Společenské vědy

Náš svět pulzuje neviditelnými vzorci lidského chování, skupinovou dynamikou a společenskými silami, které formují vše od přátelství po finanční trhy. Prostřednictvím důkladného výzkumu a přesvědčivé analýzy tyto knihy osvětlují, jak lidé myslí, navazují vztahy a organizují se — a odhalují skrytou architekturu našeho sociálního světa.

Společenské vědy Shrnutí knih

Art of Manipulation

od R.B. Sparkman • 1978

What five con artists taught about human weakness that a master's degree never could.

3.93

238

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Podnikání

Imerzivní

Art of Manipulation

What five con artists taught about human weakness that a master's degree never could.

od R.B. Sparkman 1978 181 stran

3.93

238 hodnocení

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Podnikání

The Man Who Shocked The World

od Thomas Blass • 2004

Sixty-five percent obey orders to shock a stranger. The biography of the psychologist who proved it.

3.93

220

Psychologie

Biografie

Věda

Imerzivní

The Man Who Shocked The World

Sixty-five percent obey orders to shock a stranger. The biography of the psychologist who proved it.

od Thomas Blass 2004 392 stran

3.93

220 hodnocení

Psychologie

Biografie

Věda

Bowling Alone

od Robert D. Putnam • 2000

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

3.85

9 000+

Sociologie

Politika

Historie

Bowling Alone

The clubs emptied and Americans stopped voting. The damage goes deeper than loneliness.

od Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 stran

3.85

9 000+ hodnocení

Sociologie

Politika

Historie

Suicide

od Émile Durkheim • 1897

Suicide is a stable, measurable social current, not a private tragedy. The rules are predictable.

3.86

4 000+

Sociologie

Klasika

Filozofie

Suicide

Suicide is a stable, measurable social current, not a private tragedy. The rules are predictable.

od Émile Durkheim 1897 405 stran

3.86

4 000+ hodnocení

Sociologie

Klasika

Filozofie

The Little Book of Psychology

od Emily Ralls • 2021

Psychology's six rival schools, from neurons to obedience, and what each one says about you.

3.96

1 000+

Psychologie

Věda

Vzdělávání

The Little Book of Psychology

Psychology's six rival schools, from neurons to obedience, and what each one says about you.

od Emily Ralls 2021 130 stran

3.96

1 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Vzdělávání

The Social Animal

od Elliot Aronson • 1972

Situation beats character: how the social world bends behavior, and why you rarely notice.

4.30

4 000+

Psychologie

Sociologie

Věda

The Social Animal

Situation beats character: how the social world bends behavior, and why you rarely notice.

od Elliot Aronson 1972 512 stran

4.30

4 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Sociologie

Věda

Normal Accidents

od Charles Perrow • 1984

The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.

4.05

500+

Věda

Sociologie

Technologie

Normal Accidents

The safer we try to make a system, the more unknowable its failure modes become.

od Charles Perrow 1984 464 stran

4.05

500+ hodnocení

Věda

Sociologie

Technologie

The Rule of Law

od Tom Bingham • 2010

Eight standards for the rule of law. Cross them, and a lawful state becomes tyranny.

4.09

3 000+

Filozofie

Politika

Justice

The Rule of Law

Eight standards for the rule of law. Cross them, and a lawful state becomes tyranny.

od Tom Bingham 2010 203 stran

4.09

3 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Politika

Justice

The Social Animal

od David Brooks • 2011

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

3.86

24 000+

Psychologie

Sociologie

Věda

The Social Animal

Your unconscious mind runs the show. That 11-million-to-40 processing advantage is not a bug.

od David Brooks 2011 448 stran

3.86

24 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Sociologie

Věda

The Sociological Imagination

od C. Wright Mills • 1959

Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.

4.16

3 000+

Sociologie

Filozofie

Politika

The Sociological Imagination

Private pain is a public problem in disguise—and most social science hides the connection.

od C. Wright Mills 1959 248 stran

4.16

3 000+ hodnocení

Sociologie

Filozofie

Politika

Obedience to Authority

od Stanley Milgram • 1974

Two-thirds of people will shock a stranger to death if a lab coat tells them to.

4.19

4 000+

Psychologie

Věda

Sociologie

Obedience to Authority

Two-thirds of people will shock a stranger to death if a lab coat tells them to.

od Stanley Milgram 1974 256 stran

4.19

4 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Sociologie

The Struggle for Recognition

od Axel Honneth • 1996

Social conflicts are fights for dignity, not just resources, driven by withheld recognition.

