Undue hate : a behavioral economic analysis of hostile polarization in US politics and beyond / Daniel F. Stone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stone, Daniel F., author.

Series:

The MIT Press

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political psychology.

Political psychology--United States.

Economics--Psychological aspects.

Economics.

Hostility (Psychology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2023

Summary:

How to understand the mistakes we make about those on the other side of the political spectrum -- and how they drive the affective polarization that is tearing us apart. It's well known that the political divide in the US -- particularly between Democrats and Republicans -- has grown to alarming levels in recent decades. Affective polarization -- emotional polarization, or the hostility between the parties -- has reached an unprecedented fever pitch. In Undue Hate , Daniel F. Stone tackles the biases undergirding affective polarization head-on. Stone explains why we often develop objectively false, and overly negative, beliefs about the other side -- causing us to dislike them more than we should. Approaching affective polarization through the lens of behavioral economics, Undue Hate is unique in its use of simple mathematical concepts and models to illustrate how we misjudge those we disagree with, for both political and nonpolitical issues. Stone argues that while our biases may vary, just about all of us unwisely exacerbate conflict at times -- managing to make ourselves worse off in the long run. Finally, the book offers both short- and long-term solutions for tempering our bias and limiting its negative consequences -- and, just maybe, finding a way back to understanding one another before it is too late.

Contents:

Intro

Cover

Contents

I The Biased Righteous Mind

Introduction

1 Affective Polarization Bias: Theory

2 Affective Polarization Bias: Evidence

II Explanations

3 Overarching Biases

4 Tastes and Truth

5 Strategy and Repeated Interactions

6 Information

III Implications

7 Undoing Hate?

Acknowledgments

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780262372367

0262372363

9780262372374

0262372371

OCLC:

1353609712