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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454149903321

Autore

Sunstein Cass R

Titolo

Going to extremes [[electronic resource] ] : how like minds unite and divide / / Cass R. Sunstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-05391-4

9786612053917

0-19-970321-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

303.48/40973

Soggetti

Extremists - United States

Radicalism - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-186) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; CHAPTER 1: Polarization; CHAPTER 2: Extremism: Why and When; CHAPTER 3: Movements; CHAPTER 4: Preventing Extremism; CHAPTER 5: Good Extremism; Appendix: Findings of Group Polarization; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why do people become extremists? What makes people become so dismissive of opposing views? Why is political and cultural polarization so pervasive in America? Why do groups of teenagers, investors, and corporations take unnecessary risks? What leads groups to engage in such destructive acts as terrorism and ethic cleansing?. In Going to Extremes, renowned legal scholar and best-selling author Cass Sunstein offers startling insights into why and when people gravitate toward extremism. Sunstein marshals an abundance of evidence that shows that when like-minded people talk to one another, they te