I'm right and you're an idiot : the toxic state of public discourse and how to clean it up / James Hoggan with Grania Litwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoggan, James, 1946- author.

Litwin, Grania, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal communication.

Debates and debating.

Polarization (Social sciences).

Physical Description:

xxi, 248 pages ; 23 cm

Other Title:

I am right and you are an idiot

Place of Publication:

Gabriola Island, BC, Canada : New Society Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"Just as the natural environment can be polluted, so too can public discourse. I'm Right and You're an Idiot examines the sorry state of today's public square, showing how polluted, polarized conversations discourage people from taking action on critical issues such as climate change, and demonstrating how we can clear the air and become more powerful and effective communicators."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I The Polluted Public Square 1

Section A Smashing Heads Doesn't Open Minds

1 Like Ships In the Night / Daniel Yankelovich Yankelovich, Daniel 5

2 The Advocacy Trap / Roger Conner Conner, Roger 13

3 Mistakes Were Made (Bur Not By Me) / Carol Tavris Tavris, Carol 21

4 Morality Binds and Blinds / Jonathan Haidt Haidt, Jonathan 33

5 Why We Wane To Be Misled / Dan Kahan Kahan, Dan 41

Section B A Failure to Communicate

6 Facts Are Not Enough / George Lakoff Lakoff, George 49

7 Matters of Concern / Bruno Latour Latour, Bruno 55

Section C Duped and How

8 The Self-Regulating Psychopath / Joel Bakan Bakan, Joel, Noam Chomsky Chomsky, Noam 67

9 A Case Study: Foreign-Funded Radicals 77

10 Assault On Democracy / Alex Himelfarb Himelfarb, Alex 89

11 Silencing the Voices of Others / Jason Stanley Stanley, Jason 95

12 Gaslighting Blurs Our Reality / Bryant Welch Welch, Bryant 101

13 Summary: The Polluted Public Square 107

Part II Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish 117

Section D Leaning Into the Future

14 Power and Love / Adam Kahane Kahane, Adam 121

15 No Fish? No Fish Sticks / Peter Senge Senge, Peter 133

16 Listen Deeply / Otto Scharmer Scharmer, Otto, Anne Giardini Giardini, Anne 145

Section E The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative

17 The Myth of Apathy / Renee Lertzman Lertzman, Renee 157

18 Psychic Numbing / Paul Slovic Slovic, Paul 165

19 Sometimes David Wins / Marshall Ganz Ganz, Marshall 173

Section F From the Heart

20 The Golden Rule / Karen Armstrong Armstrong, Karen, Joan Halifax Halifax, Joan 187

21 Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish / Thich Nhat Hanh Hanh, Thich Nhat 193

22 We Need Warmheartedness / The 14th Dalai Lama 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Hoggan, James, 1946-, author. I'm right and you're an idiot.

ISBN:

9780865718173

0865718172

OCLC:

923552554