Jonathan Haidt Knihy

V knihe Úzkostná generácia sociálny psychológ Jonathan Haidt uvádza fakty o epidémii duševných chorôb dospievajúcich, ktorá zasiahla mnohé krajiny v rovnakom čase. Skúma podstatu detstva vrátane toho, prečo deti potrebujú hru a nezávislé skúmanie, aby dozreli na kompetentných a prosperujúcich dospelých. Ukazuje, ako detstvo založené na hre začalo upadať v 80. rokoch 20. storočia a ako ho napokon zlikvidoval príchod detstva založeného na telefóne začiatkom roka 2010. Predstavuje viac ako tucet mechanizmov, ktorými táto zásadná zmena detstva zasiahla do sociálneho a neurologického vývoja detí, pričom zahŕňa všetko od nedostatku spánku po trieštenie pozornosti, závislosť, osamelosť, porovnávanie sa s ostatnými na internete a perfekcionizmus. Vysvetľuje, prečo sociálne siete škodia viac dievčatám ako chlapcom a prečo sa chlapci sťahujú z reálneho do virtuálneho sveta, čo má katastrofálne dôsledky pre nich samých, ich rodiny a spoločnosť.

Proč existují rozdíly v lidském jednání a rozhodování? Jakou roli hraje morálka v našem uvažování? Tyto otázky zkoumá psycholog Jonathan Haidt. Analyzuje teorie starých filozofů a dospívá k současným debatám o původu morálky: je vrozená, nebo formována zkušenostmi z dětství? Pokud je vrozená, proč se názory na morální témata liší napříč kulturami? A pokud je získaná, jak to, že lze nalézt opakující se vzorce? Haidt tvrdí, že naše morální úsudky vycházejí z intuice, zatímco rozumové uvažování slouží k obhajobě těchto intuic. Jsme tedy spíše „intuitivní právníci“, kteří hledají argumenty pro své názory. Haidtovo vyprávění je obohaceno osobními příběhy, jako je jeho dětství, které ho nasměrovalo k levici, a studijní pobyt v Indii, jenž ho přiměl přehodnotit své názory. Popisuje pět základů morálky a ukazuje, proč sympatizanti levice kladou důraz na dva z nich, zatímco pravice se opírá o všechny. Tím odhaluje nedorozumění, která z toho vyplývají. Dokáže tato kniha zúžit propast mezi individualistickými a sociocentrickými společnostmi a mezi politickou levicí a pravicí?

Podtitul: Hledání moderních pravd ve staré moudrosti. Jak naplnit svůj život a dát mu smysl? Může být pomsta sladká? Co je štěstí a jak ho dosáhnout? K čemu je nám ctnost? Proč a jak vycházet s ostatními lidmi? Jak vyvážit rozum a city? To jsou příklady velkých filozofických, náboženských a psychologických otázek, na které po mnoho tisíc let hledali a nacházeli odpovědi největší myslitelé Západu i Východu. Americký sociální psycholog Jonathan Haidt v deseti kapitolách probírá deset základních aspektů těchto velkých problémů porovnává závěry nejvýznamnějších autorit minulosti s tím, co nám říkají poslední sociologické, psychologické a neurologické výzkumy. Je pozoruhodné, kolik z myšlenek starých mudrců potvrzuje moderní věda, některé závěry jsou však se současnými poznatky o anatomii mozku, mysli i lidské společnosti v rozporu. Autor si na dobrodružné cestě po zákoutích lidského nitra pomáhá názornou metaforu jezdce (rozumu) na slonu (iracionálních pohnutkách), která je od té doby v psychologii užívána s velkým úspěchem.

