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Predisposed

John R. Hibbing

2013288 pagesabout 4–7 hours
2013
first published
  • 2013Taylor & Francis Group · ENGISBN 9781136281228
  • 2013Taylor & Francis Group · ENGISBN 9781136281211
  • 2013Routledge · ENGISBN 9781299910973
  • 2013Taylor & Francis Group · 292 pages · ENGISBN 9781136281174
  • 2013Taylor & Francis Group · 292 pagesISBN 9780203112137
  • 2014Routledge · 288 pages · ENGISBN 9780415535878

"Predisposed presents evidence that people differ politically not just because they grew up in different cultures or were presented with different information. All these factors certainly play their role but people also differ politically because they have diverse psychological, physiological and genetic traits. This biologically-based, physio-cognitive machinery influences much of what makes people who they are, including their personalities, preferences for occupation and leisure pursuits, tastes in art and music, strategies for child rearing and, yes, orientations to politics. In short, this machinery predisposes people to see and understand the world in different ways. These predispositions are in turn responsible for a significant portion of the political conflict that marks human history"--

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