02549nam 2200601Ia 450 991077776040332120230721021221.00-19-773347-60-19-979314-X1-282-05391-497866120539170-19-970321-3(CKB)1000000000748419(EBL)431309(OCoLC)654777394(SSID)ssj0000164285(PQKBManifestationID)11164711(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000164285(PQKBWorkID)10140318(PQKB)10477044(Au-PeEL)EBL431309(CaPaEBR)ebr10288502(CaONFJC)MIL205391(MiAaPQ)EBC431309(EXLCZ)99100000000074841920081022d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGoing to extremes[electronic resource] how like minds unite and divide /Cass R. SunsteinOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20091 online resource (208 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-975412-8 0-19-537801-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-186) and index.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; IndexWhy 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 teExtremistsUnited StatesRadicalismUnited StatesExtremistsRadicalism303.48/40973Sunstein Cass R145553MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777760403321Going to extremes3855214UNINA