Fathali M. Moghaddam explores how psychological factors influence the presence, potential development, or absence of democracy. Recommendations are given for promoting the psychological processes that foster democracy.
... democracy and the influences upon our experiences of it, based on research findings from around the world. Contributors also include participants of the Psychology of Democracy conferences that began as biannual events at the University ...
The obstacles to democratization are daunting, yet there is hope. What is it about human nature that seems to work for or against democracy? In this book, Moghaddam explores political development through the lens of psychological science.
From trust to risk, from political values to moral and religious priorities, from the personality and language of leaders to fake news and anti-democratic forces, this book provides vital new insights for researchers, politicians and ...
In this day and age this quotation resonates more than ever. This book explores democracy from the perspective of social and cultural psychology, highlighting the importance of the everyday basis of democratic practices.
Thus this volume aims to provide a multifaceted, interdisciplinary look at the political psychology of democratic citizenship.
... uncertainty more so than most scientists do (Frenkel-Brunswik, 1949). The pursuit of certainty is a robust ... tolerance for uncertainty. When these efforts flag, the quality of reasoning is reduced and the quality of life suffers. We ...
Disrespectful Democracy offers a new account of the relationship between incivility and political behavior based on a key individual predisposition—conflict orientation.
Drawing on the knowledge accumulated in social and political psychology, this book scrutinizes these phenomena and provides an even deeper understanding of the nature of these conflicts.
Glauconfirst calls Socrates' image of thecaveand the prisoners in it an atopos (strange or out of place) image (Rep.7.515a). 23. ... Levin, The Ancient Quarrel Between Philosophyand Poetry Revisited,p. 9,n. 11. 28.
This is fascinating reading on a highly topical issue.