Conversations with the turtles: on the ideological conundrums of our times
Polarization often results from deficient forms of social belonging, caused primarily by stark social inequalities. These inequalities then generate psychological responses that both create and worsen polarization. Yet social stability is possible. In this provocative and original book, Nilson Ariel...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ideology
B Polarization (Social sciences) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781009441162 |
| Summary: | Polarization often results from deficient forms of social belonging, caused primarily by stark social inequalities. These inequalities then generate psychological responses that both create and worsen polarization. Yet social stability is possible. In this provocative and original book, Nilson Ariel Espino argues that our current ideological polarizations can be best analysed as springing from the contradictions of modernity and its obsessions. Using culture as a founding and organizing dimension, the author disassembles the typical dichotomies of left versus right, or conservatism versus progressivism, and reveals the opposing sides as mutually interdependent positions that struggle with cultural paradoxes they are ill-suited to address. Written with clarity and verve for the general reader, this book brings classic concepts of cultural anthropology to bear on the key preoccupations of today's world, from poverty and inequality, to political instability and the environmental crisis. "The book is written for the general reader concerned with ideological polarization in the world today. It analyses current ideologies as part of cultural worldviews characteristic of the modern era, and suggests ways for furthering political stability and social harmony"-- |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Sep 2024) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 197 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 978-1-009-44118-6 978-1-009-44116-2 978-1-009-44114-8 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009441186 |
