[bksvol-discuss] Another nonfiction submission
- From: "Deborah Murray" <blinkeeblink@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 18:16:07 -0500
Hi all,
I've just submitted for proofing "The Political Mind: Why You Can't
Understand 21st-Century Politics With an 18th-Century Brain" by George
Lakoff.
It's been read through; chapter titles, section titles and page numbers are
present and protected; text has been formatted.
292 pages.
Description:
In What?s the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank pointed out that a great
number of Americans actually vote against their own interests. In The
Political Mind, George Lakoff explains why. As it turns out, human beings
are not the rational creatures we?ve so long imagined ourselves to be.
Ideas, morals, and values do not exist somewhere outside the body, ready to
be examined and put to use. Instead, they exist quite literally inside the
brain?and they take physical shape there. For example, we form particular
kinds of narratives in our minds just like we form specific muscle memories
such as typing or dancing, and then we fit new information into those
narratives. Getting that information out of one narrative type and into
another?or building a whole new narrative altogether?can be as hard as
learning to play the banjo. Changing your mind isn?t likechanging your
body?it?s the same thing. But as long as progressive politicians and
activists persist in believing that people use an objective system of
reasoning to decide on their politics, the Democrats will continue to lose
elections. They must wrest control of the terms of the debate from their
opponents rather than accepting their frame and trying to argue within it.
This passionate, erudite, and groundbreaking book will appeal to readers of
Steven Pinker and Thomas Frank. It is a fascinating read for anyone
interested in how the mind works, how society works, and how they work
together.
Deborah
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