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Leor Zmigrod

The Ideological Brain

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Named a best book of the year by The Guardian and The Telegraph
Why do some people become radicalized?
How do ideologies shape the human brain?
And how can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas?
In The Ideological Brain, Leor Zmigrod reveals the deep connection between political beliefs and the biology of the brain. Drawing on her own pioneering research, she uncovers the complex interplay between biology and environment that predisposes some individuals to rigid ways of thinking, and explains how ideologies take hold of our brains, fundamentally changing the way we think, act and interact with others. She shows how ideologues of all types struggle to change their thought patterns when faced with new information, culminating in the radical message that our politics are not superficial but are woven into the fabric of our minds.
This authoritative, accessible and playful blend of psychology, politics and…
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    • Anahas quoted4 months ago
      The most effective ideologies embolden followers to desire their own domination. With the tools of science we have a fresh way to distinguish ideologies that distort our cognitive capacities from worldviews that bring us closer to our sensation of reality. We can quantify the harm, the injury inflicted by rigid ideologies in new ways.
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        This is why we need scientific approaches to inform ideology critique. So far, our methods for determining which ideologies are moral and which are immoral have relied on roughly five kinds of sources. First, historical analyses of past sufferings. Second, philosophical or theological pronouncements on universal abstract moral categories and whether these are being frustrated or fulfilled. Third, cultural comparisons of existing ideologies. The fourth method uses aggregate social and economic reports to study the population and test who fares better or worse and why.
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        • Anahas quoted4 months ago
          The new science of the ideological brain should vitalize any philosophy that tries to define itself as malleable and oppositional to dogma. By reckoning with how easily a philosophy (or even a science) can become an ideology, we can inquire into how philosophies of freedom can avoid slipping into ideological systems.
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