Anthropology

How the prized matsutake mushroom is remaking human communities in China—and providing new ways to understand human and more-than-human worlds

A new way of thinking about the climate crisis as an exercise in delimiting knowable, and habitable, worlds

One of the world’s preeminent cultural anthropologists leaves a last work that fundamentally reconfigures how we study most other cultures

How Brazil’s long history of racism and authoritarian politics has led to the country’s present crises and epidemic of violence

The origins and development of the modern American emergency state

An inside view of the experimental practices of cognitive psychology—and their influence on the addictive nature of social media

How evangelical churches in the United States convert migrant distress into positive religious devotion

An up-close account of how Nigerians’ self-reliance in the absence of reliable government services enables official dysfunction to strengthen state power

A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation

From a leading expert on the natural history of Africa, an original and personal account of how the continent’s ecosystems enabled human evolution

The epic story of human evolution, from our primate beginnings more than five million years ago to the agricultural era

Finalist for the National Book Award
An intimate reckoning with aquifer depletion in America's heartland

Leading scholars take stock of Darwin's ideas about human evolution in the light of modern science

“A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling.”—Bill Bryson

A revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific breakthroughs that will transform our lives

A savory account of how the pursuit of delicious foods shaped human evolution

A major history of Afghanistan and its changing political culture

A riveting account of how a popularly elected leader has steered the world's largest democracy toward authoritarianism and intolerance

A revealing look at Jewish men and women who secretly explore the outside world, in person and online, while remaining in their ultra-Orthodox religious communities

The hard work required to make God real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith

How China is using the US-led war on terror to erase the cultural identity of its Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region

From the author of Race After Technology, an inspiring vision of how we can build a more just world—one small change at a time

“A book as urgent as the moment that produced it.”—Jelani Cobb, Columbia Journalism School

A new history of French social thought that connects postwar sociology to colonialism and empire

A major new history of how African nations, starting in the 1960s, sought to reclaim the art looted by Western colonial powers

An in-depth look at why non-Jewish Poles are trying to bring Jewish culture back to life in Poland today

How tech giants are reshaping spirituality to serve their religion of peak productivity

Bridging the social and life sciences to unlock the mystery of how cities shape mental health and illness