Author: Jelte

The best, most up-to-date book on the science of happiness available.

Richard Layard

Glenn Wilson

Wilson argues convincingly that significant behavioral differences between the sexes are rooted in biology, not culture.

A splendid contrast of oriental and occidental thought. Richly illustrated with studies drawn from psychology and linguistics.

Antonio Damasio

A good starting point for delving into the neuropsychological nature of human consciousness.

Dale Peterson & Richard Wrangham

One of the few decent comparative studies of violence in apes: orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and, of course, humans.

Bertrand Russell

Calm and collected, this short and personal treatise on the attainment of happiness has much to recommend it.

Carel Jung

Recommended in particular are volumes VI (‘Psychological Types’), IX(i) (‘The Archetypes and The collective Unconscious’) and XVII (‘The Development of Personality’).

Edited by Frans de Waal & Peter Tyack

The best work dealing with the subject that I know.