Samfundsvidenskab

Vores verden pulserer med usynlige mønstre af menneskelig adfærd, gruppedynamikker og samfundsmæssige kræfter, der former alt fra venskaber til finansielle markeder. Gennem grundig forskning og overbevisende analyse belyser disse bøger, hvordan mennesker tænker, forbinder sig og organiserer sig — og afslører den skjulte arkitektur i vores sociale verden.

Samfundsvidenskab Bogresuméer

Art of Manipulation

af R.B. Sparkman • 1978

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

3.93

238

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Business

Immersiv

Art of Manipulation

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

af R.B. Sparkman 1978 181 sider

3.93

238 bedømmelser

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Business

The Man Who Shocked The World

af Thomas Blass • 2004

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

3.93

220

Psykologi

Biografi

Videnskab

Immersiv

The Man Who Shocked The World

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

af Thomas Blass 2004 392 sider

3.93

220 bedømmelser

Psykologi

Biografi

Videnskab

Bowling Alone

af Robert D. Putnam • 2000

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

3.85

9.000+

Sociologi

Politik

Historie

Bowling Alone

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

af Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 sider

3.85

9.000+ bedømmelser

Sociologi

Politik

Historie

Suicide

af Émile Durkheim • 1897

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

3.86

4.000+

Sociologi

Klassikere

Filosofi

Suicide

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

af Émile Durkheim 1897 405 sider

3.86

4.000+ bedømmelser

Sociologi

Klassikere

Filosofi

Den Lille Bog om Psykologi

af Emily Ralls • 2021

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

3.96

1.000+

Psykologi

Videnskab

Uddannelse

Den Lille Bog om Psykologi

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

af Emily Ralls 2021 130 sider

3.96

1.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Uddannelse

The Social Animal

af Elliot Aronson • 1972

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

4.30

4.000+

Psykologi

Sociologi

Videnskab

The Social Animal

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

af Elliot Aronson 1972 512 sider

4.30

4.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Sociologi

Videnskab

Normal Accidents

af Charles Perrow • 1984

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

4.05

500+

Videnskab

Sociologi

Teknologi

Normal Accidents

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

af Charles Perrow 1984 464 sider

4.05

500+ bedømmelser

Videnskab

Sociologi

Teknologi

The Rule of Law

af Tom Bingham • 2010

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

4.09

3.000+

Filosofi

Politik

Justice

The Rule of Law

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

af Tom Bingham 2010 203 sider

4.09

3.000+ bedømmelser

Filosofi

Politik

Justice

The Social Animal

af David Brooks • 2011

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

3.86

24.000+

Psykologi

Sociologi

Videnskab

The Social Animal

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

af David Brooks 2011 448 sider

3.86

24.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Sociologi

Videnskab

The Sociological Imagination

af C. Wright Mills • 1959

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

4.16

3.000+

Sociologi

Filosofi

Politik

The Sociological Imagination

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

af C. Wright Mills 1959 248 sider

4.16

3.000+ bedømmelser

Sociologi

Filosofi

Politik

Obedience to Authority

af Stanley Milgram • 1974

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

4.19

4.000+

Psykologi

Videnskab

Sociologi

Obedience to Authority

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

af Stanley Milgram 1974 256 sider

4.19

4.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Sociologi

The Struggle for Recognition

af Axel Honneth • 1996

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

4.14

299

Filosofi

Sociologi

Politik

The Struggle for Recognition

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

af Axel Honneth 1996 240 sider

4.14

299 bedømmelser

Filosofi

Sociologi

Politik

Beauty Pays

af 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

Økonomi

Sociologi

Psykologi

Beauty Pays

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

af Daniel S. Hamermesh 2011 224 sider

3.17

142 bedømmelser

Økonomi

Sociologi

Psykologi

The Intelligence Paradox

af Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

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

3.52

500+

Psykologi

Videnskab

Evolution

The Intelligence Paradox

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

af Satoshi Kanazawa 2012 266 sider

3.52

500+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Evolution

Connected

af Nicholas A. Christakis • 2008

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

3.74

4.000+

Psykologi

Sociologi

Videnskab

Connected

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

af Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 sider

3.74

4.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Sociologi

Videnskab

The Case Against Education

af Bryan Caplan • 2018

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

3.94

2.000+

Uddannelse

Økonomi

Politik

The Case Against Education

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

af Bryan Caplan 2018 416 sider

3.94

2.000+ bedømmelser

Uddannelse

Økonomi

Politik

The Nurture Assumption

af Judith Rich Harris • 1998

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

4.14

1.000+

Psykologi

Sociologi

Forældreskab

The Nurture Assumption

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

af Judith Rich Harris 1998 480 sider

4.14

1.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Sociologi

Forældreskab

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

af Stephen LaBerge • 1986

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

3.99

500+

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Videnskab

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.

