Sociālās zinātnes

Mūsu pasaule pulsē ar neredzamiem cilvēku uzvedības modeļiem, grupu dinamiku un sabiedrības spēkiem, kas veido visu — no draudzībām līdz finanšu tirgiem. Ar rūpīgu pētniecību un pārliecinošu analīzi šīs grāmatas atklāj, kā cilvēki domā, veido savstarpējās saites un organizējas — atsedzot mūsu sociālās pasaules slēpto arhitektūru.

Sociālās zinātnes Grāmatu kopsavilkumi

Art of Manipulation

autors: R.B. Sparkman • 1978

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

3.93

238

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Bizness

Iespaidīgās

Art of Manipulation

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

autors: R.B. Sparkman 1978 181 lappuses

3.93

238 vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Bizness

The Man Who Shocked The World

autors: Thomas Blass • 2004

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

3.93

220

Psiholoģija

Biogrāfija

Zinātne

The Man Who Shocked The World Kopsavilkums

Iespaidīgās

The Man Who Shocked The World

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

autors: Thomas Blass 2004 392 lappuses

3.93

220 vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Biogrāfija

Zinātne

Bowling Alone

autors: Robert D. Putnam • 2000

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

3.85

9000+

Socioloģija

Politika

Vēsture

Bowling Alone

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

autors: Robert D. Putnam 2000 544 lappuses

3.85

9000+ vērtējumi

Socioloģija

Politika

Vēsture

Suicide

autors: Émile Durkheim • 1897

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

3.86

4000+

Socioloģija

Klasika

Filozofija

Suicide

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

autors: Émile Durkheim 1897 405 lappuses

3.86

4000+ vērtējumi

Socioloģija

Klasika

Filozofija

The Little Book of Psychology

autors: Emily Ralls • 2021

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

3.96

1000+

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Izglītība

The Little Book of Psychology

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

autors: Emily Ralls 2021 130 lappuses

3.96

1000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Izglītība

The Social Animal

autors: Elliot Aronson • 1972

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

4.30

4000+

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Zinātne

The Social Animal

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

autors: Elliot Aronson 1972 512 lappuses

4.30

4000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Zinātne

Normal Accidents

autors: Charles Perrow • 1984

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

4.05

500+

Zinātne

Socioloģija

Tehnoloģijas

Normal Accidents

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

autors: Charles Perrow 1984 464 lappuses

4.05

500+ vērtējumi

Zinātne

Socioloģija

Tehnoloģijas

The Rule of Law

autors: Tom Bingham • 2010

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

4.09

3000+

Filozofija

Politika

Justice

The Rule of Law

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

autors: Tom Bingham 2010 203 lappuses

4.09

3000+ vērtējumi

Filozofija

Politika

Justice

The Social Animal

autors: David Brooks • 2011

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

3.86

24 000+

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Zinātne

The Social Animal

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

autors: David Brooks 2011 448 lappuses

3.86

24 000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Zinātne

The Sociological Imagination

autors: C. Wright Mills • 1959

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

4.16

3000+

Socioloģija

Filozofija

Politika

The Sociological Imagination

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

autors: C. Wright Mills 1959 248 lappuses

4.16

3000+ vērtējumi

Socioloģija

Filozofija

Politika

Obedience to Authority

autors: Stanley Milgram • 1974

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

4.19

4000+

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Socioloģija

Obedience to Authority

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

autors: Stanley Milgram 1974 256 lappuses

4.19

4000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Socioloģija

The Struggle for Recognition

autors: Axel Honneth • 1996

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

4.14

299

Filozofija

Socioloģija

Politika

The Struggle for Recognition

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

autors: Axel Honneth 1996 240 lappuses

4.14

299 vērtējumi

Filozofija

Socioloģija

Politika

Beauty Pays

autors: 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

Ekonomika

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

Beauty Pays

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

autors: Daniel S. Hamermesh 2011 224 lappuses

3.17

142 vērtējumi

Ekonomika

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

The Intelligence Paradox

autors: Satoshi Kanazawa • 2012

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

3.52

500+

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Evolūcija

The Intelligence Paradox

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

autors: Satoshi Kanazawa 2012 266 lappuses

3.52

500+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Evolūcija

Connected

autors: Nicholas A. Christakis • 2008

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

3.74

4000+

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Zinātne

Connected

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

autors: Nicholas A. Christakis 2008 336 lappuses

3.74

4000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Zinātne

The Case Against Education

autors: Bryan Caplan • 2018

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

3.94

2000+

Izglītība

Ekonomika

Politika

The Case Against Education

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

autors: Bryan Caplan 2018 416 lappuses

3.94

2000+ vērtējumi

Izglītība

Ekonomika

Politika

The Nurture Assumption

autors: Judith Rich Harris • 1998

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

4.14

1000+

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Vecāku padomi

The Nurture Assumption

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

autors: Judith Rich Harris 1998 480 lappuses

4.14

1000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Vecāku padomi

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

autors: Stephen LaBerge • 1986

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

3.99

500+

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Zinātne

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.

