author: Jonathan Haidt
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.22
book published:
rating: 4
read at: 2016/12/14
date added: 2016/12/14
shelves: non-fiction
review:
'Can't We All Disagree More Constructively?: from the Righteous Mind' by Jonathan Haidt is a short essay with a very long name and a very timely message.
What makes us conservative and liberal? What has happened that we can't even talk to each other anymore?
Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist that has some ideas about how we got here. He thinks some of the origins of liberalism and conservatism have a genetic influence. Things like risk aversion play in to the equation. I can buy into that theory a little bit. The more important thing is to understand and flourish as a nation.
The book feels like it's accessible no matter what your political leaning, and I really appreciate what the author says. I've felt for a while that the divide in my country is growing, and that has never been more evident than in the past election cycle. This book and thought process may work to help change things.
I received a review copy of this ebook from Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Vintage, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.
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