Društvene znanosti

Naš svijet pulsira nevidljivim obrascima ljudskog ponašanja, grupnom dinamikom i društvenim silama koje oblikuju sve, od prijateljstava do financijskih tržišta. Kroz rigorozna istraživanja i uvjerljive analize, ove knjige osvjetljavaju kako ljudi misle, povezuju se i organiziraju — otkrivajući skrivenu arhitekturu našeg društvenog svijeta.

Društvene znanosti Sažeci knjiga

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

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Poslovanje

Imerzivno

Art of Manipulation

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

od R.B. Sparkman 1978 181 stranica

3.93

238 ocjena

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Poslovanje

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

Psihologija

Biografija

Znanost

Imerzivno

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 stranica

3.93

220 ocjena

Psihologija

Biografija

Znanost

Bowling Alone

od Robert D. Putnam • 2000

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

3.85

9.000+

Sociologija

Politika

Povijest

Bowling Alone

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

od Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 stranica

3.85

9.000+ ocjena

Sociologija

Politika

Povijest

Suicide

od Émile Durkheim • 1897

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

3.86

4.000+

Sociologija

Klasici

Filozofija

Suicide

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

od Émile Durkheim 1897 405 stranica

3.86

4.000+ ocjena

Sociologija

Klasici

Filozofija

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+

Psihologija

Znanost

Obrazovanje

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 stranica

3.96

1.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Obrazovanje

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+

Psihologija

Sociologija

Znanost

The Social Animal

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

od Elliot Aronson 1972 512 stranica

4.30

4.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Sociologija

Znanost

Normal Accidents

od Charles Perrow • 1984

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

4.05

500+

Znanost

Sociologija

Tehnologija

Normal Accidents

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

od Charles Perrow 1984 464 stranica

4.05

500+ ocjena

Znanost

Sociologija

Tehnologija

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+

Filozofija

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 stranica

4.09

3.000+ ocjena

Filozofija

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+

Psihologija

Sociologija

Znanost

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 stranica

3.86

24.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Sociologija

Znanost

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+

Sociologija

Filozofija

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 stranica

4.16

3.000+ ocjena

Sociologija

Filozofija

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+

Psihologija

Znanost

Sociologija

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 stranica

4.19

4.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Sociologija

The Struggle for Recognition

od Axel Honneth • 1996

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

4.14

299

Filozofija

Sociologija

Politika

The Struggle for Recognition

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

od Axel Honneth 1996 240 stranica

4.14

299 ocjena

Filozofija

Sociologija

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

Ekonomija

Sociologija

Psihologija

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 stranica

3.17

142 ocjena

Ekonomija

Sociologija

Psihologija

The Intelligence Paradox

od Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

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

3.52

500+

Psihologija

Znanost

Evolucija

The Intelligence Paradox

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

od Satoshi Kanazawa 2012 266 stranica

3.52

500+ ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Evolucija

Connected

od Nicholas A. Christakis • 2008

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

3.74

4.000+

Psihologija

Sociologija

Znanost

Connected

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

od Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 stranica

3.74

4.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Sociologija

Znanost

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+

Obrazovanje

Ekonomija

Politika

The Case Against Education

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

od Bryan Caplan 2018 416 stranica

3.94

2.000+ ocjena

Obrazovanje

Ekonomija

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+

Psihologija

Sociologija

Roditeljstvo

The Nurture Assumption

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

od Judith Rich Harris 1998 480 stranica

4.14

1.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Sociologija

Roditeljstvo

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+

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Znanost

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 stranica

3.99

500+ ocjena

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Znanost

Mystery

od Jonah Lehrer • 2021

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

3.84

189

Psihologija

Znanost

Filozofija

Mystery

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

od Jonah Lehrer 2021 240 stranica

3.84

189 ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Filozofija

Saving the Modern Soul

od Eva Illouz • 2008

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

4.08

184

Sociologija

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Saving the Modern Soul

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

od Eva Illouz 2008 304 stranica

4.08

184 ocjena

Sociologija

Psihologija

Samopomoć

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

Pravo

Filozofija

Obrazovanje

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 stranica

3.89

323 ocjena

Pravo

Filozofija

Obrazovanje

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+

Samopomoć

Psihologija

Filozofija

Curse of the High IQ

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

od Aaron Clarey 2016 154 stranica

3.52

500+ ocjena

Samopomoć

Psihologija

Filozofija

Against Democracy

od Jason Brennan • 2016

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

3.68

1.000+

Politika

Filozofija

Sociologija

Against Democracy

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

od Jason Brennan 2016 304 stranica

3.68

1.000+ ocjena

Politika

Filozofija

Sociologija

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+

Ekonomija