"For over a generation, shocking cases of censorship at America’s colleges and universities have taught students the wrong lessons about living in a free society. Drawing on a decade of experience battling for freedom of speech on campus, First Amendment lawyer Greg Lukianoff reveals how higher education fails to teach students to become critical thinkers: by stifling open debate, our campuses are supercharging ideological divisions, promoting groupthink, and encouraging an unscholarly certainty about complex issues. Lukianoff walks readers through the life of a modern-day college student, from orientation to the end of freshman year. Through this lens, he describes startling violations of free speech rights: a student in Indiana punished for publicly reading a book, a student in Georgia expelled for a pro-environment collage he posted on Facebook, students at Yale banned from putting an F. Scott Fitzgerald quote on a T shirt, and students across the country corralled into tiny “free speech zones” when they wanted to express their views. But Lukianoff goes further, demonstrating how this culture of censorship is bleeding into the larger society. As he explores public controversies involving Juan Williams, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Maher, Richard Dawkins, Larry Summers—even Dave Barry and Jon Stewart—Lukianoff paints a stark picture of our ability as a nation to discuss important issues rationally. Unlearning Liberty: Campus Censorship and the End of American Debate illuminates how intolerance for dissent and debate on today’s campus threatens the freedom of every citizen and makes us all just a little bit dumber"--amazon.com

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The #1 bestselling author of The Anxious Generation and acclaimed social psychologist challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike—a “landmark contribution to humanity’s understanding of itself” (The New York Times Book Review). Drawing on his twenty-five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts. If you’re ready to trade in anger for understanding, read The Righteous Mind.

Three bad ideas. The untruth of fragility : what doesn't kill you makes you weaker ; The untruth of emotional reasoning : always trust your feelings ; The untruth of us versus them : life is a battle between good people and evil people -- Bad ideas in action. Intimidation and violence ; Witch hunts -- How did we get here? The polarization cycle ; Anxiety and depression ; Paranoid parenting ; The decline of play ; The bureaucracy of safetyism ; The quest for justice -- Wising up. Wiser kids ; Wiser universities ; Wiser societies.

Why can it sometimes feel as though half the population is living in a different moral universe? Why do ideas such as 'fairness' and 'freedom' mean such different things to different people? And why do political views which conflict with our own often seem illogical? Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt reveals how the conflict, self-righteousness and hypocrisy that can make it so hard for us to get along are actually the natural expression of our moral minds. Drawing on twenty-five years of groundbreaking research, Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from intuition, and why we evolved to be this way. Morality binds and blinds, but this book will help you to see and understand your friends, enemies and fellow citizens as never before. 'If you want to know why you hold your moral beliefs and why many people disagree with you, read this book.' Simon Baron-Cohen, author of The Essential Difference 'A truly seminal book.' David Goodhart, Prospect 'A tour de force - brave, brilliant, and eloquent. It will challenge the way you think about liberals and conservatives, atheism and religion, good and evil.' Paul Bloom, author of How Pleasure Works 'Compelling . . . a fluid combination of erudition and entertainment.' Ian Birrell, Observer 'Lucid and thought-provoking . . . deserves to be widely read.' Jenni Russell, Sunday Times

The bestselling author of The Righteous Mind draws on philosophical wisdom and scientific research to show how the meaningful life is closer than you think The Happiness Hypothesis is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations--to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives and illuminate the causes of human flourishing. Award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt, the author of The Righteous Mind, shows how a deeper understanding of the world's philosophical wisdom and its enduring maxims--like "do unto others as you would have others do unto you," or "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger"--can enrich and even transform our lives.

This is a surreal time for freedom of speech. While the legal protections of the First Amendment remain strong, the culture is obsessed with punishing individuals for allegedly offensive utterances. And academia - already an institution in which free speech is in decline - has grown still more intolerant, with high-profile "disinvitation" efforts against well-known speakers and demands for professors to provide "trigger warnings" in class. In this Broadside, Greg Lukianoff argues that the threats to free speech go well beyond political correctness or liberal groupthink. As global populations increasingly expect not just physical comfort but also intellectual comfort, threats to freedom of speech are only going to become more intense. To fight back, we must understand this trend and see how students and average citizens alike are increasingly demanding freedom from speech.

"A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-needed antidote from the team that brought you Coddling of the American Mind ... [Includes] hard data and research on what cancel culture is and how it works, along with hundreds of new examples showing the left and the right both working to silence their enemies ...Offers concrete steps toward reclaiming a free speech culture, with materials specifically tailored for parents, teachers, business leaders, and everyone who uses social media"