Books like The Ego and the Id
12 books with a reading profile close to The Ego and the Id by Sigmund Freud. Deep and inward-looking; a demanding read.
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The Interpretation of Dreams
Also deep and inward-looking · academic, dense
Sigmund Freud argues that dreams are the disguised fulfillment of repressed infantile wishes.
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The Authoritarian Personality
by Theodor Adorno, Else Frenkel-Brenswik
Also deep · academic, dense
This study investigates the psychological roots of prejudice and the specific character traits that incline individuals toward fascist ideologies.
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Situated Learning
Also deep · academic, dense
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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On Collective Memory
Also deep · 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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The Hero With a Thousand Faces
Also deep and inward-looking · 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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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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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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Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
Also deep and inward-looking · academic, dense
Roland Barthes examines the nature of photography through a dual framework: the studium and the punctum.
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Francis Bacon and the Loss of Self
Also deep · academic, dense
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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Undoing Gender
Also deep and inward-looking · academic, dense
Judith Butler addresses the political and social conditions that define which lives are recognized as human.
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