Research Catalog

Title

Applying wisdom to contemporary world problems / Robert J. Sternberg, Howard C. Nusbaum, Judith Glück, editors.

Publication

• Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
• ©2019

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sternberg, Robert J.
• Nusbaum, Howard C.
• Glück, Judith

Description

xix, 470 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

This book presents perspectives from world experts in the field of wisdom studies to propose how wisdom can provide the foundation upon which solutions to social and global problems can be grounded. The authors argue that where society has come to rely on leaders with skills relating to knowledge and intelligence; instead we should focus on wisdom-based acumen for our leaders in government, business, and the military. In this book the authors offer evidence-based definitions of wisdom and apply these to world problems they believe could potentially be solved using wise solutions. Among the case studies confronted are terrorism and war, poverty and economic disparity, climate change, increased antibiotic resistance and political corruption. Focusing on the cognitive, social and emotional processes involved in everyday decision-making, this book presents a compelling argument for the application of wise problem-solving to complex world issues that will appeal in particular to those in leadership, teaching and policy roles, and open new pathways in the fields of wisdom-studies, psychology, sociology and political theory.

Subjects

• Wisdom
• Case studies
• Psychology, Applied
• Wisdom > Case studies
• Problem solving > Philosophy

Genre/Form

Case studies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Where have all the flowers of wisdom gone? An analysis of teaching for wisdom over the years -- The erosion of democracy: can we muster enough wisdom to stop it? -- Wise reasoning in an uncertain world -- Wisdom vs. populism and polarization: learning to regulate our evolved intuitions -- The breakdown of civic virtues and the problem of hate speech: is there wisdom in freedom of speech? -- "Hate begets hate; violence begets violence": a wisdom-based analysis of contemporary social activism -- Can moral exemplars promote wisdom -- Practical wisdom and Islam: reimagining Islamic law, from the local to the global -- Can wisdom be helpful? -- Wisdom in the workplace -- The practical applications of self-transcendent wisdom -- Vedanta philosophy's contribution to wisdom development for leadership: grounding Indian practical wisdom in higher knowledge and purpose -- How wisdom can help solve global problems -- Practical wisdom and health care -- Seeking wisdom: a physician's journey in the iwake of "Charlottesville" -- Not today, and probably not tomorrow either: obstacles to wisdom and how we may overcome them.

Call Number

JFD 20-254

ISBN

• 9783030202866
• 3030202860
• 9783030202873 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1110438246

Title

Applying wisdom to contemporary world problems / Robert J. Sternberg, Howard C. Nusbaum, Judith Glück, editors.

Publisher

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Sternberg, Robert J., editor.

Nusbaum, Howard C., editor.

Glück, Judith, editor.

Other Form:

Ebook version : 9783030202873

Research Call Number

JFD 20-254