Book description
How to understand the mistakes we make about those on the other side of the political spectrumāand how they drive the affective polarization that is tearing us apart.
Itās well known that the political divide in the United Statesāparticularly between Democrats and Republicansāhas grown to alarming levels in recent decades.ā¦
Why read it?
1 author picked Undue Hate as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A major factor in our extreme polarization is the distorted, overly pessimistic views people on both sides can have of their fellow citizens.
As Stone points out, we can dislike the people on the "other side" much more than we should, even based on our own standards for disliking people. If you're looking for an in-depth, academic examination of our "undue hate," this is the book to read.Ā
Our distorted perceptions are very important because the animosity and disrespect and insults we aim at the "other side" helps create their animosity, which in turn gives more power to highly polarizedā¦
From Zachary's list on The best books for healing the political divides in America.
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