Tag: political science
Book review: ‘The Righteous Mind’ by Jonathan Haidt
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Pantheon/Random House (2012), hardcover, 392 pages This book confirmed a lot of what I’ve learned from studying sociology and anthropology, but it added the dimensions of moral and evolutionary psychology to help me get a better understanding of why people […]
Book review: ‘The Whites of Their Eyes’ by Jill Lepore
The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle over American History by Jill Lepore Princeton University Press (2010), hardcover, 210 pages A review-blurb on the front cover of this book says, “Lepore is a better reporter than any historian, and a better historian than any reporter.” That short, muddled review is […]