1. Where Have All the Flowers of Wisdom Gone? -- An Analysis of Teaching for Wisdom Over the Years; Robert J. Sternberg.- 2. The Erosion of Democracy: Can We Muster Enough Wisdom to Stop It?; Don Ambrose.- 3. Wise Reasoning in an Uncertain World; Igor Grossmann & Anna Dorfman.- 4. Wisdom vs. Populism and Polarization: Learning to Regulate Our Evolved Intuitions; Judith Glück.- 5. The Breakdown of Civic Virtues and the Problem of Hate Speech: Is There Wisdom in Freedom of Speech?; Howard C. Nusbaum.- 6. "Hate Begets Hate; Violence Begets Violence" A Wisdom-based Analysis of Contemporary Social Activism; Nic M. Weststrate.- 7. Wisdom and Moral Exemplars; Megan Mischinski & Eranda Jayawickreme.- 8. Practical Wisdom in Islamic law: From the Local to the Global; Tom Woerner-Powell & Ricca Edmondson.- 9. Can Wisdom be Helpful?; Ursula M. Staudinger.- 10. Wisdom in the Workplace; Hannes Zacher & Ute Kunzmann.- 11. The Practical Applications of Self-Transcendent Wisdom; Carolyn M. Aldwin & Michael R. Levenson.- 12. Vedanta Philosophy's Contribution to Wisdom Development for Leadership: Grounding Indian Practical Wisdom in Higher Knowledge and Purpose; Surya Tahora, Snehal Shah, & David Rooney.- 13. How Wisdom Can Help Solve Global Problems; Nicholas Maxwell.- 14. Practical Wisdom and Health Care; Barry Schwartz & Kenneth E. Sharpe.- 15. Seeking Wisdom: A Physician's Journey in the Wake of 'Charlottesville'; Margaret Plews-Ogan.- 16. Not Today, and Probably Not Tomorrow Either: Obstacles to Wisdom and How We May Overcome Them; Judith Glück, Robert J. Sternberg, & Howard C. Nusbaum.
Author: Robert J. SternbergPublisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/06/2019
Pages: 470
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.28lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.99d
ISBN13: 9783030202866
ISBN10: 3030202860
BISAC Categories:-
Psychology |
Applied Psychology-
Psychology |
Movements | General-
Psychology |
Social PsychologyAbout the Author
Robert J. Sternberg is Professor of Human Development, Cornell University, USA and Honorary Professor of Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany. His PhD is from Stanford and he holds 13 honorary doctorates. Sternberg has won the Grawemeyer Award in Psychology and the William James and James McKeen Cattell Awards from the APS.
Howard Nusbaum is the Stella M. Rowley Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago, USA and is currently Director of the Center for Practical Wisdom. He was Division Director for Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences at the NSF from 2015 to 2017. He studies communication, learning, and wise reasoning.
Judith Glück is Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria. She previously worked at University of Vienna and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. Her research investigates the definition, development, and measurement of wisdom. She is co-editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Wisdom.
