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The political mind : a cognitive scientist's guide to your brain and its politics /
Lakoff, George.
The political mind : a cognitive scientist's guide to your brain and its politics / George Lakoff. - New York; Penguin Books, 2009. - xxi, 292 pages; 23 cm.
Preface -
Introduction: Brain Change and Social Change -
Part I: How the Brain Shapes the Political Mind:
Chapter 1: Anna Nicole on the Brain -
Chapter 2: The Political Unconscious -
Chapter 3: The Brain's Role in Family Values -
Chapter 4: The Brain's Role in Political Ideologies -
Part II: Political Challenges for the Twenty-first-Century Mind:
Chapter 5: A New Consciousness -
Chapter 6: Traumatic Ideas: The War on Terror -
Chapter 7: Framing Reality: Privateering -
Chapter 8: Fear of Framing -
Chapter 9: Confronting Stereotypes: Sons of the Welfare Queen -
Chapter 10: Aim Above the Bad Apples -
Chapter 11: Cognitive Policy -
Chapter 12: Contested Concepts Everywhere -
Part III: The Technical Is the Political:
Chapter 13: Exploring the Political Brain -
Chapter 14: The Problem of Self-interest -
Chapter 15: The Metaphors Defining Rational Action -
Chapter 16: Why Hawks Win -
Chapter 17: The Brain's Language -
Chapter 18: Language in the New Enlightenment -
Afterword: What If It Works? -
Acknowledgments -
Notes -
Index.
One of the world 's best-known linguists and cognitive scientists, George Lakoff has a knack for making science make sense for general readers. In his new book, Lakoff spells out what cognitive science has discovered about reason, and reveals that human reason is far more interesting than we thought it was. Reason is physical, mostly unconscious, metaphorical, emotion-laden, and tied to empathy-and there are biological explanations behind our moral and political thought processes. His call for a New Enlightenment is a bold and striking challenge to the cherished beliefs not only of philosophers, but of pundits, pollsters, and political leaders. The Political Mind is a passionate, erudite, and groundbreaking book that will appeal to anyone interested in how the mind works and how we function socially and politically.
9780143115687 (paperback)
320.01 LAK
The political mind : a cognitive scientist's guide to your brain and its politics / George Lakoff. - New York; Penguin Books, 2009. - xxi, 292 pages; 23 cm.
Preface -
Introduction: Brain Change and Social Change -
Part I: How the Brain Shapes the Political Mind:
Chapter 1: Anna Nicole on the Brain -
Chapter 2: The Political Unconscious -
Chapter 3: The Brain's Role in Family Values -
Chapter 4: The Brain's Role in Political Ideologies -
Part II: Political Challenges for the Twenty-first-Century Mind:
Chapter 5: A New Consciousness -
Chapter 6: Traumatic Ideas: The War on Terror -
Chapter 7: Framing Reality: Privateering -
Chapter 8: Fear of Framing -
Chapter 9: Confronting Stereotypes: Sons of the Welfare Queen -
Chapter 10: Aim Above the Bad Apples -
Chapter 11: Cognitive Policy -
Chapter 12: Contested Concepts Everywhere -
Part III: The Technical Is the Political:
Chapter 13: Exploring the Political Brain -
Chapter 14: The Problem of Self-interest -
Chapter 15: The Metaphors Defining Rational Action -
Chapter 16: Why Hawks Win -
Chapter 17: The Brain's Language -
Chapter 18: Language in the New Enlightenment -
Afterword: What If It Works? -
Acknowledgments -
Notes -
Index.
One of the world 's best-known linguists and cognitive scientists, George Lakoff has a knack for making science make sense for general readers. In his new book, Lakoff spells out what cognitive science has discovered about reason, and reveals that human reason is far more interesting than we thought it was. Reason is physical, mostly unconscious, metaphorical, emotion-laden, and tied to empathy-and there are biological explanations behind our moral and political thought processes. His call for a New Enlightenment is a bold and striking challenge to the cherished beliefs not only of philosophers, but of pundits, pollsters, and political leaders. The Political Mind is a passionate, erudite, and groundbreaking book that will appeal to anyone interested in how the mind works and how we function socially and politically.
9780143115687 (paperback)
320.01 LAK