Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics

by Rick Shenkman

Book Overview

Can a football game affect the outcome of an election? What about shark attacks? Or a drought? In a rational world the answer, of course, would be no. But as bestselling historian Rick Shenkman explains in Political Animals, our world is anything but rational. Drawing on science, politics, and history, Shenkman explores the hidden forces behind our often illogical choices.

Political Animals challenges us to go beyond the headlines,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465033008
• ISBN13: 9780465033003
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.1" x 9.3"