03379oam 2200793 450 991055427310332120240131165918.00-691-24257-70-691-21491-310.1515/9780691214931(OCoLC)1178869545(MiFhGG)GVRL60EC(EXLCZ)99559000000042941020200717h20212021 uy 0engurun#---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMinds wide shut how the new fundamentalisms divide us /Gary Saul Morson, Morton SchapiroPrinceton :Princeton University Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (xix, 307 pages)Gale eBooks0-691-21492-1 0-691-21493-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Fundamentalism Writ Large -- Fundamentalism and its Alternatives: From Fanaticism to Dialogue -- Divided We Stand: The Politics of Hate -- Price and Prejudice: Economics and the Quest for Truth -- Searching for Eternal Truths: Religion and its Discontents -- Literature: How to Ruin It and Why You Shouldn't -- Path Forward -- Chekhov With the Final Word."Gary Saul Morson, a literature scholar at Northwestern, and Morton Schapiro, an economist, and president of Northwestern, are authors of our book Cents and Sensibilities, on what economists, who tend to reduce reality to economic fundamentalist thinking, can do to correct and enhance their accounts of social life. In their new book, Morton and Schapiro extend their discussion to encompass not only the market fundamentalism of economics, but various other forms of intellectual fundamentalism from politics through religion through literature. In each case and overall, they emphasize the importance of cross-disciplinary dialogue in correcting the errors of these diferent academics fundamentalisms, while helping to construct richer accounts of culture and society"--Provided by publisher.IdeologyPolarization (Social sciences)ExtremistsReligious fundamentalismIdeology and literatureAdam Smith.Bible.Chekhov.Enemies.climate change.death of dialogue.empathy.extremism.humanism and economics.humanistic economics.ideologues.market fundamentalism.political polarization.problem of certainty.pseudoscience.radical skepticism.silo.threats to democracy.tyranny of experts.value of dialogue.Ideology.Polarization (Social sciences)Extremists.Religious fundamentalism.Ideology and literature.303.38QD 000rvkMorson Gary Saul1948-610132Schapiro Morton OwenMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910554273103321Minds wide shut2819771UNINA