Moral Politics

How Liberals and Conservatives Think

George Lakoff

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Chicago University Press
05 September 2016

Ethics & moral philosophy; Politics & government; Political science & theory

Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith

When Moral Politics was first published two decades ago, it redefined how Americans think and talk about politics through the lens of cognitive political psychology. Today, George Lakoff's classic text has become all the more relevant, as liberals and conservatives have come to hold even more vigorously opposed views of the world, with the underlying assumptions of their respective worldviews at the level of basic morality. Even more so than when Lakoff wrote, liberals and conservatives simply have very different, deeply held beliefs about what is right and wrong.

Lakoff reveals radically different but remarkably consistent conceptions of morality on both the left and right. Moral worldviews, like most deep ways of understanding the world, are unconscious - part of our "hard-wired" brain circuitry. When confronted with facts that don't fit our moral worldview, our brains work automatically and unconsciously to ignore or reject these facts, and it takes extraordinary openness and awareness of this phenomenon to pay critical attention to the vast number of facts we are presented with each day. For this new edition, Lakoff has added a new preface and afterword, extending his observations to major ideological conflicts since the book's original publication, from the Affordable Care Act to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the recent financial crisis, and the effects of global warming. One might have hoped such massive changes would bring people together, but the reverse has actually happened; the divide between liberals and conservatives has become stronger and more virulent.

To have any hope of bringing mutual respect to the current social and political divide, we need to clearly understand the problem and make it part of our contemporary public discourse. Moral Politics offers a much-needed wake-up call to both the left and the right.

By: George Lakoff
Imprint: Chicago University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions: Height: 22mm, Width: 14mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 680g
ISBN: 9780226411293
ISBN 10: 022641129X
Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 05 September 2016
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

George Lakoff is distinguished professor of cognitive science and linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including Metaphors We Live By and Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things, both also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Reviews for Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think

Lakoff, the cognitive linguist, understands 'how' you understand . In Moral Politics, [he] deftly applies that seemingly arcane understanding to the heart of American politics. . . . Even those who disagree with him will profit deeply from encountering his challenging ideas. --Christian Science Monitor, praise for the previous editions [Moral Politics] isn't just an 'issue-by-issue debate.' . . . [It is an] unusual mix of judicious scholarship, tendentious journalism, and inflammatory wake-up call. --San Francisco Chronicle, praise for the previous editions