Browsing in the high-falutin' section of my local book shop today I came across this:
"Assholes: A Theory" by philosopher Aaron James http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=4884 Sounds like fun. (But alas it's cheaper online so my local shop may loose out). (BTW what's the difference between an asshole and an arsehole? Does one get published, and the other not? Or are we, as so often, divided by our common language?) >From a review on Amazon: "James classifies a-holes by type, including the boorish a-hole (Rush Limbaugh, Michael Moore), the smug a-hole (Richard Dawkins, Larry Summers), the a-hole boss (Naomi Campbell), the presidential a-hole (Hugo Chavez), the reckless a-hole (Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld), the self-aggrandizing a-hole (Ralph Nader), the cable news a-hole (Neil Cavuto, Keith Olbermann), and the delusional a-hole (Kanye West, Wall Street bankers). James covers the spectrum from liberals to conservatives in his search for a-holes and applies his test with, I think, a nonpartisan outlook." Also looking promising and about my tribe: "How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival"