autors: Stephen LaBerge 1986 304 lappuses

3.99

500+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Zinātne

Mystery

autors: Jonah Lehrer • 2021

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

3.84

189

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Filozofija

Mystery

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

autors: Jonah Lehrer 2021 240 lappuses

3.84

189 vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Filozofija

Saving the Modern Soul

autors: Eva Illouz • 2008

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

4.08

184

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Saving the Modern Soul

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

autors: Eva Illouz 2008 304 lappuses

4.08

184 vērtējumi

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Thinking Like a Lawyer

autors: Frederick Schauer • 2009

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

3.89

323

Tiesības

Filozofija

Izglītība

Thinking Like a Lawyer

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

autors: Frederick Schauer 2009 256 lappuses

3.89

323 vērtējumi

Tiesības

Filozofija

Izglītība

Curse of the High IQ

autors: Aaron Clarey • 2016

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

3.52

500+

Pašpalīdzība

Psiholoģija

Filozofija

Curse of the High IQ

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

autors: Aaron Clarey 2016 154 lappuses

3.52

500+ vērtējumi

Pašpalīdzība

Psiholoģija

Filozofija

Against Democracy

autors: Jason Brennan • 2016

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

3.68

1000+

Politika

Filozofija

Socioloģija

Against Democracy

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

autors: Jason Brennan 2016 304 lappuses

3.68

1000+ vērtējumi

Politika

Filozofija

Socioloģija

The Armchair Economist

autors: Steven E. Landsburg • 1993

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

3.72

4000+

Ekonomika

Bizness

Finanses

The Armchair Economist

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

autors: Steven E. Landsburg 1993 336 lappuses

3.72

4000+ vērtējumi

Ekonomika

Bizness

Finanses

Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

autors: Alexander L. George • 2005

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

3.81

176

Politika

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

Case Studies And Theory Development In The Social Sciences

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

autors: Alexander L. George 2005 331 lappuses

3.81

176 vērtējumi

Politika

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

Snoop

autors: Sam Gosling • 2001

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

3.36

5000+

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Pašpalīdzība

Snoop

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

autors: Sam Gosling 2001 263 lappuses

3.36

5000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Pašpalīdzība

Tricks of the Trade

autors: Howard S. Becker • 1998

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

4.06

405

Socioloģija

Rakstīšana

Uzziņu literatūra

Tricks of the Trade

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

autors: Howard S. Becker 1998 241 lappuses

4.06

405 vērtējumi

Socioloģija

Rakstīšana

Uzziņu literatūra

Social Physics

autors: Alex Pentland • 2014

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

3.53

1000+

Zinātne

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

Social Physics

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

autors: Alex Pentland 2014 320 lappuses

3.53

1000+ vērtējumi

Zinātne

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

The Culture of Fear

autors: Barry Glassner • 1999

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

3.70

3000+

Socioloģija

Politika

Psiholoģija

The Culture of Fear

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

autors: Barry Glassner 1999 361 lappuses

3.70

3000+ vērtējumi

Socioloģija

Politika

Psiholoģija

The Happiness Industry

autors: William Davies • 2015

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

3.64

1000+

Politika

Ekonomika

Socioloģija

The Happiness Industry

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

autors: William Davies 2015 320 lappuses

3.64

1000+ vērtējumi

Politika

Ekonomika

Socioloģija

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

autors: Leon Festinger • 1957

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

4.02

193

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Zinātne

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

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

autors: Leon Festinger 1957 304 lappuses

4.02

193 vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Zinātne

The Art of Life

autors: Zygmunt Bauman • 2008

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

3.76

500+

Filozofija

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

The Art of Life

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

autors: Zygmunt Bauman 2008 208 lappuses

3.76

500+ vērtējumi

Filozofija

Socioloģija

Psiholoģija

Adult ADHD

autors: Thom Hartmann • 2016

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

3.70

360

Pašpalīdzība

Psiholoģija

Bizness

Adult ADHD

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

autors: Thom Hartmann 2016 174 lappuses

3.70

360 vērtējumi

Pašpalīdzība

Psiholoģija

Bizness

The Narcissism Epidemic

autors: Jean M. Twenge • 2009

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

3.61

2000+

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Kultūra

The Narcissism Epidemic

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

autors: Jean M. Twenge 2009 352 lappuses

