Jonathan Haidt
2) The anxious generation: how the great rewiring of childhood is causing an epidemic of mental illness
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NYT - Hardcover Nonfiction
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"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children...
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The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Anxious Generation shows how a deeper understanding of the world's philosophical wisdom can enrich and transform our lives
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...
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...
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Entre philosophie et psychologie, une série de leçons pour être heureux.
D'un cté : dix grandes idées, découvertes à différents moments et différents endroits par les civilisations qui peuplent notre Terre. De l'autre : les plus récentes avancées scientifiques en matière de psychologie. De cette confrontation entre philosophie, religion et psychologie, Jonathan Haidt propose de tirer un ensemble de leçons qui peuvent s'appliquer à...
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Le bonheur est-il à portée de main?
Quel est le secret pour y accéder? La recette du bonheur est-elle la même pour tout le monde? Peut-on se fier aux lois universelles et aux conseils des anciens pour le trouver?
Depuis la nuit des temps, la quête du bonheur a passionné un grand nombre de penseurs et de philosophes. D'innombrables conseils et recettes pour l'atteindre ont été prodigués, qui circulent toujours aujourd'hui dans la sagesse...
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Le guide idéal pour approcher le bonheur de plus près !
Le bonheur est-il à portée de main ? Quelles sont les clés qui permettraient de l'approcher ? Cet ouvrage ne vous guidera pas vers un bonheur parfait ou idyllique, mais vous permettra de construire un bonheur à votre image, qui vous correspond réellement.
Se basant sur dix idées universelles, découvertes à différents moments et différents endroits par les civilisations qui peuplent...
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"Something has been going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and are afraid to speak honestly. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising--on campus as well as nationally. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible...
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Legacy Lit, an imprint of Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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"Over the last two decades, there has been an inescapable rise of anger and aggression across our planet. Hate speech has become increasingly prevalent online, Western governments are turning towards authoritarianism and populism, and extremist groups are rising across both the left and the right ends of the political spectrum. Every day, it seems, we're hearing more angry voices and fearful opinions, we're seeing more threats and frightening news,...
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Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2017]
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Austrian designer Stefan Sagmeister has success in his work, designing album covers for the Rolling Stones, Jay-Z and the Talking Heads. But in the back of his mind he suspects there must be something more. He decides to turn himself into a design project. Is it possible to train his mind to get happier? He pursues three controlled experiments of meditation, therapy, and drugs, grading himself along the way.