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"Popular mentalities" is a book category that explores the shared beliefs, values, assumptions and ways of thinking that shape everyday life across social groups and historical periods. It includes works in social and intellectual history, cultural studies, anthropology and sociology that trace how popular ideas—about politics, religion, gender, class, health, consumerism, or national identity—are formed, transmitted and contested through media, rituals, institutions and ordinary conversation. Books in this category analyze both the content of collective thought (folk beliefs, rumors, stereotypes, ideology) and the mechanisms that sustain it (education, newspapers, cinema, social networks, propaganda), often emphasizing how power, inequality and cultural change influence what people take for granted. Accessible to scholars and general readers, "Popular mentalities" titles illuminate how mass ideas shape behavior, mobilize communities, and leave lasting marks on culture and policy.

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