Part I: Theories of wisdom across time, culture, and peoples
Wisdom in history / James E. Birren and Cheryl M. Svensson
Cultural foundations of wisdom : an integrated developmental approach / Masami Takahashi and Willis F. Overton
Philosophical theories of wisdom / Lisa M. Osbeck and Daniel N. Robinson
From the inside out : people's implicit theories of wisdom / Susan Bluck and Judith Glück
The psychology of wisdom : theoretical and empirical challenges / Ute Kunzmann & Paul B. Baltes
Part II: The development of wisdom across the lifespan
Young and growing wiser : wisdom during adolescence and young adulthood / M.J. Richardson & M. Pasupathi
The quest for wisdom in adulthood: a psychological perspective / Jennifer Jordan
Part III: Wisdom and the person
Wisdom and personality / Ursula M. Staudinger, Jessica Dörner, Charlotte Mickler
The role of emotions in the development of wisdom / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Jeanne Nakamura
Part IV: Wisdom in society
Morality, ethics, and wisdom / Joel J. Kupperman
Crossing boundaries to generative wisdom : an analysis of professional work / Jeffrey L. Solomon, Paula Marshall and Howard Gardner
Wisdom in public policy / Lloyd S. Etheredge
Part V :The absence of wisdom
Foolishness / Robert J. Sternberg.
