Bücher von Jonathan Haidt

Something is going wrong on many college campuses in the last few years. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising. Speakers are shouted down. Students and professors say they are walking on eggshells and afraid to speak honestly. How did this happen? First Amendment expert Greg Lukianoff and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt show how the new problems on campus have their origins in three terrible ideas that have become increasingly woven into American childhood and education: what doesn't kill you makes you weaker; always trust your feelings; and life is a battle between good people and evil people. These three Great Untruths are incompatible with basic psychological principles, as well as ancient wisdom from many cultures. They interfere with healthy development. Anyone who embraces these untruthsand the resulting culture of safetyismis less likely to become an autonomous adult able to navigate the bumpy road of life. Lukianoff and Haidt investigate the many social trends that have intersected to produce these untruths. They situate the conflicts on campus in the context of America's rapidly rising political polarization, including a rise in hate crimes and off-campus provocation. They explore changes in childhood including the rise of fearful parenting, the decline of unsupervised play, and the new world of social media that has engulfed teenagers in the last decade. This is a book for anyone who is confused by what is happening on college campuses today, or has children, or is concerned about the growing inability of Americans to live, work, and cooperate across party lines.

"After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on most measures. Why? In [this book], social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the 'play-based childhood' began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the 'phone-based childhood' in the early 2010s"--

Die deutsche Ausgabe des «New York Times»-Nr.-1-Bestsellers «The Anxious Generation» Drei technologische und mediale Megatrends bestimmten die frühen 2010er-Jahre: Smartphones, Social-Media-Plattformen und die Selfie-Kultur. Das Ergebnis: Eine ganze Generation von Kindern und Jugendlichen verwendete mehrere Stunden am Tag darauf, durch die Beiträge von Influencer:innen und mehr oder weniger fremden Nutzer:innen zu scrollen, statt sich mit Menschen in ihrem unmittelbaren Umfeld auseinanderzusetzen, mit ihnen zu spielen, zu sprechen oder auch nur Blickkontakt aufzunehmen. Die Mitglieder der Generation Z, die als Erste ihre Pubertät mit den neuen Medien in der Tasche durchlebten, wurden so zu Testpersonen für das Aufwachsen in einer radikal umgestalteten, zunehmend digitalen Umgebung. Die Folgen dieses Experiments waren, wie Jonathan Haidt auf Grundlage umfangreichen Datenmaterials zeigt, katastrophal - und sie betreffen auch die heute Heranwachsenden. Die schnellste und allumfassendste Neuverdrahtung menschlicher Beziehungen führte dazu, dass sich die mentale Gesundheit der Kinder und Jugendlichen rapide und dauerhaft verschlechtert hat. Dieser Entwicklung müssen wir jetzt entgegentreten: Haidt erklärt, was Regierungen, Schulen und Eltern tun können, um Kindern ein gesundes Aufwachsen zu ermöglichen.