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The Open Mind: Cold War Politics and the Sciences of Human Nature
Jamie Cohen-Cole
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Description for The Open Mind: Cold War Politics and the Sciences of Human Nature
Paperback. Num Pages: 405 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; JMR; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
The Open Mind chronicles the development and promulgation of a scientific vision of the rational, creative, and autonomous self, demonstrating how this self became a defining feature of Cold War culture. Jamie Cohen-Cole illustrates how from 1945 to 1965 policy makers and social critics used the idea of an open-minded human nature to advance centrist politics. They reshaped intellectual culture and instigated nationwide educational reform that promoted more open, and indeed more human, minds. The new field of cognitive science was central to this project, as it used popular support for open-mindedness to overthrow the then-dominant behaviorist view that the ... Read more
The Open Mind chronicles the development and promulgation of a scientific vision of the rational, creative, and autonomous self, demonstrating how this self became a defining feature of Cold War culture. Jamie Cohen-Cole illustrates how from 1945 to 1965 policy makers and social critics used the idea of an open-minded human nature to advance centrist politics. They reshaped intellectual culture and instigated nationwide educational reform that promoted more open, and indeed more human, minds. The new field of cognitive science was central to this project, as it used popular support for open-mindedness to overthrow the then-dominant behaviorist view that the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
405
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226361901
SKU
V9780226361901
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