Poslovanje

Financije

The Armchair Economist

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

od Steven E. Landsburg 1993 336 stranica

3.72

4.000+ ocjena

Ekonomija

Poslovanje

Financije

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

Sociologija

Psihologija

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 stranica

3.81

176 ocjena

Politika

Sociologija

Psihologija

Snoop

od Sam Gosling • 2001

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

3.36

5.000+

Psihologija

Znanost

Samopomoć

Snoop

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

od Sam Gosling 2001 263 stranica

3.36

5.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Samopomoć

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

Sociologija

Pisanje

Referenca

Tricks of the Trade

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

od Howard S. Becker 1998 241 stranica

4.06

405 ocjena

Sociologija

Pisanje

Referenca

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+

Znanost

Sociologija

Psihologija

Social Physics

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

od Alex Pentland 2014 320 stranica

3.53

1.000+ ocjena

Znanost

Sociologija

Psihologija

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+

Sociologija

Politika

Psihologija

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 stranica

3.70

3.000+ ocjena

Sociologija

Politika

Psihologija

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

Ekonomija

Sociologija

The Happiness Industry

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

od William Davies 2015 320 stranica

3.64

1.000+ ocjena

Politika

Ekonomija

Sociologija

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

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Znanost

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 stranica

4.02

193 ocjena

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Znanost

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+

Filozofija

Sociologija

Psihologija

The Art of Life

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

od Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 stranica

3.76

500+ ocjena

Filozofija

Sociologija

Psihologija

Adult ADHD

od Thom Hartmann • 2016

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

3.70

360

Samopomoć

Psihologija

Poslovanje

Adult ADHD

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

od Thom Hartmann 2016 174 stranica

3.70

360 ocjena

Samopomoć

Psihologija

Poslovanje

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+

Psihologija

Sociologija

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 stranica

3.61

2.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Sociologija

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+

Povijest

Politika

Ekonomija

The Upswing

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

od Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 stranica

3.94

1.000+ ocjena

Povijest

Politika

Ekonomija

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

Psihologija

Znanost

Referenca

Theories of Personality

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

od Duane P. Schultz 2000 532 stranica

3.96

486 ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Referenca

Sociology

od Steve Bruce • 2000

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

3.38

500+

Dizajn

Poslovanje

Umjetnost

Sociology

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

od Steve Bruce 2000 128 stranica

3.38

500+ ocjena

Dizajn

Poslovanje

Umjetnost

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

Sociologija

Ekonomija

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 stranica

3.59

500+ ocjena

Politika

Sociologija

Ekonomija

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+

Sociologija

Povijest

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 stranica

3.45

500+ ocjena

Sociologija

Povijest

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

Obrazovanje

Classics of Public Administration

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

od Jay M. Shafritz 1978 606 stranica

3.65

287 ocjena

Škola

Politika

Obrazovanje

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+

Psihologija

Znanost

Filozofija

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 stranica

3.71

3.000+ ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Filozofija

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

Socijalna pravda

Sociologija

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 stranica

3.97

267 ocjena

Socijalna pravda

Sociologija

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

Ekonomija

Politika

Sociologija

Mismeasuring Our Lives

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

od Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 172 stranica

3.74

338 ocjena

Ekonomija

Politika

Sociologija

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

Sociologija

Politika

Ekonomija

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 stranica

4.01

137 ocjena

Sociologija

Politika

Ekonomija

Face Value

od Alexander Todorov • 2017

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

4.01

114

Psihologija

Znanost

Sociologija

Face Value

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

od Alexander Todorov 2017 323 stranica

4.01

114 ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Sociologija

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

od Glenn Geher • 2012

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

3.70

210

Psihologija

Znanost

Evolucija

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

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

od Glenn Geher 2012 298 stranica

3.70

210 ocjena

Psihologija

Znanost

Evolucija

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+

Samopomoć

Osobni razvoj

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 stranica

4.04

4.000+ ocjena

Samopomoć

Osobni razvoj

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

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Poslovanje

Social Intelligence

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

od Karl Albrecht 2005 289 stranica

3.63

386 ocjena

Psihologija

Samopomoć

Poslovanje

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+

Ekonomija

Poslovanje

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 stranica

3.75

500+ ocjena

Ekonomija

Poslovanje

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

Samopomoć

Psihologija

Osobni razvoj

How to Feel Confident

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

od Leil Lowndes 2009 288 stranica

3.63

239 ocjena

Samopomoć

Psihologija

Osobni razvoj

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