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Political Psychology: Neuroscience, Genetics, and Politics

Political Psychology: Neuroscience, Genetics, and Politics

Marcus, George E.

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0195370643
ISBN13: 9780195370645
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Jul 24 2012
Pages: 332
Weight: 2.60
Height: 1.50 Width: 7.10 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
In Political Psychology: Neuroscience, Genetics, and Politics, scholar George Marcus provides a cutting-edge introduction that discusses the field's origins, evolution, and possibilities. Offering context that other texts typically omit, this unique volume includes a historical account of the ideas that underpin political psychology--ranging from Ancient Greece, through the Enlightenment, to today--thereby highlighting the deep intellectual roots and continuous vitality of the field. The book also looks at emerging trends in the discipline, integrating an inside-out perspective that analyzes how neuroscience, cognitive science, and genetics apply to politics. In addition to opening up new areas of inquiry, this approach gives students new conceptual, theoretical, and methodological tools that they can use to seek out new answers to old questions.

An ideal text for upper-level undergraduate courses in political psychology or as a supplement in political behavior, public opinion, and political communications courses, Political Psychology focuses on teaching the essential skills involved in making credible political psychology explanations: creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking. Exercises throughout enable students to practice and master these skills and to learn by doing.

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