Vulnerable Minds: The Neuropolitics of Divided Societies

by Liya Yu

Neuroscience research has raised a troubling possibility: Could the tendency to stigmatize others be innate? Some evidence suggests that the brain is prone to in-group and out-group classifications, with consequences from ordinary blind spots to full-scale dehumanization. Many are inclined to reject the argument that racism and discrimination could have a cognitive basis. Yet if we are all vulnerable to thinking in exclusionary ways--if everyone,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231200307
• ISBN13: 9780231200301
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"