We have politics on our mind—or, rather, we have politics in
different parts of our brains. In this path-breaking study, Matt
Qvortrup takes the reader on a whistle stop tour through the
fascinating, and sometimes frightening, world of neuropolitics; the
discipline that combines neuroscience and politics, and is even
being used to win elections. Putting the 'science' back into
political science, The Political Brain shows how
fMRI-scans can identify differences between Liberals and
Conservatives, can predict our behaviour with sometimes greater
accuracy than surveys, and can explain the biology of uprisings,
revolutions, and wars. Not merely a study of empirical evidence,
the book shows how the philosophical theories of, among others,
Plato, Aristotle, and Spinoza can be supported by brain scans.
Along the way, it also provides an overview of the state-of-the-art
knowledge of the organ that shapes our politics. The book shows
that if we rely on evolutionary primitive parts of the
midbrain—those engaged when we succumb to polarised politics—we
stand in danger of squandering the gains we made through the last
eight million years.
General
Imprint: |
Central European University Press
|
Country of origin: |
Hungary |
Series: |
CEU Press Perspectives |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Matt Qvortrup
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Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
120 |
ISBN-13: |
978-963-386-659-7 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
963-386-659-6 |
Barcode: |
9789633866597 |
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