Irrational Publics and the Fate of Democracy

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.

Info autore

Stephen J.A. Ward is professor emeritus and Distinguished Lecturer in Ethics at the University of British Columbia and award-winning author and editor of 13 books on ethics and media ethics, including Objectively Engaged Journalism: An Ethic.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Stephen J A Ward, Stephen J. A. Ward, Stephen J.A. Ward
• Editore: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.11.2024
• EAN: 9780228020035
• ISBN: 978-0-228-02003-5
• Pagine: 450
• Serie: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche