Glenn Wilson
Wilson argues convincingly that significant behavioral differences between the sexes are rooted in biology, not culture.
The Great Sex Divide
Category: Erudition
Influential reading
The Geography of Thought
Richard E. Nisbett
A splendid contrast of oriental and occidental thought. Richly illustrated with studies drawn from psychology and linguistics.
Descartes’ Error
Antonio Damasio
A good starting point for delving into the neuropsychological nature of human consciousness.
Demonic Males
Dale Peterson & Richard Wrangham
One of the few decent comparative studies of violence in apes: orangutans, chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and, of course, humans.
The Conquest of Happiness
Bertrand Russell
Calm and collected, this short and personal treatise on the attainment of happiness has much to recommend it.
Jung’s Collected Works, volumes I-XXI
Carel Jung
Recommended in particular are volumes VI (‘Psychological Types’), IX(i) (‘The Archetypes and The collective Unconscious’) and XVII (‘The Development of Personality’).
Animal Social Complexity: Intelligence, Culture, and Individualized Societies
Edited by Frans de Waal & Peter Tyack
The best work dealing with the subject that I know.
African Genesis
Robert Ardrey
When corporations rule the world
David Korten
Of all books listed in this section, this is the most important read. A sober account of the corporatization of our planet.
Unholy Trinity
Richard Peet
A damning indictment of the ‘Unholy Trinity’ – the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization. Varies greatly in quality from chapter to chapter.