Going to extremes : how like minds unite and divide / Cass R. Sunstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sunstein, Cass R., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extremists--United States.

Extremists.

Radicalism--United States.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this work, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass Sunstein offers insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism. Sunstein marshals an abundance of evidence that shows that when like-minded people talk to one another, they tend to become more extreme in their views than they were before.

Contents:

Contents; CHAPTER 1: Polarization; CHAPTER 2: Extremism: Why and When; CHAPTER 3: Movements; CHAPTER 4: Preventing Extremism; CHAPTER 5: Good Extremism; Appendix: Findings of Group Polarization; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-773347-6

0-19-979314-X

1-282-05391-4

9786612053917

0-19-970321-3

OCLC:

654777394