Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think

george lakoff

In this classic text, the first full-scale application of cognitive science to politics, George Lakoff analyzes the unconscious and rhetorical worldviews of liberals and conservatives, discovering radically different but remarkably consistent conceptions of morality on both the left and right. For this new edition, Lakoff adds a preface and an afterword extending his observations to major ideological conflicts since the book's original publication, from the impeachment of Bill Clinton to the 2000 presidential election and its aftermath.

Genres politicsnonfictionpsychologyphilosophylinguisticssociologyhistorypolitical sciencesciencesociety

471 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1996

This edition

Format: 471 pages, Paperback
Published: May 1, 2002 by University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226467719
ASIN: 0226467716
Language: English

About the author

george lakoff

George Lakoff is Richard and Rhoda Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics at UC Berkeley and is one of the founders of the field of cognitive science.

He is author of The New York Times bestseller Don't Think of an Elephant!, as well as Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, Whose Freedom?, and many other books and articles on cognitive science and linguistics.