, I thought, needed the same kind of rigor and the same mathematical underpinnings that had made the 'hard' sciences so brilliantly successful.
Bertrand Arthur William Russell was a British polymath. As an academic, he worked in philosophy, mathematics, and logic. His work has had a considerable influence on mathematics, logic, set theory, linguistics, artificial intelligence, cognitive scie...
The essays outline Goldman's anarchist views on a number of subjects, most notably the oppression of women and perceived shortcomings of first wave feminism, but also prisons, political violence, sexuality, religion, nationalism and art theory. Hippo...
The Condition of the Working Class in England is an 1845 book by the German philosopher Friedrich Engels, a study of the industrial working class in Victorian England. Engels' first book, it was originally written in German as Die Lage der arbeitende...
In the late 19th century, John Stuart Mill, one of the leading figures in Western philosophical thought, proposed examinations in civil rights, personal and social rights and obligations, and the achievement of individual pleasure that continue to in...
In 1845, Henry David Thoreau cleared out Concord Massachusetts and moved to a cabin that he built by himself close Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Walden, is an account of his remain within the woods and his encounter. Shedding the minor ties that he f...
They call Phoebe Robinson the new voice of the new generation, the writer that speaks for all the young African-American ladies who have to deal with racism, feminism and everything in between on a daily basis. This bright, inspiring girl talks about...
Old School - what does that mean? Sure, we've all used that term more than once in our lives, but do we really know what that stands for? It's all about values, traditions, and customs, and there's a big effort focused on breaking down all of its vir...
Black Flags is the "hero" of the recent Pulitzer Prize awards, and Mr. Joby Warrick, the author, talks about the concept behind ISIS - the deadliest terrorist group, the strongest and most brutal enemy of modern times. It all started in Jordan when t...
Simon Sinek's groundbreaking and bestselling books started a whole movement in the genre, and the critics are calling him one of the brightest minds of our time. And now the master is back with Together Is Better, a wonderful, inspirational book that...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of the greatest writers of our time, a "social science soldier" and a bright, enthusiastic mind. We Should All Be Feminists is probably her most personal, intimate book to date, a very special, one-of-a-kind look at fe...