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Nel 2007 Umberto Galimberti ha pubblicato un libro, "L'ospite inquietante. Il nichilismo e i giovani", in cui descriveva il disagio giovanile da imputare, a suo parere, non tanto alle crisi psicologiche a sfondo esistenziale che caratterizzano l'adolescenza e la giovinezza, quanto a una crisi da lui definita "culturale", perché il futuro che la cultura di allora prospettava ai giovani non era una promessa, ma qualcosa di imprevedibile, incapace di retroagire come motivazione a sostegno del proprio impegno nella vita.

Sembra una parola facile da pronunciare ma non è così. Non sempre riusciamo a dire grazie e a essere grati a qualcuno per ciò che ha fatto per noi. Eppure provare gratitudine è un'esperienza che fa star bene colui che dà e colui che riceve. È il motore che, nel consentire il riconoscimento di un beneficio ottenuto, ci impegna a restituirlo, cementando le nostre relazioni personali e sociali. In definitiva, essere grati conviene, oggi più che mai.

Il pettegolezzo è potente e pervasivo, la reputazione altrui è il suo vero bersaglio. Proprio come gli attori, ciascuno di noi vive una vita davanti e una dietro le quinte: scoprire cosa nasconde il retroscena degli altri senza rivelare il nostro può essere un gioco divertente quanto spietato. Di questo gioco tratta l'audiolibro. È vero che partecipano più le donne rispetto agli uomini? E quanta verità passa attraverso il gossip?

Le buone maniere, il nostro passaporto per il viaggio in società, cambiano in continuazione, perché cambia ciò che riteniamo si possa fare e non fare: se è accettabile oggi partecipare direttamente il nostro matrimonio, è però disdicevole gettare sacchetti di plastica in mare. Sapersi comportare rende la vita sociale più agevole, ma non sempre ingentilisce l'animo, imponendoci, anzi, un controllo delle emozioni che può renderci freddi e distaccati.

Entriamo in un'agenzia di viaggi per prenotare una vacanza poco costosa al mare e usciamo avendone prenotata una dispendiosa in Giamaica, per un "colpo basso" del venditore. I simpatici vicini ci offrono una torta in regalo e qualche tempo dopo ci ritroviamo ad accudire il loro cane. Molti sono i modi e le tecniche per persuadere, perché tutti abbiamo qualcosa da offrire e da ottenere. A fini nobili e meno nobili. Il testo fa il punto sulle strategie persuasive nella pubblicità, nella politica, nei media e nelle relazioni interpersonali.

Attention, il s'agit d'envisager une approche psychologique de son rapport à l'argent, et non une approche purement économique. Quels sont les aspects psychologiques de l'argent ? Quel est le sens des problèmes répétitifs avec l'argent ?

With Uncivil Agreement, Lilliana Mason looks at the growing social gulf across racial, religious, and cultural lines, which have recently come to divide neatly between the two major political parties. She argues that group identifications have changed the way we think and feel about ourselves and our opponents. Even when Democrats and Republicans can agree on policy outcomes, they tend to view one another with distrust and to work for party victory over all else.

A depressive illness or a passing feeling? Mental detachment or a precursor to genius? Melancholy is a critical part of what it is to be human, yet everything from Prozac to self-help psychology books seems intent on removing all signs of sadness from contemporary existence. Complex and contradictory, melancholy’s presence weaves through the histories of both science and art.

The Marvel of Martyrdom takes a broad perspective on self-sacrifice and martyrdom, bringing together religion, popular culture, history, psychology, and mythology. Stories of individuals both famous (Gandhi) and obscure (Rodrigo Rosenberg) intertwine with research on altruism, happiness, and radicalization to terrorism. The changing landscape of the book's setting - from The Roman Empire to 19th-century Russia to Nazi Germany to post-World War II India to present day Ukraine - makes the power of self-sacrifice and martyrdom come alive.

