Irrational publics and the fate of democracy:
"Across cultures, democracies struggle with intolerant groups, misinformation, social media conspiracies, and extreme populists. Egalitarian cultures cannot always withstand this swing towards the irrational. In Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy Stephen J. A. Ward combines history an...
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Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago
McGill-Queen's University Press
[2024]
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| Schriftenreihe: | McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas
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| Zusammenfassung: | "Across cultures, democracies struggle with intolerant groups, misinformation, social media conspiracies, and extreme populists. Egalitarian cultures cannot always withstand this swing towards the irrational. In Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy Stephen J. A. Ward combines history and evolutionary psychology for a comprehensive view of the problem, arguing that social irrationality is likely to occur when social tensions trigger a person's enemy stance: ancient extreme traits in human nature such as aggressiveness, desire for domination, paranoia of the other, and us-versus-them tribalism. Analyzing eruptions of public irrationality--from apocalyptic medieval crusades and Nazi doctors in extermination camps to suicidal cults--Ward presents his evolutionary theory of public irrationalism, demonstrating that human nature has both extreme Darwinian traits promoting competition and sociable traits of cooperation and empathy. The issue is which set of traits will be activated by the social ecology. Extreme traits, once adaptive when humans were hunter-gatherers, have become maladaptive and dangerous. Catalyzed by intolerant media and demagogues, the swing towards the irrational weakens democracy and may lead to human extinction through nuclear holocaust. Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy concludes with practical recommendations on what society should do to resist the engines of unreason within and without us." |
| Beschreibung: | x, 440 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780228020035 9780228020028 |
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| spelling | Ward, Stephen J. A. 1951- Verfasser (DE-588)142736112 aut Irrational publics and the fate of democracy Stephen J.A. Ward Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago McGill-Queen's University Press [2024] x, 440 Seiten Illustrationen 23 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas 91 "Across cultures, democracies struggle with intolerant groups, misinformation, social media conspiracies, and extreme populists. Egalitarian cultures cannot always withstand this swing towards the irrational. In Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy Stephen J. A. Ward combines history and evolutionary psychology for a comprehensive view of the problem, arguing that social irrationality is likely to occur when social tensions trigger a person's enemy stance: ancient extreme traits in human nature such as aggressiveness, desire for domination, paranoia of the other, and us-versus-them tribalism. Analyzing eruptions of public irrationality--from apocalyptic medieval crusades and Nazi doctors in extermination camps to suicidal cults--Ward presents his evolutionary theory of public irrationalism, demonstrating that human nature has both extreme Darwinian traits promoting competition and sociable traits of cooperation and empathy. The issue is which set of traits will be activated by the social ecology. Extreme traits, once adaptive when humans were hunter-gatherers, have become maladaptive and dangerous. Catalyzed by intolerant media and demagogues, the swing towards the irrational weakens democracy and may lead to human extinction through nuclear holocaust. Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy concludes with practical recommendations on what society should do to resist the engines of unreason within and without us." Irrationalism (Philosophy) / Social aspects Irrationalism (Philosophy) / History Democracy Irrationalisme (Philosophie) / Aspect social Irrationalisme (Philosophie) / Histoire POLITICAL SCIENCE / General Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, PDF 978-0-2280-2004-2 Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe, EPUB 978-0-2280-2005-9 McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas 91 (DE-604)BV000005348 91 |
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