4.14

299

Filozofie

Sociologie

Politika

The Struggle for Recognition

Social conflicts are fights for dignity, not just resources, driven by withheld recognition.

od Axel Honneth 1996 240 stran

4.14

299 hodnocení

Filozofie

Sociologie

Politika

Beauty Pays

od Daniel S. Hamermesh • 2011

Good-looking workers earn 8% more. Unattractive ones earn 13% less. It's not speculation; it's data.

3.17

142

Ekonomie

Sociologie

Psychologie

Beauty Pays

Good-looking workers earn 8% more. Unattractive ones earn 13% less. It's not speculation; it's data.

od Daniel S. Hamermesh 2011 224 stran

3.17

142 hodnocení

Ekonomie

Sociologie

Psychologie

The Intelligence Paradox

od Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

3.52

500+

Psychologie

Věda

Evoluce

The Intelligence Paradox

Intelligence evolved for novelty. So smart people lean liberal, atheist, nocturnal, and childless.

od Satoshi Kanazawa 2012 266 stran

3.52

500+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Evoluce

Connected

od Nicholas A. Christakis • 2008

Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.

3.74

4 000+

Psychologie

Sociologie

Věda

Connected

Your weight, your vote, your happiness: all shaped by strangers three handshakes away.

od Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 stran

3.74

4 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Sociologie

Věda

The Case Against Education

od Bryan Caplan • 2018

A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.

3.94

2 000+

Vzdělávání

Ekonomie

Politika

The Case Against Education

A degree's value certifies who you already were, not what you learned.

od Bryan Caplan 2018 416 stran

3.94

2 000+ hodnocení

Vzdělávání

Ekonomie

Politika

The Nurture Assumption

od Judith Rich Harris • 1998

Parents shape children far less than we believe. Peers, not parents, build adult personality.

4.14

1 000+

Psychologie

Sociologie

Rodičovství

The Nurture Assumption

Parents shape children far less than we believe. Peers, not parents, build adult personality.

od Judith Rich Harris 1998 480 stran

4.14

1 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Sociologie

Rodičovství

Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams

od Stephen LaBerge • 1986

You can learn to wake up inside your dreams. The training starts before you fall asleep.

3.99

500+

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Věda

Lucid Dreaming - The Power of Being Awake & Aware in Your Dreams

You can learn to wake up inside your dreams. The training starts before you fall asleep.

od Stephen LaBerge 1986 304 stran

3.99

500+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Věda

Mystery

od Jonah Lehrer • 2021

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

3.84

189

Psychologie

Věda

Filozofie

Mystery

Clarity is overrated: why your brain needs the unknown to stay curious, creative, and connected.

od Jonah Lehrer 2021 240 stran

3.84

189 hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Filozofie

Saving the Modern Soul

od Eva Illouz • 2008

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

4.08

184

Sociologie

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Saving the Modern Soul

Why therapy's language now runs the boardroom, the bedroom, and the self.

od Eva Illouz 2008 304 stran

4.08

184 hodnocení

Sociologie

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Thinking Like a Lawyer

od Frederick Schauer • 2009

What if legal reasoning means following rules you know are wrong? An anatomy of the lawyer's mind.

3.89

323

Právo

Filozofie

Vzdělávání

Thinking Like a Lawyer

What if legal reasoning means following rules you know are wrong? An anatomy of the lawyer's mind.

od Frederick Schauer 2009 256 stran

3.89

323 hodnocení

Právo

Filozofie

Vzdělávání

Curse of the High IQ

od Aaron Clarey • 2016

The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.

3.52

500+

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Filozofie

Curse of the High IQ

The higher your IQ climbs past 130, the more society punishes you for it.

od Aaron Clarey 2016 154 stran

3.52

500+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Filozofie

Against Democracy

od Jason Brennan • 2016

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

3.68

1 000+

Politika

Filozofie

Sociologie

Against Democracy

Voters are ignorant and participation corrupts them. The competent should rule instead.

od Jason Brennan 2016 304 stran

3.68

1 000+ hodnocení

Politika

Filozofie

Sociologie

The Armchair Economist

od Steven E. Landsburg • 1993

Why seat belts kill, recycling destroys forests, and good intentions so often backfire.

