Jesse Bering: 9 books

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Perv

The Sexual Deviant in All of Us

by Jesse Bering
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

"As a sex writer, Jesse Bering is fearless—and peerless." —Dan Savage "You are a sexual deviant. A pervert, through and through." We may not want to admit it, but as the award-winning columnist and psychologist Jesse Bering reveals in Perv, there is a spectrum of perversion...
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Suicidal

Why We Kill Ourselves

by Jesse Bering
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018

For much of his thirties, Jesse Bering thought he was probably going to kill himself. He was a successful psychologist and writer, with books to his name and bylines in major magazines. But none of that mattered. The impulse to take his own life remained. At times it felt all but inescapable.   Bering...
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Een zelfgekozen einde

Waarom mensen zelfmoord plegen

by Jesse Bering
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 15, 2018

Jesse Bering was succesvol als wetenschapper en schrijver. Toch moest hij tussen zijn dertigste en veertigste vaak aan zelfdoding denken. Met het vervagen van deze gedachten kwam bij hem de vraag op waarom de mens niet alleen suïcidale gedachten heeft, maar er in sommige gevallen ook naar handelt....
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Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?

And Other Reflections on Being Human

by Jesse Bering
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012

Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does "free will" really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway? In Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?, the research psychologist...
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Waar hangt mijn penis uit

bespiegelingen over lichamelijkheid en erotiek

by Jesse Bering
Language: Dutch
Release Date: October 1, 2013

Waarom hangen testikels zoals ze doen? Heeft het vrouwelijk orgasme een adaptieve functie? Hoe voelt het om zelfmoord te willen plegen? Bestaat "vrije wil" ook werkelijk? En waarom heeft een penis zijn kenmerkende vorm eigenlijk? In Waar hangt mijn penis uit? heeft onderzoekspsycholoog en...
Book cover of Perv

Perv

Viaggio nelle nostre perversioni

by Jesse Bering
Language: Italian
Release Date: September 9, 2014

“Pervertito sarai tu.” Così molti di noi saranno tentati di rispondere a Jesse Bering, giovane psicologo e divulgatore scientifico brillante, che – in questo libro acuto e dall’ironia irresistibile – ci invita a esplorare fino in fondo la nostra coscienza erotica, alla ricerca di impulsi...
Book cover of Le forme del desiderio. Saggi sul sesso e altri tabù
by Jesse Bering
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 7, 2014

Viviamo nell’età della conoscenza, tuttavia ci sono ancora argomenti ritenuti sconvenienti da affrontare, non necessariamente in una conversazione con sconosciuti, ma addirittura in discussioni che tengano conto di argomentazioni scientifiche. Senza girarci troppo attorno, una categoria di questi...
Book cover of Pervers
by Jesse Bering
Language: Dutch
Release Date: January 23, 2014

De vraag wat normaal is in menselijk gedrag is zeer confronterend, vooral als we seksuele afwijkingen erbij betrekken. Wat in andere culturen en andere tijden opseksueel gebied normaal was, vinden wij abnormaal en zelfs afkeurenswaardig, hoe tolerant we onszelf ook vinden. Maar misschien zijn de driften...
Book cover of The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life
by Jesse Bering
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2012

Top 25 Books of 2011 by the American Library Association, Choice Reviews Named one of the 11 Best Psychology Books of 2011 by The Atlantic "A balanced and considered approach to this often inflammatory topic." —Nature Lively and brilliantly argued, The Belief Instinct explains...
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