Inner Democracy

Empowering the Mind Against a Polarizing Society

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

AvHubert J. M. Hermans,Radboud University of Nijmegen) Hermans, Hubert J. M. (Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Emeritus Professor of Psychology

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Inner Democracy: Empowering the Mind Against a Polarizing Society investigates the psychological backgrounds of contemporary societal problems such as hate speech, authoritarianism, and divisive forms of identity politics, and how we can counter such destructive forces. The book argues that a democratic society needs citizens who do more than just express their preference for free elections, freedom of speech, and respect of constitutional rights. Rather, democracy is vital only if it is deeply rooted in the hearts, minds, and selves of its participants. In the field of tension created by societal power clashes and absolute truth pretensions, the book investigates how opposition, cooperation, and participation work as innovative forces in a democratic self. Democracy is understood as a personal learning process and as a dialogical play between thought and counter-thought, between imagination and counter-imagination, and between emotion and reason. Written for social scientists, teachers, journalists, and parents who are interested in the facilitation of democracy in a wide variety of situations, this book proposes inner democracy as an antidote against the widespread polarization in our society.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-11-05
Mått236 x 157 x 20 mm
Vikt431 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor228
FörlagOUP USA
ISBN9780197501023

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Hubert J.M. Hermans is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Radboud University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands and is internationally known as the creator of Dialogical Self Theory. He is Honorary Associate of the Taos Institute (2012) and was elected as foreign member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Sciences and the Arts in 2018. He is Honorary President of the International Society for Dialogical Science. In 2002, Hermans was decorated as Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion for his exceptional scientific contribution to society.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction. Democracy: What Happens In Our Self?Chapter 1. The Power-Holder: The Appeal of Absolute ControlChapter 2. The Truth-Holder: In The Trenches of Impenetrable RighteousnessChapter 3. Inner Democracy and Political IntoleranceChapter 4. The Mind-Expanding Potential of Opposing and Contradictory PositionsChapter 5. Inner Democracy As Multi-Voiced and DialogicalChapter 6. Between The Imprisoned Self and Free ParticipationChapter 7. Stimulating and Impeding Factors For Inner DemocracyEpilogue. Inner Democracy In A Future of AlgorithmsReferences

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