3.72

4 000+

Ekonomie

Podnikání

Finance

The Armchair Economist

Why seat belts kill, recycling destroys forests, and good intentions so often backfire.

od Steven E. Landsburg 1993 336 stran

3.72

4 000+ hodnocení

Ekonomie

Podnikání

Finance

Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

od Alexander L. George • 2005

A single case, properly analyzed, reveals what regressions miss: the causal mechanism.

3.81

176

Politika

Sociologie

Psychologie

Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

A single case, properly analyzed, reveals what regressions miss: the causal mechanism.

od Alexander L. George 2005 331 stran

3.81

176 hodnocení

Politika

Sociologie

Psychologie

Snoop

od Sam Gosling • 2001

Your records, your mess, your posters: learn to read a room and know anyone fast.

3.36

5 000+

Psychologie

Věda

Osobní rozvoj

Snoop

Your records, your mess, your posters: learn to read a room and know anyone fast.

od Sam Gosling 2001 263 stran

3.36

5 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Osobní rozvoj

Tricks of the Trade

od Howard S. Becker • 1998

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

4.06

405

Sociologie

Psaní

Referenční

Tricks of the Trade

How master researchers turn the cases that break their theories into their best proof.

od Howard S. Becker 1998 241 stran

4.06

405 hodnocení

Sociologie

Psaní

Referenční

Social Physics

od Alex Pentland • 2014

Idea flow through social networks predicts team output and city GDP better than individual talent.

3.53

1 000+

Věda

Sociologie

Psychologie

Social Physics

Idea flow through social networks predicts team output and city GDP better than individual talent.

od Alex Pentland 2014 320 stran

3.53

1 000+ hodnocení

Věda

Sociologie

Psychologie

The Culture of Fear

od Barry Glassner • 1999

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

3.70

3 000+

Sociologie

Politika

Psychologie

The Culture of Fear

Crime is down, fear is up: the institutions that manufacture dread and the damage they cause.

od Barry Glassner 1999 361 stran

3.70

3 000+ hodnocení

Sociologie

Politika

Psychologie

The Happiness Industry

od William Davies • 2015

The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.

3.64

1 000+

Politika

Ekonomie

Sociologie

The Happiness Industry

The push to measure your happiness was never about your well-being. It was about control.

od William Davies 2015 320 stran

3.64

1 000+ hodnocení

Politika

Ekonomie

Sociologie

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

od Leon Festinger • 1957

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

4.02

193

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Věda

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

The mental shortcuts that run your life are full of bugs. Here's how to debug them.

od Leon Festinger 1957 304 stran

4.02

193 hodnocení

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Věda

The Art of Life

od Zygmunt Bauman • 2008

Getting richer made us shoppers, not happier, and forced endless self-reinvention without ethics.

3.76

500+

Filozofie

Sociologie

Psychologie

The Art of Life

Getting richer made us shoppers, not happier, and forced endless self-reinvention without ethics.

od Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 stran

3.76

500+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Sociologie

Psychologie

Adult ADHD

od Thom Hartmann • 2016

ADHD entrepreneurs start 300% more businesses. The reason is evolutionary. Here's the playbook.

3.70

360

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Podnikání

Adult ADHD

ADHD entrepreneurs start 300% more businesses. The reason is evolutionary. Here's the playbook.

od Thom Hartmann 2016 174 stran

3.70

360 hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Podnikání

The Narcissism Epidemic

od Jean M. Twenge • 2009

The self-esteem revolution didn't produce happier kids. It produced an epidemic of entitlement.

3.61

2 000+

Psychologie

Sociologie

Kultura

The Narcissism Epidemic

The self-esteem revolution didn't produce happier kids. It produced an epidemic of entitlement.

od Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 stran

3.61

2 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Sociologie

Kultura

The Upswing

od Robert D. Putnam • 2020

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

3.94

1 000+

Historie

Politika

Ekonomie

The Upswing

America swings between "we" and "me" eras. The pivot decade was the 1960s.

od Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 stran

3.94

1 000+ hodnocení

Historie

Politika

Ekonomie

Theories of Personality

od Duane P. Schultz • 2000

What if every theory of personality began as self-explanation? The classic survey, now updated.

3.96

486

Psychologie

Věda

Referenční

Theories of Personality

What if every theory of personality began as self-explanation? The classic survey, now updated.

od Duane P. Schultz 2000 532 stran

3.96

486 hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Referenční

Sociology

od Steve Bruce • 2000

Simplicity sells, black and white wins, and hourly billing loses. A logo designer's manual.

