Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy - Volume 91

Stephen Ward combines history and evolutionary psychology for a comprehensive view of the social irrationality plaguing democracies. Human nature has both extreme Darwinian traits promoting competition and sociable traits of cooperation and empathy. When social tensions trigger the former, they become maladaptive and dangerous.

About the author

Stephen J.A. Ward is professor emeritus and distinguished lecturer in ethics at the University of British Columbia and award-winning author ot editor of thirteen books on ethics and media ethics, including Objectively Engaged Journalism: An Ethic.

Summary

Stephen Ward combines history and evolutionary psychology for a comprehensive view of the social irrationality plaguing democracies. Human nature has both extreme Darwinian traits promoting competition and sociable traits of cooperation and empathy. When social tensions trigger the former, they become maladaptive and dangerous.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J A Ward, Stephen J. A. Ward, Stephen J.A. Ward
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.11.2024
• EAN: 9780228020035
• ISBN: 978-0-228-02003-5
• No. of pages: 450
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 653 g
• Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories