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Wicked problems, workable solutions : lessons from a public life / Daniel Yankelovich.
Van Pelt Library E169.12 .Y364 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yankelovich, Daniel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yankelovich, Daniel.
- Philosophy.
- Civilization.
- United States--Civilization--21st century.
- United States.
- Political culture--United States.
- Political culture.
- Social psychology--United States.
- Social psychology.
- Yankelovich, Daniel--Philosophy.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 213 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
- Contents:
- I Elitism versus Democracy 1
- 1 Introduction: America's Wicked Problems 3
- 2 Retrofitting the Plumbing of Democracy 7
- 3 A Plea for Adaptive Sanity 11
- 4 Four Wrong Turns 15
- 5 Why We Can't Rely on Our Culture 21
- 6 Straight and Crooked Thinking 25
- 7 Caring and Stewardship 29
- 8 Elite Forms of Groupthink 31
- 9 From Martin Heidegger to Lloyd Blankfein 35
- 10 Transitioning to a Thoughtful Public-A Strategy 39
- II Understanding the Public's "Learning Curve" 43
- 11 An Accidental Profession 45
- 12 Starting My Own Firm 53
- 13 Part Science ... 57
- 14 Part Circus ... 61
- 15 Smart People, Dumb Mistakes 67
- 16 New Methods of Conducting Research 71
- 17 Research Designed for Action 75
- 18 Never Present More than One Idea at a Time 81
- 19 Tracking the Cultural Revolution 85
- 20 A Special Brand of Rebellion 89
- 21 Who's Afraid of the "Generation Gap"? 93
- 22 High-Risk Experiments without a Net 97
- 23 America Tells Itself a New Story 103
- 24 The Yankelovich Monitor 107
- 25 Founding the Public Agenda 111
- 26 The Elitist Double Whammy 115
- 27 Missed Chances to Regain the Public Trust 119
- 28 Coming to Public Judgment 123
- 29 Losing the Battle with the News Media 127
- 30 How My Philosophy for Living Evolved 131
- III My Philosophy for Living 135
- 31 Dinner with Quine 137
- 32 How Scientism Nearly Devoured Philosophy 141
- 33 My Wrong Map Problem 147
- 34 A Look at Existentialism 151
- 35 Finding a Better Framework 153
- 36 Applying Philosophy to Psychoanalysis 157
- 37 "Ego and Instinct" in Retrospect 161
- 38 The Mind-set of the Iron Cage: Prying It Open 165
- 39 Don't Fight Human Nature! 169
- 40 Co-evolution 173
- 41 Culture Is Inescapable ... 179
- 42 Structuring Your Own Philosophy for Living 187
- 43 Some Philosophical Tweets to Live By 193.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781442244801
- 1442244801
- OCLC:
- 897468423
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