The Political Mind A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics

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The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Don't Think of an Elephant!" explains the science behind how people make political decisions.

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Preface	p. xiii
Introduction: Brain Change and Social Change	p. 1
How the Brain Shapes the Political Mind	p. 17
Anna Nicole on the Brain	p. 21
The Political Unconscious	p. 43
The Brain's Role in Family Values	p. 75
The Brain's Role in Political Ideologies	p. 93
Political Challenges for the Twenty-first-Century Mind	p. 111
A New Consciousness	p. 117
Traumatic Ideas: The War on Terror	p. 125
Framing Reality: Privateering	p. 133
Fear of Framing	p. 145
Confronting Stereotypes: Sons of the Welfare Queen	p. 159
Aim Above the Bad Apples	p. 163
Cognitive Policy	p. 169
Contested Concepts Everywhere	p. 177
The Technical Is the Political	p. 191
Exploring the Political Brain	p. 195
The Problem of Self-interest	p. 201
The Metaphors Defining Rational Action	p. 209
Why Hawks Win	p. 223
The Brain's Language	p. 231
Language in the New Enlightenment	p. 243
Afterword: What If It Works?	p. 267
Acknowledgments	p. 273
Notes	p. 275
Index	p. 283
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