Paul Bloom

A wonderfully entertaining overview of all of psychology by a world expert. Are you a human? Do you have a mind? Then this book is for you. Nothing is more familiar and yet less understood than the human mind. It defines the experience of being human, and yet its workings contain some of the deepest mysteries ever encountered. Written by...

This landmark scientific investigation by one of the world's leading psychologists reveals empathy to be our most dangerous emotion. In a divided world, empathy is not the solution, it is the problem. We think of empathy – the ability to feel the suffering of others for ourselves – as the ultimate source of all good behaviour. But while it inspires...