3.61

2000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Socioloģija

Kultūra

The Upswing

autors: Robert D. Putnam • 2020

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

3.94

1000+

Vēsture

Politika

Ekonomika

The Upswing

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

autors: Robert D. Putnam 2020 464 lappuses

3.94

1000+ vērtējumi

Vēsture

Politika

Ekonomika

Theories of Personality

autors: Duane P. Schultz • 2000

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

3.96

486

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Uzziņu literatūra

Theories of Personality

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

autors: Duane P. Schultz 2000 532 lappuses

3.96

486 vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Uzziņu literatūra

Sociology

autors: Steve Bruce • 2000

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

3.38

500+

Dizains

Bizness

Māksla

Sociology

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

autors: Steve Bruce 2000 128 lappuses

3.38

500+ vērtējumi

Dizains

Bizness

Māksla

The Trouble with Diversity

autors: Walter Benn Michaels • 2006

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

3.59

500+

Politika

Socioloģija

Ekonomika

The Trouble with Diversity

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

autors: Walter Benn Michaels 2006 256 lappuses

3.59

500+ vērtējumi

Politika

Socioloģija

Ekonomika

X Saves the World

autors: Jeff Gordinier • 2008

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

3.45

500+

Socioloģija

Vēsture

Culture

X Saves the World

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

autors: Jeff Gordinier 2008 224 lappuses

3.45

500+ vērtējumi

Socioloģija

Vēsture

Culture

Classics of Public Administration

autors: Jay M. Shafritz • 1978

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

3.65

287

Skola

Politika

Izglītība

Classics of Public Administration

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

autors: Jay M. Shafritz 1978 606 lappuses

3.65

287 vērtējumi

Skola

Politika

Izglītība

How Pleasure Works

autors: Paul Bloom • 2010

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

3.71

3000+

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Filozofija

How Pleasure Works

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

autors: Paul Bloom 2010 302 lappuses

3.71

3000+ vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Filozofija

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

autors: Linda May Grobman • 1999

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

3.97

267

Sociālais taisnīgums

Socioloģija

Career

Days in the Lives of Social Workers

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

autors: Linda May Grobman 1999 448 lappuses

3.97

267 vērtējumi

Sociālais taisnīgums

Socioloģija

Career

Mismeasuring Our Lives

autors: Joseph E. Stiglitz • 2009

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

3.74

338

Ekonomika

Politika

Socioloģija

Mismeasuring Our Lives

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

autors: Joseph E. Stiglitz 2009 172 lappuses

3.74

338 vērtējumi

Ekonomika

Politika

Socioloģija

The End of the World As We Know It

autors: Immanuel Wallerstein • 1999

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

4.01

137

Socioloģija

Politika

Ekonomika

The End of the World As We Know It

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

autors: Immanuel Wallerstein 1999 288 lappuses

4.01

137 vērtējumi

Socioloģija

Politika

Ekonomika

Face Value

autors: Alexander Todorov • 2017

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

4.01

114

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Socioloģija

Face Value

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

autors: Alexander Todorov 2017 323 lappuses

4.01

114 vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Socioloģija

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

autors: Glenn Geher • 2012

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

3.70

210

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Evolūcija

Mating Intelligence Unleashed

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

autors: Glenn Geher 2012 298 lappuses

3.70

210 vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Zinātne

Evolūcija

Our Kids

autors: Robert D. Putnam • 2015

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

4.04

4000+

Pašpalīdzība

Personīgā attīstība

Motivational

Our Kids

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

autors: Robert D. Putnam 2015 386 lappuses

4.04

4000+ vērtējumi

Pašpalīdzība

Personīgā attīstība

Motivational

Social Intelligence

autors: Karl Albrecht • 2005

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

3.63

386

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Bizness

Social Intelligence

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

autors: Karl Albrecht 2005 289 lappuses

3.63

386 vērtējumi

Psiholoģija

Pašpalīdzība

Bizness

Hidden Order

autors: David D. Friedman • 1996

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

3.75

500+

Ekonomika

Bizness

Politika

Hidden Order

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

autors: David D. Friedman 1996 352 lappuses

3.75

500+ vērtējumi

Ekonomika

Bizness

Politika

How to Feel Confident

autors: Leil Lowndes • 2009

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

3.63

239

Pašpalīdzība

Psiholoģija

Personīgā attīstība

How to Feel Confident

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

autors: Leil Lowndes 2009 288 lappuses

3.63

239 vērtējumi

Pašpalīdzība

Psiholoģija

Personīgā attīstība

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