The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-century Politics with an 18th-century Brain
- ISBN-10
- 0670019275
- ISBN-13
- 9780670019274
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- George Lakoff
Description
A New York Times best-selling author explains how the physical nature of the brain affects people's political decisions, suggesting that changing one's mind is just as much a physical process as it is a psychological function. By the author of Don't Think of an Elephant! 60,000 first printing.
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