af Stephen LaBerge 1986 304 sider

3.99

500+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Videnskab

Mystery

af Jonah Lehrer • 2021

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

3.84

189

Psykologi

Videnskab

Filosofi

Mystery

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

af Jonah Lehrer 2021 240 sider

3.84

189 bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Filosofi

Saving the Modern Soul

af Eva Illouz • 2008

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

4.08

184

Sociologi

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Saving the Modern Soul

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

af Eva Illouz 2008 304 sider

4.08

184 bedømmelser

Sociologi

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Thinking Like a Lawyer

af Frederick Schauer • 2009

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

3.89

323

Jura

Filosofi

Uddannelse

Thinking Like a Lawyer

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

af Frederick Schauer 2009 256 sider

3.89

323 bedømmelser

Jura

Filosofi

Uddannelse

Curse of the High IQ

af Aaron Clarey • 2016

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

3.52

500+

Selvhjælp

Psykologi

Filosofi

Curse of the High IQ

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

af Aaron Clarey 2016 154 sider

3.52

500+ bedømmelser

Selvhjælp

Psykologi

Filosofi

Against Democracy

af Jason Brennan • 2016

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

3.68

1.000+

Politik

Filosofi

Sociologi

Against Democracy

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

af Jason Brennan 2016 304 sider

3.68

1.000+ bedømmelser

Politik

Filosofi

Sociologi

The Armchair Economist

af Steven E. Landsburg • 1993

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

3.72

4.000+

Økonomi

Business

Finans

The Armchair Economist

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

af Steven E. Landsburg 1993 336 sider

3.72

4.000+ bedømmelser

Økonomi

Business

Finans

Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

af Alexander L. George • 2005

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

3.81

176

Politik

Sociologi

Psykologi

Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

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

af Alexander L. George 2005 331 sider

3.81

176 bedømmelser

Politik

Sociologi

Psykologi

Snoop

af Sam Gosling • 2001

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

3.36

5.000+

Psykologi

Videnskab

Selvhjælp

Snoop

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

af Sam Gosling 2001 263 sider

3.36

5.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Selvhjælp

Tricks of the Trade

af Howard S. Becker • 1998

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

4.06

405

Sociologi

Skrivning

Opslagsværker

Tricks of the Trade

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

af Howard S. Becker 1998 241 sider

4.06

405 bedømmelser

Sociologi

Skrivning

Opslagsværker

Social Physics

af Alex Pentland • 2014

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

3.53

1.000+

Videnskab

Sociologi

Psykologi

Social Physics

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

af Alex Pentland 2014 320 sider

3.53

1.000+ bedømmelser

Videnskab

Sociologi

Psykologi

The Culture of Fear

af Barry Glassner • 1999

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

3.70

3.000+

Sociologi

Politik

Psykologi

The Culture of Fear

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

af Barry Glassner 1999 361 sider

3.70

3.000+ bedømmelser

Sociologi

Politik

Psykologi

The Happiness Industry

af William Davies • 2015

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

3.64

1.000+

Politik

Økonomi

Sociologi

The Happiness Industry

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

af William Davies 2015 320 sider

3.64

1.000+ bedømmelser

Politik

Økonomi

Sociologi

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

af Leon Festinger • 1957

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

4.02

193

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Videnskab

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

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

af Leon Festinger 1957 304 sider

4.02

193 bedømmelser

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Videnskab

The Art of Life

af Zygmunt Bauman • 2008

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

3.76

500+

Filosofi

Sociologi

Psykologi

The Art of Life

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

af Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 sider

3.76

500+ bedømmelser

Filosofi

Sociologi

Psykologi

Adult ADHD

af Thom Hartmann • 2016

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

3.70

360

Selvhjælp

Psykologi

Business

Adult ADHD

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

af Thom Hartmann 2016 174 sider

3.70

360 bedømmelser

Selvhjælp

Psykologi

Business

The Narcissism Epidemic

af Jean M. Twenge • 2009

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

3.61

2.000+

Psykologi

Sociologi

Kulturel

The Narcissism Epidemic

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

af Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 sider

3.61

2.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Sociologi

Kulturel

The Upswing

af Robert D. Putnam • 2020

