{"product_id":"good-reasonable-people-the-psychology-behind-americas-dangerous-divide-hardcover","title":"Good Reasonable People: The Psychology Behind America's Dangerous Divide - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKeith Payne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An eye-opening analysis of why our politics have become so polarized....Keith Payne illuminates one of the biggest problems of our time and lights the way toward some promising solutions.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Adam Grant, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThink Again \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eGood Reasonable People\u003c\/i\u003e challenges each of us to drop the weapon of demonization and replace it with something more powerful: a framework for understanding--and for being understood by--people who see the world differently from us.\" \u003cbr\u003e--Margot Lee Shetterly, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHidden Figures\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA leading social scientist explains the psychology of our current social divide and how understanding it can help reduce the conflicts it causes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere has been much written about the impact of polarization on elections, political parties, and policy outcomes. But Keith Payne's goal is more personal: to focus on what our divisions mean for us as individuals, as families, and as communities. This book is about how ordinary people think about politics, why talking about it is so hard, and how we can begin to mend the personal bonds that are fraying for so many of us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon his own research and his experience growing up in a working class, conservative Christian family in small town Kentucky, Payne argues that there is a near-universal human tendency to believe that people who are different from us are irrational or foolish. The fundamental source of our division is our need to flexibly rationalize ideas in order to see ourselves as good people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnderstanding the psychology behind our political divide provides clues about how we can reduce the damage it is causing. It won't allow us to undo our polarization overnight, but it can give us the tools to stop going around in circles in frustrating arguments. It can help us make better choices about how we engage in political debates, how policy makers and social media companies deal with misinformation, and how we deal with each other on social media. It can help us separate, if we choose to, our political principles from our personal relationships so that we can nurture both.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Keith Payne \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As an international leader in the psychology of economic and racial inequality, he has published more than a hundred articles and book chapters. His research has been recognized with awards from the Association for Psychological Science, the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, and the International Social Cognition Network. His book \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Ladder \u003c\/i\u003ewas recommended by President Obama as one of the best books of 2018, and his research has been featured in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ethe\u003ci\u003e Washington Post, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eNPR's\u003ci\u003e Hidden Brain. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also written for general audiences in \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753133408544,"sku":"9780593491942","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/640314c6bb309c8d6cace8841c8a3bc0.webp?v=1780013507","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/good-reasonable-people-the-psychology-behind-americas-dangerous-divide-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}