Understanding Humans

David Edmonds is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at Oxford University and a former BBC radio journalist.  He is the author or editor of many philosophy books (and one on chess) which together have been translated into over two dozen languages.  These include (with John Eidinow), Wittgenstein’s Poker and, most recently, a biography, Parfit: A Philosopher and his Mission to Save Morality.  As well as Social Science Bites, David also hosts a couple of philosophy podcasts. Philosophy Bites, which he makes with Nigel Warburton, has had over 47 million downloads.

• PART 1: IDENTITYChapter 1: Sam Friedman on ClassChapter 2: Janet Carsten on the Kinship of AnthropologyPART 2: HOW WE THINK AND LEARNChapter 3: Daniel Kahneman on BiasChapter 4: Mahzarin Banaji on Implicit BiasChapter 5: Gurminder K. Bhambra on Postcolonial Social ScienceChapter 6: Jonathan Haidt on Moral PsychologyChapter 7: Jo Boaler on Fear of MathematicsChapter 8: Saskia Sassen on Before MethodPART 3: HUMAN BEHAVIOURChapter 9: Stephen Reicher on Crowd PsychologyChapter 10: Robert Shiller on Behavioral EconomicsChapter 11: David Halpern on NudgingChapter 12: Valerie Curtis on the Sources of DisgustPART 4: MAKING SOCIAL CHANGEChapter 13: Jennifer Richeson on Perceptions of Racial InequalityChapter 14: Erica Chenoweth on Nonviolent ResistanceChapter 15: Alison Liebling on Successful PrisonsChapter 16: Lawrence Sherman on Experimental CriminologyPART 5: EXPLAINING THE PRESENT AND THE UNEXPECTEDChapter 17: Hetan Shah on Social Science and the PandemicChapter 18: Bruce Hood on the Supernatural

The eclectic chapters in ‘Understanding Humans: How Social Science Can Solve Our Problems’ illuminate the profound role of social sciences in exploring and addressing social issues. This book serves as a valuable resource for a broad audience, being accessible and engaging for readers without prior knowledge or expertise in the fields drawn upon by the researchers. It provides readers with a compelling overview of exceptional research studies on how we think and act as individuals, and the social, economic, educational and political structures that we operate within.