Red Genes, Blue Genes: Exposing Political Irrationality

FRONT COVER......Page 1
TITLE PAGE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
1. The New Science of Political Irrationality......Page 10
2. The Psychology of Political Irrationality......Page 34
3. War, ruin, Panic: Cases of Irrationality......Page 62
4. The Biology of Political Irrationality......Page 76
5. The Evolution of Political Irrationality......Page 90
6. Culture and Political Irrationality......Page 116
7. Irrational Partisanship......Page 132
8. Voting and Political Irrationality......Page 148
9. Placebo Democracy......Page 172
10. Irrationality and the Politician......Page 184
11. Irrational Election......Page 202
12. Obama Zen: The Color of hop......Page 228
13. Overcoming Political Irrationality......Page 248
Epilogue: The “Ten Suggestions” For Greater Political rationality......Page 268
NOTES......Page 274
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 284
INDEX......Page 294
About the Author......Page 300