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Explor[es] the underlying history and psychology of public discourse . . . should be required reading for politicians and public advocates. Real Change

The most pressing problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a toxic smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda, and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems.

In this second edition of I'm Right and You're an Idiot, James Hoggan grapples with this critical issue, through interviews with outstanding thinkers and drawing on wisdom from highly regarded public figures. Featuring a new, radically revised prologue, afterword, and a new chapter addressing the changes in the public discourse since the 2016 US election, his comprehensive analysis explores:

  • How political will is manipulated
  • How tribalism shuts down open-minded thinking, undermi

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgments
    Prologue: A Beginner's Mind

    Part I: The Polluted Public Square
    Section A: Smashing Heads Doesn't Open Minds
    1. Like Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovichand Steve Rosell
    2. The Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner
    3. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)with Carol Tavris
    4. Morality Binds and Blinds with Jonathan Haidt
    5. Why We Want to Be Misled with Dan Kahan

    Section B: A Failure to Communicate
    6. Facts Are Not Enough with George Lakoff
    7. Matters of Concern with Bruno Latour

    Section C: Duped and How
    8. The Self-regulating Psychopath with Joel Bakan and Noam Chomsky
    9. Steve Bannon's Full-service Propaganda Machine with research by Carole Cadwalladr
    10. Foreign-funded Radicals
    11. Assault on Democracy with Alex Himelfarb
    12. Silencing the Voices of Others with Jason Stanley
    13. Gaslighting Blurs Our Reality with Bryant Welch
    14. Summary: The Polluted Public Square

    Part II: Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish
    Section D: Leaning into the Future
    15. Power and Love with Adam Kahane
    16. No Fish? No Fish Sticks with Peter Senge
    17. Listen Deeply with Otto Scharmer

    Section E: The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative
    18. What Are They Thinking? with Anthony Leiserowitz and Ed Maibach
    19. The Myth of Apathy with Renee Lertzman
    20. Psychic Numbing with Paul Slovic
    21. Sometimes David Wins with Marshall Ganz

    Section F: From the Heart
    22. The Golden Rule with Karen Armstrong
    23. Tending Our Inner Ecology with Joan Halifax
    24. Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish with Thich Nhat Hanh
    25. We Need Warmheartedness with the 14th Dalai Lama
    Epilogue: Hope, Compassion, and Courage

    Notes
    Index
    About the Author
    About New Society Publishers

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      Publisher: New Society Publishers
      Publication Date: 02/07/2019
      ISBN13: 9780865719149, 978-0865719149
      ISBN10: 865719144

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Explor[es] the underlying history and psychology of public discourse . . . should be required reading for politicians and public advocates. Real Change

      The most pressing problem we face today is not climate change. It is pollution in the public square, where a toxic smog of adversarial rhetoric, propaganda, and polarization stifles discussion and debate, creating resistance to change and thwarting our ability to solve our collective problems.

      In this second edition of I'm Right and You're an Idiot, James Hoggan grapples with this critical issue, through interviews with outstanding thinkers and drawing on wisdom from highly regarded public figures. Featuring a new, radically revised prologue, afterword, and a new chapter addressing the changes in the public discourse since the 2016 US election, his comprehensive analysis explores:

      • How political will is manipulated
      • How tribalism shuts down open-minded thinking, undermi

        Table of Contents

        Acknowledgments
        Prologue: A Beginner's Mind

        Part I: The Polluted Public Square
        Section A: Smashing Heads Doesn't Open Minds
        1. Like Ships in the Night with Daniel Yankelovichand Steve Rosell
        2. The Advocacy Trap with Roger Conner
        3. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)with Carol Tavris
        4. Morality Binds and Blinds with Jonathan Haidt
        5. Why We Want to Be Misled with Dan Kahan

        Section B: A Failure to Communicate
        6. Facts Are Not Enough with George Lakoff
        7. Matters of Concern with Bruno Latour

        Section C: Duped and How
        8. The Self-regulating Psychopath with Joel Bakan and Noam Chomsky
        9. Steve Bannon's Full-service Propaganda Machine with research by Carole Cadwalladr
        10. Foreign-funded Radicals
        11. Assault on Democracy with Alex Himelfarb
        12. Silencing the Voices of Others with Jason Stanley
        13. Gaslighting Blurs Our Reality with Bryant Welch
        14. Summary: The Polluted Public Square

        Part II: Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish
        Section D: Leaning into the Future
        15. Power and Love with Adam Kahane
        16. No Fish? No Fish Sticks with Peter Senge
        17. Listen Deeply with Otto Scharmer

        Section E: The Mighty Tool of Public Narrative
        18. What Are They Thinking? with Anthony Leiserowitz and Ed Maibach
        19. The Myth of Apathy with Renee Lertzman
        20. Psychic Numbing with Paul Slovic
        21. Sometimes David Wins with Marshall Ganz

        Section F: From the Heart
        22. The Golden Rule with Karen Armstrong
        23. Tending Our Inner Ecology with Joan Halifax
        24. Speak the Truth, But Not to Punish with Thich Nhat Hanh
        25. We Need Warmheartedness with the 14th Dalai Lama
        Epilogue: Hope, Compassion, and Courage

        Notes
        Index
        About the Author
        About New Society Publishers

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