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Inner Democracy: Empowering the Mind Against a Polarizing Society investigates the psychological backgrounds of contemporary societal problems such as hate speech, authoritarianism, and divisive forms of identity politics, and how we can counter such destructive forces.
List of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Democracy: What Happens In Our Self?
- Chapter 1. The Power-Holder: The Appeal of Absolute Control
- Chapter 2. The Truth-Holder: In The Trenches of Impenetrable Righteousness
- Chapter 3. Inner Democracy and Political Intolerance
- Chapter 4. The Mind-Expanding Potential of Opposing and Contradictory Positions
- Chapter 5. Inner Democracy As Multi-Voiced and Dialogical
- Chapter 6. Between The Imprisoned Self and Free Participation
- Chapter 7. Stimulating and Impeding Factors For Inner Democracy
- Epilogue. Inner Democracy In A Future of Algorithms
- References
About the author
Hubert J.M. Hermans is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands and is internationally known as the creator of Dialogical Self Theory. He is Honorary Associate of the Taos Institute (2012) and was elected as foreign member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts in 2018. He is Honorary President of the International Society for Dialogical Science. In 2002, Hermans was decorated as Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion for his exceptional scientific contribution to society.
Summary
Inner Democracy: Empowering the Mind Against a Polarizing Society investigates the psychological backgrounds of contemporary societal problems such as hate speech, authoritarianism, and divisive forms of identity politics, and how we can counter such destructive forces.
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As the subtitle implies, an important goal of this insightful and thoughtful book is to help equip educators and parents as well as citizens with concepts and skills to promote democracy by empowering the mind against a polarizing society.
