The spine
The four axes
Sex, work, learning, religion — four features of a human life that recur across every lens Vela reads. Stand at one and look across: the books that load on it, and the behavioral-science concepts that name it. Where two axes cross is where a book project begins.
- Sex
Desire and the body — how people want, are wanted, and make meaning of it.
119 books · 2 concepts
- Work
Labor, vocation, and status — what we do all day and what it does to us.
93 books · 6 concepts
- Learning
Formation and change — how a self is shaped, schooled, and remade.
145 books · 3 concepts
- Religion
Faith, authority, and the sacred — how groups bind, believe, and obey.
78 books · 14 concepts