Books like The Authoritarian Personality
12 books with a reading profile close to The Authoritarian Personality by Theodor Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brenswik, Daniel J. Levinson, R. Nevitt Sanford. Deep and open-ended; a demanding read.
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On Collective Memory
Also deep and open-ended · academic, dense
In this collection of essays, Maurice Halbwachs argues that human memory is a social process rather than a purely individual psychological function.
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Situated Learning
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Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger propose that learning is an inherently social phenomenon rather than a private, cognitive acquisition of information.
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The Interpretation of Dreams
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Sigmund Freud argues that dreams are the disguised fulfillment of repressed infantile wishes.
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Civilization and Its Discontents
Also deep · academic, dense
In this foundational work, Sigmund Freud argues that an inherent friction exists between human biological drives and the regulations of organized society.
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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Also deep and open-ended · academic, dense
Joseph Campbell argues that a single structural pattern, the monomyth, underpins the sacred stories and legends of civilizations across history.
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Handbook of Self-Regulation
by Monique Boekaerts, Paul R Pintrich
Also deep · academic, dense
This handbook centralizes diverse research regarding how individuals monitor and control their cognition, emotions, and behaviors to achieve specific goals.
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Francis Bacon and the Loss of Self
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Ernst van Alphen shifts the focus of Francis Bacon’s scholarship from the depicted agony within the frame to the psychological impact exerted upon the observer.
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On the Genealogy of Morals
Also deep and open-ended · academic, dense
Friedrich Nietzsche challenges the evolution of Western ethics by tracing the psychological origins of good and evil.
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Being and Nothingness
Also deep and open-ended · academic, dense
Jean-Paul Sartre argues that human existence is defined by a fundamental gap between the conscious self, or being-for-itself, and the inert world of objects, known as being-in-itself.
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The Paradoxes of Art
by Alan Paskow
Also deep and open-ended · academic, dense
In "The Paradoxes of Art," Alan Paskow addresses the ontological status of fictional entities and why humans feel genuine emotions toward characters they know do not exist.
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