Undue Hate
How to understand the mistakes we make about those on the other side of the political spectrum—and how they drive the affective polarization that is tearing us apart.It's well known that the political divide in the United States—particularly between Democrats and Republicans—has grown to alarming le...
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| description | How to understand the mistakes we make about those on the other side of the political spectrum—and how they drive the affective polarization that is tearing us apart.It's well known that the political divide in the United States—particularly between Democrats and Republicans—has grown to alarming levels in recent decades. Affective polarization—emotional polarization, or the hostility between the parties—has reached an unprecedented fever pitch. In Undue Hate, Daniel F. Stone tackles the biases undergirding affective polarization head-on. Stone explains why we often develop objectively false, and overly negative, beliefs about the other side—causing us to dislike them more than we should.Approaching affective polarization through the lens of behavioral economics, Undue Hate is unique in its use of simple mathematical concepts and models to illustrate how we misjudge those we disagree with, for both political and nonpolitical issues. Stone argues that while our biases may vary, just about all of us unwisely exacerbate conflict at times—managing to make ourselves worse off in the long run. Finally, the book offers both short- and long-term solutions for tempering our bias and limiting its negative consequences—and, just maybe, finding a way back to understanding one another before it is too late. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1115692024-03-29T19:31:25Z Undue Hate Stone, Daniel F. Affective polarization behavioral economics cognitive bias negative partisanship conflict spirals intergroup bias Cass Sunstein Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPL Political parties and party platforms thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCK Behavioural economics thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JM Psychology::JMH Social, group or collective psychology How to understand the mistakes we make about those on the other side of the political spectrum—and how they drive the affective polarization that is tearing us apart.It's well known that the political divide in the United States—particularly between Democrats and Republicans—has grown to alarming levels in recent decades. Affective polarization—emotional polarization, or the hostility between the parties—has reached an unprecedented fever pitch. In Undue Hate, Daniel F. Stone tackles the biases undergirding affective polarization head-on. Stone explains why we often develop objectively false, and overly negative, beliefs about the other side—causing us to dislike them more than we should.Approaching affective polarization through the lens of behavioral economics, Undue Hate is unique in its use of simple mathematical concepts and models to illustrate how we misjudge those we disagree with, for both political and nonpolitical issues. Stone argues that while our biases may vary, just about all of us unwisely exacerbate conflict at times—managing to make ourselves worse off in the long run. Finally, the book offers both short- and long-term solutions for tempering our bias and limiting its negative consequences—and, just maybe, finding a way back to understanding one another before it is too late. 2023-07-31T10:53:17Z 2023-07-31T10:53:17Z 2023 book ONIX_20230731_9780262372367_3 9780262372367 9780262047500 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/111569 eng The MIT Press image/jpeg n/a https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/14496.001.0001 The MIT Press The MIT Press 10.7551/mitpress/14496.001.0001 10.7551/mitpress/14496.001.0001 ae0cf962-f685-4933-93d1-916defa5123d 9780262372367 9780262047500 The MIT Press 232 Cambridge open access |
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