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Ideological Fixation

By Azar Gat

Ideological Fixation Politics & History

Ideological Fixation

By Azar Gat

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Ideological divides and clashes have reemerged with great intensity throughout the world. In the United States they have become particularly venomous. Each side in America's escalating ideological civil war charges the other with concocting 'fake news' and 'alternative facts'. The other side is widely viewed as malicious, irrational or downright stupid, and, often, as barely legitimate. People are deaf to claims about reality that come from the opposite camp, no matter how valid they might be. In exploring this phenomenon, the book combines insights from evolutionary psychology regarding the nature of some of our deepest proclivities with a broad sweep through history. It proceeds from the Stone Age to the rise of civilization, the great religions and modernity, to a critique of fundamental factual premises that underlie some of the major debates dominating today's liberal democracies, not least the United States.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2025-01-02
Publication Date:
2025-01-02
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0197806821
ISBN13:
9780197806821
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
500 g
Height:
153 cm
Width:
232 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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