Left and Right: The Psychological Significance of a Political Distinction

ISBN-10: 0190858354
ISBN-13: 9780190858353
Series: Left and Right
Category: Psychology
Pages: 280
Language: English
Published: 2021-07-28
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Author: John T. Jost

Description

This book brings together for the first time an updated, revised collection of influential essays and articles that capture some of the most exciting scientific and scholarly contributions to the topic of political ideology. John Jost tackles fundamental questions about how psychology, neuroscience, and societal factors impact political attitudes and group divisions. In what sense, if any, are ordinary citizens "ideological"? Is it useful to locate political attitudes on a single dimension of representation? Are there meaningful differences in the beliefs, opinions, and values of leftists and rights-or liberals and conservatives? How are personality traits related to ideological preferences? What situational or contextual factors contribute to liberal and conservative shifts in the general population? What are the implications of ideological polarization for the future of democracy? Drawing on Max Weber's concept of elective affinities, one of the world's leading political psychologists discusses the myriad ways in people choose ideas and ideas choose people.

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Left and Right: The Psychological Significance of a Political Distinction
- 2021-08-11
- 416 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction
- 2016-03-31
- 160 pages
- Ebook
- John Wiley & Sons
Left and Right: The Significance of a Political Distinction
- 2016-03-31
- 160 pages
- Ebook
- John Wiley & Sons
Left and Right: The Small World of Political Ideas
- 2015-10-01
- - pages
- Ebook
- McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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