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Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide (edition 2009)

by Cass R. Sunstein

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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… (more)
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Title:Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide
Authors:Cass R. Sunstein
Info:Oxford University Press, USA (2009), Edition: 1, Hardcover, 208 pages
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Going to Extremes: How Like Minds Unite and Divide by Cass R. Sunstein

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People who share the same views can reinforce their beliefs if they only discuss these views among themselves, and that's how we build extremists.

The idea is nice, and the arguments in the book are very good, with well documented examples. However, I would have preferred a shorter book to support that statement. ( )
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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

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