3.38

500+

Design

Podnikání

Umění

Sociology

Simplicity sells, black and white wins, and hourly billing loses. A logo designer's manual.

od Steve Bruce 2000 128 stran

3.38

500+ hodnocení

Design

Podnikání

Umění

The Trouble with Diversity

od Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

3.59

500+

Politika

Sociologie

Ekonomie

The Trouble with Diversity

The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.

od Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 stran

3.59

500+ hodnocení

Politika

Sociologie

Ekonomie

X Saves the World

od Jeff Gordinier • 2008

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

3.45

500+

Sociologie

Historie

Culture

X Saves the World

The slacker generation you forgot about quietly built your digital world, one micro-fix at a time.

od Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 stran

3.45

500+ hodnocení

Sociologie

Historie

Culture

Classics of Public Administration

od Jay M. Shafritz • 1978

From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.

3.65

287

Škola

Politika

Vzdělávání

Classics of Public Administration

From ancient duty to modern governance: the readings that built public administration.

od Jay M. Shafritz 1978 606 stran

3.65

287 hodnocení

Škola

Politika

Vzdělávání

How Pleasure Works

od Paul Bloom • 2010

You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.

3.71

3 000+

Psychologie

Věda

Filozofie

How Pleasure Works

You don't enjoy what you sense; you enjoy what you believe. The underlying nature of pleasure.

od Paul Bloom 2010 302 stran

3.71

3 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Filozofie

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

od Linda May Grobman • 1999

Fifty-eight social workers walk you through one day in a job everyone thinks they understand.

3.97

267

Sociální spravedlnost

Sociologie

Career

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

Fifty-eight social workers walk you through one day in a job everyone thinks they understand.

od Linda May Grobman 1999 448 stran

3.97

267 hodnocení

Sociální spravedlnost

Sociologie

Career

Mismeasuring Our Lives

od Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2009

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

3.74

338

Ekonomie

Politika

Sociologie

Mismeasuring Our Lives

GDP tracks factories, not welfare. A Nobel economist's blueprint for a better number.

od Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 172 stran

3.74

338 hodnocení

Ekonomie

Politika

Sociologie

The End of the World As We Know It

od Immanuel Wallerstein • 1999

The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.

4.01

137

Sociologie

Politika

Ekonomie

The End of the World As We Know It

The modern world-system emerged in the 1500s. It will not survive this century.

od Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 stran

4.01

137 hodnocení

Sociologie

Politika

Ekonomie

Face Value

od Alexander Todorov • 2017

Split-second face judgments are mostly wrong. They still sway elections, loans, and death sentences.

4.01

114

Psychologie

Věda

Sociologie

Face Value

Split-second face judgments are mostly wrong. They still sway elections, loans, and death sentences.

od Alexander Todorov 2017 323 stran

4.01

114 hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Sociologie

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

od Glenn Geher • 2012

Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.

3.70

210

Psychologie

Věda

Evoluce

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

Evolution wired your brain for courtship: the hidden skills that run your love life.

od Glenn Geher 2012 298 stran

3.70

210 hodnocení

Psychologie

Věda

Evoluce

Our Kids

od Robert D. Putnam • 2015

1% daily improvement yields a 365% annual gain, but only in the accounts that truly matter.

4.04

4 000+

Osobní rozvoj

Motivational

Our Kids

1% daily improvement yields a 365% annual gain, but only in the accounts that truly matter.

od Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 stran

4.04

4 000+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Motivational

Social Intelligence

od Karl Albrecht • 2005

Five dimensions of social intelligence, from reading a room to projecting presence, that IQ misses.

3.63

386

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Podnikání

Social Intelligence

Five dimensions of social intelligence, from reading a room to projecting presence, that IQ misses.

od Karl Albrecht 2005 289 stran

3.63

386 hodnocení

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

Podnikání

Hidden Order

od David D. Friedman • 1996

Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.

3.75

500+

Ekonomie

Podnikání

Politika

Hidden Order

Economics isn't about money: it's a toolkit for human behavior, from marriage to murder.

od David D. Friedman 1996 352 stran

3.75

500+ hodnocení

Ekonomie

Podnikání

Politika

How to Feel Confident

od Leil Lowndes • 2009

Shyness can be unlearned. The body language, voice, and gradual exposure methods that actually work.

3.63

239

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

How to Feel Confident

Shyness can be unlearned. The body language, voice, and gradual exposure methods that actually work.

od Leil Lowndes 2009 288 stran

3.63

239 hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Osobní rozvoj

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