Our Political Nature
The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us
Autor*in: Tuschman, Avi
Jahr: 2013
Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 543 S.
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- This cross-disciplinary work of great rigor and originality should be of interest to students of both evolutionary theory and political science. The author, an evolutionary anthropologist, investigates the ways in which our evolutionary past has affected our political choices and predilections today. He builds a good case in demonstrating that our political attitudes reflect much deeper tendencies than we generally tend to think, integrating knowledge gained by disparate fields such as social psychology, neuro-science, and genetics. More than another pop evo-psych book, this is a fascinating and provocative work, examining in turn, biological underpinnings of such societal phenomena as tribalism, family conflict, and justice. He analyses prevalent attitudes toward justice, inequality and ethnocentrism, concluding the book with several expressions of altruism across the political spectrum and the questions and techniques in which public opinion is shaped. Annotation ©2014 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Avi Tuschman (Washington, DC) is an expert on the hidden roots of political orientation. He began his career in politics as the youngest advisor in the government palace in Lima. While serving as the Senior Writer to President Alejandro Toledo (Peru, 2001-2006), Tuschman produced numerous articles and speeches designed to shape public opinion. In 2009, Dr. Tuschman joined hands with Toledo and seventeen other former presidents to co-write a regional policy agenda on democratic governance. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon lauded the document and called it historically unprecedented. Tuschman holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in evolutionary anthropology from Stanford.
Titelinformationen
Titel: Our Political Nature
Autor*in: Tuschman, Avi
Verlag: Random House Digital Dist
ISBN: 9781616148249
Kategorie: Sachmedien & Ratgeber, Politik
Format: ePub
Max. Ausleihdauer: 28 Tage