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Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide
Cass R. Sunstein
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Description for Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFF; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 224.
Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism. Sunstein marshals a wealth of evidence that shows that when like-minded people gather in groups, they tend to become more extreme in their views than they were before. Thus when liberals group get together to debate climate change, they end up more alarmed about climate change, while conservatives brought together to ... Read more
Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass R. Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism. Sunstein marshals a wealth of evidence that shows that when like-minded people gather in groups, they tend to become more extreme in their views than they were before. Thus when liberals group get together to debate climate change, they end up more alarmed about climate change, while conservatives brought together to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
276g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199754120
SKU
V9780199754120
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About Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein is the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Obama Administration and the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law at Harvard University. He is the author of many books, including the New York Times best-seller Nudge (with Richard Thaler), Infotopia, Republic 2.0, Worst-Case Scenarios, Radicals in Robes, Why Societies Need Dissent, and Democracy and ... Read more
Reviews for Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide
"A path-breaking exploration of the perils and possibilities created by polarization among the like-minded."
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, co-author of unSpun and Echo Chamber
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, co-author of unSpun and Echo Chamber