Description: Vulnerable Minds : The Neuropolitics of Divided Societies, Paperback by Yu, Liya, ISBN 0231200315, ISBN-13 9780231200318, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Addresses an all-important contemporary issue: whether a tolerant liberal politics is possible given basic facts about how the human brain brain works--in particular, its in-group and out-group classifications and the resultant dehumanization of others in extreme cases. Th argues that if we take seriously the challenges posed by these findings rather than dismissing or ignoring them, relying instead on goodwill, we will have a better chance of achieving this goal. It is both an individual and a collective ethical duty to hold ourselves accountable to liberal social and political values in the face of our own tendencies to undermine them. Liya Yu makes the case that research demonstrates that the tendencies to stigmatize others are innate, and yet we must find ways to temper them in order to protect political virtues such as tolerance, human rights, and antiracism. In advancing suggestions for "cognitive humanization," she contributes to a long-standing effort to advance social neuroscience in an ethically and historically responsible way"--
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Book Title: Vulnerable Minds : The Neuropolitics of Divided Societies
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Vulnerable Minds : the Neuropolitics of Divided Societies
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Subject: Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology, Discrimination & Race Relations, History & Theory, General
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 15.4 Oz
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, Psychology
Author: Liya Yu
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
