Illustration: Joel Kimmel
Kim Daubman
Associate Professor of Psychology
How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
As I write, nine of the top 10 books on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list are about anti-Black racism and white supremacy, including this one. Through compelling stories and analysis, Kendi argues that being nonracist is not enough. Rather we are called to be anti-racist. For white folks steeped in privilege, this book helps to lift the blinders so that we can do the work needed to dismantle racist policies once and for all.
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Written by a Native American poet and botanist, this book is at once devastating and hopeful. Kimmerer’s descriptions of biodiversity loss and stories of our profound disconnection to the natural world are piercing. She offers a vision of how we can live with greater reverence to the more-than-human world and become the good stewards we are meant to be.
Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman
You might recognize the author as the creator of The Psychology Podcast and the title as a reference to the pinnacle of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This book is a delightful review of Maslow’s life and work, updated with the most recent scholarship. It’s also an exploration of Maslow’s late-in-life insight that self-actualization is not the end point to living to our fullest but is, paradoxically, a transitional goal along the path to self-transcendence.
Illustration: Joel Kimmel
Kim Daubman
Associate Professor of Psychology
How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
As I write, nine of the top 10 books on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list are about anti-Black racism and white supremacy, including this one. Through compelling stories and analysis, Kendi argues that being nonracist is not enough. Rather we are called to be anti-racist. For white folks steeped in privilege, this book helps to lift the blinders so that we can do the work needed to dismantle racist policies once and for all
As I write, nine of the top 10 books on the New York Times nonfiction best-seller list are about anti-Black racism and white supremacy, including this one. Through compelling stories and analysis, Kendi argues that being nonracist is not enough. Rather we are called to be anti-racist. For white folks steeped in privilege, this book helps to lift the blinders so that we can do the work needed to dismantle racist policies once and for all
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teaching of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Written by a Native American poet and botanist, this book is at once devastating and hopeful. Kimmerer’s descriptions of biodiversity loss and stories of our profound disconnection to the natural world are piercing. She offers a vision of how we can live with greater reverence to the more-than-human world and become the good stewards we are meant to be.
Written by a Native American poet and botanist, this book is at once devastating and hopeful. Kimmerer’s descriptions of biodiversity loss and stories of our profound disconnection to the natural world are piercing. She offers a vision of how we can live with greater reverence to the more-than-human world and become the good stewards we are meant to be.
Transcend: The New Science of Actualization by Scott Barry Kaufman
You might recognize the author as the creator of The Psychology Podcast and the title as a reference to the pinnacle of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This book is a delightful review of Maslow’s life and work, updated with the most recent scholarship. It’s also an exploration of Maslow’s late-in-life insight that self-actualization is not the end point to living to our fullest but is, paradoxically, a transitional goal along the path to self-transcendence.
You might recognize the author as the creator of The Psychology Podcast and the title as a reference to the pinnacle of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. This book is a delightful review of Maslow’s life and work, updated with the most recent scholarship. It’s also an exploration of Maslow’s late-in-life insight that self-actualization is not the end point to living to our fullest but is, paradoxically, a transitional goal along the path to self-transcendence.