The political brain : the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the nation

The political brain : the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the nation / Drew Westen.

This investigation by a renowned psychologist and neuroscientist proves that we vote with our hearts, not our minds. Westen is the lead investigator on a team of neuroscientists who have been studying how the brain processes political information. For two decades he has been advancing a theory of th...

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Main Author: Westen, Drew, 1959-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, 2008.
Subjects:
Since 1945
Presidents > United States > Election > Psychological aspects.
Voting > United States > Psychological aspects.
Political parties > United States > Platforms.
Political psychology.
Emotions > Psychological aspects.
Political campaigns > United States > Psychological aspects.
Emotions > Political aspects.
PHILOSOPHY > Political.
Emotions > Political aspects
Emotions > Psychological aspects
Political parties
Political psychology
Politics and government
Presidents > Election > Psychological aspects
Voting > Psychological aspects
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
United States
Political platforms
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Table of Contents:
  • Winning states of mind
  • Rational minds, irrational campaigns
  • The evolution of the passionate brain
  • The emotions behind the curtain
  • Special interests in mind
  • Trickle-up politics
  • Writing an emotional constitution
  • Aborting ambivalence
  • Gunning for common ground
  • Racial consciousness and unconsciousness
  • Death and taxes
  • Hope, inspiration, and political intelligence
  • Positively negative
  • Terror networks
  • Civil and uncivil unions.

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