Left and Right: The Psychological Significance of a Political Distinction
Autor John T. Josten Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 oct 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780190858339
ISBN-10: 0190858338
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 156 x 236 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0190858338
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 156 x 236 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
Jost's Left and Right: The Psychological Significance of a Political Distinction provides a timely, creative and valuable contribution to our understanding of political ideology. By tackling contentious and critical topics with comprehensive and meticulous care, including the use of neuroscience and the importance of ethical values in the study of politics, Jost offers a powerful and thought-provoking analysis of the meaning and importance of these forces in everyday individual lives.
Left and Right is a must-read for all who are interested in political psychology. Written by a leader of the field, it provides a spirited and convincing case for the importance of the left-right dichotomy in politics.
If like many social scientists you too have been content with embracing the Enlightenment idea that we are born tabula rasa and develop our political preferences by persuasion and socialisation, pick up this book and enjoy an exhilarating rollercoaster ride. Supported by evidence now too varied and abundant to ignore, Professor Jost offers the most comprehensive argument hitherto available that whether our carriage veers towards the political left or right heavily depends on our psychological makeup. It deserves to be a milestone in political psychology.
In this book, John Jost has accomplished something extraordinary, a truly political psychology—a psychology not of self-interest or of in-group or "tribal" loyalty, but of the large-scale ideas, ideals, identities, and motivations that form the ideological frameworks within which individuals and groups situate themselves, orient thought and action, and seek justification. He makes an essential contribution to our understanding of ourselves and others, synthesizing "top down" doctrinal and structural analysis and "bottom up" affective and cognitive affinities to show the durability and explanatory power of the "Left"/"Right" division. Recent events demand such an understanding, and Jost's work should be essential reading not only for psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and philosophers, but for anyone who cares about the direction of our societies.
Left and Right is a must-read for all who are interested in political psychology. Written by a leader of the field, it provides a spirited and convincing case for the importance of the left-right dichotomy in politics.
If like many social scientists you too have been content with embracing the Enlightenment idea that we are born tabula rasa and develop our political preferences by persuasion and socialisation, pick up this book and enjoy an exhilarating rollercoaster ride. Supported by evidence now too varied and abundant to ignore, Professor Jost offers the most comprehensive argument hitherto available that whether our carriage veers towards the political left or right heavily depends on our psychological makeup. It deserves to be a milestone in political psychology.
In this book, John Jost has accomplished something extraordinary, a truly political psychology—a psychology not of self-interest or of in-group or "tribal" loyalty, but of the large-scale ideas, ideals, identities, and motivations that form the ideological frameworks within which individuals and groups situate themselves, orient thought and action, and seek justification. He makes an essential contribution to our understanding of ourselves and others, synthesizing "top down" doctrinal and structural analysis and "bottom up" affective and cognitive affinities to show the durability and explanatory power of the "Left"/"Right" division. Recent events demand such an understanding, and Jost's work should be essential reading not only for psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, and philosophers, but for anyone who cares about the direction of our societies.
Notă biografică
John T. Jost is Professor of Psychology, Politics, and Data Science and Co-Director of the Center for Social and Political Behavior at New York University. He has received numerous awards for his research and writing, including the Carol and Ed Diener Award in Social Psychology. He has served on many editorial boards and executive committees of professional societies and is a Fellow of the Society of Experimental Social Psychology and the Association of Psychological Science. Professor Jost is a past President of the International Society of Political Psychology and the recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina.