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The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
Drew Westen
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Description for The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
Paperback. This groundbreaking investigation by a renowned psychologist and neuroscientist proves it: We vote with our hearts, not our minds Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 139 x 30. Weight in Grams: 512. How We Make Up Our Minds without Using Our Heads. 496 pages. A study of how the mind works, and what this means for why candidates win and lose elections. It shows through a whirlwind tour of American political leaders how electorates vote not with their heads, but with their hearts. It examines data across several Presidential elections from the 1950s onwards. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: JP. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 30. Weight: 502.
The Political Brain is a ground-breaking investigation into the role of emotion in determining the political life of the nation. For two decades Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, has explored a theory of the mind that differs substantially from the more "dispassionate" notions held by most cognitive psychologists, political scientists, and economists,and Democratic campaign strategists. The idea of the mind as a cool calculator that makes decisions by weighing the evidence bears no relation to how the brain actually works. When political candidates assume voters dispassionately make decisions based on "the issues," they lose. ... Read more
The Political Brain is a ground-breaking investigation into the role of emotion in determining the political life of the nation. For two decades Drew Westen, professor of psychology and psychiatry at Emory University, has explored a theory of the mind that differs substantially from the more "dispassionate" notions held by most cognitive psychologists, political scientists, and economists,and Democratic campaign strategists. The idea of the mind as a cool calculator that makes decisions by weighing the evidence bears no relation to how the brain actually works. When political candidates assume voters dispassionately make decisions based on "the issues," they lose. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781586485733
SKU
V9781586485733
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About Drew Westen
Drew Westen received his B.A. at Harvard, an M.A. in Social and Political Thought at the University of Sussex (England), and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Michigan, where he subsequently taught for six years. For several years he was Chief Psychologist at Cambridge Hospital and Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School. He is a commentator on ... Read more
Reviews for The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
"The most interesting, informative book on politics I've read in many years" Bill Clinton "May prove to be one of the most important studies of political campaigning of recent times." Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian"