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The political mind : why you can't understand 21st-century politics with an 18th-century brain /

In What's the Matter with Kansas?, Thomas Frank pointed out that many people actually vote against their own interests. Here, linguist Lakoff explains why. Human beings are not rational creatures. Ideas, morals, and values do not exist somewhere outside--they exist literally inside the brain, a...

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Main Author:	Lakoff, George
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Viking, 2008.
Subjects:	Liberalism > United States. Progressivism (United States politics) Political culture > United States. Conservatism > United States. Communication in politics > United States. Thought and thinking.

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