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

3.94

1.000+

Historie

Politik

Økonomi

The Upswing

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

af Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 sider

3.94

1.000+ bedømmelser

Historie

Politik

Økonomi

Theories of Personality

af Duane P. Schultz • 2000

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

3.96

486

Psykologi

Videnskab

Opslagsværker

Theories of Personality

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

af Duane P. Schultz 2000 532 sider

3.96

486 bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Opslagsværker

Sociology

af Steve Bruce • 2000

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

3.38

500+

Design

Business

Kunst

Sociology

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

af Steve Bruce 2000 128 sider

3.38

500+ bedømmelser

Design

Business

Kunst

The Trouble with Diversity

af Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

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

3.59

500+

Politik

Sociologi

Økonomi

The Trouble with Diversity

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

af Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 sider

3.59

500+ bedømmelser

Politik

Sociologi

Økonomi

X Saves the World

af Jeff Gordinier • 2008

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

3.45

500+

Sociologi

Historie

Culture

X Saves the World

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

af Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 sider

3.45

500+ bedømmelser

Sociologi

Historie

Culture

Classics of Public Administration

af Jay M. Shafritz • 1978

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

3.65

287

Skole

Politik

Uddannelse

Classics of Public Administration

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

af Jay M. Shafritz 1978 606 sider

3.65

287 bedømmelser

Skole

Politik

Uddannelse

How Pleasure Works

af Paul Bloom • 2010

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

3.71

3.000+

Psykologi

Videnskab

Filosofi

How Pleasure Works

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

af Paul Bloom 2010 302 sider

3.71

3.000+ bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Filosofi

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

af Linda May Grobman • 1999

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

3.97

267

Social retfærdighed

Sociologi

Career

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

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

af Linda May Grobman 1999 448 sider

3.97

267 bedømmelser

Social retfærdighed

Sociologi

Career

Mismeasuring Our Lives

af Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2009

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

3.74

338

Økonomi

Politik

Sociologi

Mismeasuring Our Lives

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

af Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 172 sider

3.74

338 bedømmelser

Økonomi

Politik

Sociologi

The End of the World As We Know It

af Immanuel Wallerstein • 1999

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

4.01

137

Sociologi

Politik

Økonomi

The End of the World As We Know It

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

af Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 sider

4.01

137 bedømmelser

Sociologi

Politik

Økonomi

Face Value

af Alexander Todorov • 2017

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

4.01

114

Psykologi

Videnskab

Sociologi

Face Value

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

af Alexander Todorov 2017 323 sider

4.01

114 bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Sociologi

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

af Glenn Geher • 2012

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

3.70

210

Psykologi

Videnskab

Evolution

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

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

af Glenn Geher 2012 298 sider

3.70

210 bedømmelser

Psykologi

Videnskab

Evolution

Our Kids

af Robert D. Putnam • 2015

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

4.04

4.000+

Selvhjælp

Personlig udvikling

Motivational

Our Kids

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

af Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 sider

4.04

4.000+ bedømmelser

Selvhjælp

Personlig udvikling

Motivational

Social Intelligence

af Karl Albrecht • 2005

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

3.63

386

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Business

Social Intelligence

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

af Karl Albrecht 2005 289 sider

3.63

386 bedømmelser

Psykologi

Selvhjælp

Business

Hidden Order

af David D. Friedman • 1996

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

3.75

500+

Økonomi

Business

Politik

Hidden Order

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

af David D. Friedman 1996 352 sider

3.75

500+ bedømmelser

Økonomi

Business

Politik

How to Feel Confident

af Leil Lowndes • 2009

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

3.63

239

Selvhjælp

Psykologi

Personlig udvikling

How to Feel Confident

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

af Leil Lowndes 2009 288 sider

3.63

239 bedømmelser

Selvhjælp

Psykologi

Personlig udvikling

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