num_pages: 543
description: The first book to tell the natural history of political orientations. Our Political Nature is the first book to reveal the hidden roots of our most deeply held moral values. It shows how political orientations across space and time arise from three clusters of measurable personality traits. These clusters entail opposing attitudes toward tribalism inequality and differing perceptions of human nature. Together these traits are by far the most powerful cause of left-right voting even leading people to regularly vote against their economic interests. As this book explains our political personalities also influence our likely choice of a mate and shape society's larger reproductive patterns. Most importantly of all it tells the evolutionary stories of these crucial personality traits which stem from epic biological conflicts. Based on dozens of exciting new insights from primatology genetics neuroscience and anthropology this groundbreaking work brings core concepts to life through current news stories and personalities. For instance readers will meet Glenn Beck and Hugo Chavez and come to understand the underlying evolutionary forces they represent. By blending serious research with relevant contemporary examples Our Political Nature casts important light onto the ideological clashes that so dangerously divide and imperil our world today.
language: English
title: Our Political Nature: The Evolutionary Origins of What Divides Us
publisher: Prometheus