The political brain : the role of emotion in deciding the fate of the nation /

Main Author: Westen, Drew, 1959-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, c2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Winning states of mind
  • 2. Rational minds, irrational campaigns
  • 3. The evolution of the passionate brain
  • 4. The emotions behind the curtain
  • 5. Special interests in mind
  • 6. Trickle-up politics
  • 7. Writing an emotional constitution
  • 8. Aborting ambivalence
  • 9. Gunning for common ground
  • 10. Racial consciousness and unconsciousness
  • 11. Death and taxes
  • 12. Hope, inspiration, and political intelligence
  • 13. Positively negative
  • 14. Terror networks
  • 15. Civil and uncivil unions.