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Moral Politics : How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Moral Politics How Liberals and Conservatives Think
Author: George Lakoff
In this classic text, the first full-scale application of cognitive science to politics, George Lakoff analyzes the unconscious and rhetorical worldviews of liberals and conservatives, discovering radically different but remarkably consistent conceptions of morality on both the left and right. For this new edition, Lakoff adds a preface and an a...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780226467719
ISBN-10: 0226467716
Publication Date: 5/1/2002
Pages: 471
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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It is most interesting reading this along with A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell; a liberal intellectual, and a conservative intellectual, both trying to be scrupulously fair in describing and analyzing opposing worldviews. It is a difficult job, and I would not say that either Lakoff or Sowell does it perfectly, but both books do offer a lot of insight. Lakoff's best points seem to be the one's most overlooked: that worldviews are metaphors; that liberals and conservatives have more in common than we have differences; that the demonized stereotypes describe only small, extreme minorities in both groups. Those who use Lakoff's analysis to describe "what's wrong with conservatives" are, in my opinion, misusing it. We are a democracy of both liberals and conservatives *and we always will be*. We need to learn to talk together and work together. This book is just one beginning step toward doing that.
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A very intelligent look into the reasons behind political views. A VERY interesting book.
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