The Tall Book is a celebration of the tall-advantaged, which notes and explores the myriad benefits that come with living large - from the simple pleasures of being able to see over crowds at a parade, to the professional joys of earning more money, and having others perceive you as a natural leader. The Tall Book also offers well-researched explanations into the great unanswered questions of tallness, including: Why are people tall to begin with? How have tall people figured throughout history?

In cultures that champion the individual, guilt is advertised as the cornerstone of conscience. Yet while guilt holds individuals to personal standards, it proves impotent in the face of corrupt corporate policies. In recent yearswe have been asked to assuage our guilt about these problems as consumers by buying organic foods or fair-trade products, for example. Yet unless nearly everyone participates, the impact of individual consumer consciousness is microscopic.

The Psychology of Conflict is a timely new contribution on the unique benefits of applying philosophy and psychology to mediating between people in conflict. Following his previous book with Dr. Freddie Strasser - Mediation: A Psychological Insight into Conflict Resolution - Paul Randolph here examines the application of existential philosophy to the psychology of conflict, particularly as seen in mediation.

Follow a crawling baby around and you’ll see that right from the beginning, nothing excites us more than something new and different. Our unique human brains are biologically primed to engage with and even generate novelty, from our ancestors’ first bow and arrow to the latest tablet computer. This “neophilia” has enabled us to thrive in a world of cataclysmic change, but now, we confront an unprecedented deluge of new things, from products to information, which has quadrupled in the past 30 years and shows no sign of slowing.

In the last decade, incompetent leadership has done more to change the face of our world than perhaps in any other time in history. Recent events like Hurricane Katrina and the war in Iraq have proven that blind faith in our rulers is more than foolish - it can be downright dangerous. The world has grown more complicated and more volatile, and making intelligent decisions about the people in charge has never been more crucial.

Society embraces regulations that limit physical harm to others, as when smoking restrictions are defended as protecting bystanders from secondhand smoke. But we have been slower to endorse parallel steps that discourage harmful social environments, as when regulators fail to note that the far greater harm caused when someone becomes a smoker is to make others more likely to smoke. In Under the Influence, Robert Frank attributes this regulatory asymmetry to the laudable belief that individuals should accept responsibility for their own behavior.

Force explores how humans interact with the material world in the course of their everyday activities. Celebrated author Henry Petroski draws from a variety of disciplines to make the case that force—represented especially by our sense of touch—is a unifying principle that pervades our lives. In the wake of a prolonged global pandemic that increasingly cautioned us about contact with the physical world, Petroski offers a new perspective on the importance of the sensation and power of touch.

Nel reparto “note” dei cellulari si nasconde l’intimità più profonda delle persone: è come una galleria fotografica dei pensieri, dove ogni storia a suo modo è degna di essere raccontata.

Todos nos afectamos mutuamente. "Estamos juntos" incluso sin darnos cuenta. Este audiolibro ayudará a entender por qué las mismas personas, con distintos métodos para ponerse de acuerdo, pueden alcanzar resultados tan diferentes. Este audiolibro es el fruto de más de diez años de investigación, en el que participaron ciento catorce personas. A través de muchos ejemplos, responde a preguntas tan urgentes como: ¿Es posible saber el grado de inteligencia de un colectivo?, ¿qué factores contribuyen a aumentar esa inteligencia?

Life today for citizens of the developed world is safer, easier, and healthier than for any other people in history thanks to modern medicine, science, technology, and intelligence. So why is an epidemic of fear sweeping America? The answer, according to nationally renowned health commentator Dr. Marc Siegel, is that we live in an artificially created culture of fear. In False Alarm, Siegel identifies three major catalysts of the culture of fear - government, the media, and big pharma.

Most people now realise that economic growth, however desirable, will not solve all our problems. Instead, we need a philosophy and a science which encompasses a much fuller range of human need and experience. This book argues that the goal for a society must be the greatest possible all round happiness and shows how each of us can become more effective creators of happiness, both as citizens and in our own organisations.