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Democratic Humility

Name: Democratic Humility
Brand: Lexington Books
SKU: 9781498511421
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Reinhold Niebuhr, Neuroscience, and America's Political Crisis

Autor: Christopher Beem

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Editura: Lexington Books

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American politics is in a state of crisis but it is not clear why. Nor do we know what to do about i...

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Autor

Christopher Beem

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2015

Pagini

192

EAN

9781498511421

ISBN

1498511422

Enbook ID

09241068

Editura

Lexington Books

Greutate

413

Dimensiuni

152 x 229 x 19

Descriere completă

American politics is in a state of crisis but it is not clear why. Nor do we know what to do about it. Reinhold Niebuhr helps us understand what is wrong with our politics and research into the workings of the brain confirms his analysis. Call it sin or motivated reasoning and confirmation bias, the bottom line is that all of us are what Niebuhr calls "Children of Light." We are all vain and self-righteous about our beliefs and values, and far too quick to reject any information that goes against them. The unprecedented rise of talk radio and cable news helps to account for why things are so bad. We all want to hear that our group is smarter and more moral than others. To restore a democracy that functions, we need to understand ourselves better and develop the humility that such knowledge should engender.