The Righteous Mind appears in 15 book lists

By Jonathan Haidt,

The Righteous Mind appears in 15 book lists on Shepherd.

The best history and science books that tell us who we are now

Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of The Homeless Mind: Modernization and Consciousness Book cover of Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Book cover of The Gap: The Science of What Separates Us from Other Animals Book cover of Plough, Sword and Book: The Structure of Human History

My favorite books by scientists that depict science in action

Book cover of Silent Spring Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life Book cover of The Mediterranean was a Desert: A Voyage of the Glomar Challenger Book cover of Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution

My favorite books for healing the political divides in America

Book cover of Our Common Bonds: Using What Americans Share to Help Bridge the Partisan Divide Book cover of Undue Hate: A Behavioral Economic Analysis of Hostile Polarization in US Politics and Beyond Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of Sustaining Democracy: What We Owe to the Other Side Book cover of The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict

My favorite books for understanding why everything feels terrible right now

Book cover of What's Our Problem? A Self-Help Book for Societies Book cover of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong about the World--And Why Things Are Better Than You Think Book cover of Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business Book cover of The Attention Merchants: The Epic Scramble to Get Inside Our Heads Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

My favorite books for understanding and defusing political polarization in America

Book cover of Preventing Polarization: 50 Strategies for Teaching Kids About Empathy, Politics, and Civic Responsibility Book cover of Defusing American Anger: A Guide to Understanding Our Fellow Citizens and Reducing Us-vs-Them Polarization Book cover of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation Book cover of Why We're Polarized Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

My favorite books explaining political polarization

Book cover of The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millenium Book cover of The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature Book cover of The Three Languages of Politics: Talking Across the Political Divides Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles

My favorite books on the science of spiritual experiences

Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of Island Book cover of The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul Book cover of Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Book cover of The Varieties of Religious Experience

The best psychological science wisdom about the human mind

Book cover of The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters Book cover of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion Book cover of Thinking, Fast and Slow

My favorite books on getting people to accept facts

Book cover of The Hidden Brain: How Our Unconscious Minds Elect Presidents, Control Markets, Wage Wars, and Save Our Lives Book cover of The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't Book cover of The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone's Mind Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me): Why We Justify Foolish Beliefs, Bad Decisions, and Hurtful Acts

My favorite books on history and practice of war

Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of The War for the Union, Vol. 1: The Improvised War, 1861-1862 Book cover of The Peloponnesian War Book cover of Supplying War: Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton Book cover of The Campaigns of Napoleon

My favorite books to learn about communicating across differences

Book cover of Words That Hurt, Words That Heal: How the Words You Choose Shape Your Destiny Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of The Anatomy of Peace: Resolving the Heart of Conflict Book cover of The Dance of Life: The Other Dimension of Time Book cover of Language in Thought and Action

My favorite books to understand why voters often behave irrationally

Book cover of Who's in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain Book cover of Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes Book cover of Strangers to Ourselves: Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

My favorite books for thinking like a Strong Towns advocate

Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of Tactical Urbanism: Short-Term Action for Long-Term Change Book cover of The Original Green: Unlocking the Mystery of True Sustainability Book cover of Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life Book cover of The Black Swan

My favorite books on grand, unifying ideas about how the world works

Book cover of The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization Book cover of The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next Book cover of The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

My favorite books on economics and public policy

Book cover of The Big Short Book cover of The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion Book cover of Showdown at Gucci Gulch: Lawmakers, Lobbyists, and the Unlikely Triumph of Tax Reform Book cover of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Book cover of A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing

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