{"product_id":"minds-wide-shut-how-the-new-fundamentalisms-divide-us-9780691214924","title":"Minds Wide Shut: How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA timely exploration of intellectual dogmatism in politics, economics, religion, and literature--and what can be done to fight it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolarization may be pushing democracy to the breaking point. But few have explored the larger, interconnected forces that have set the stage for this crisis: namely, a rise in styles of thought, across a range of fields, that literary scholar Gary Saul Morson and economist Morton Schapiro call \"fundamentalist.\" In \u003ci\u003eMinds Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e, Morson and Schapiro examine how rigid adherence to ideological thinking has altered politics, economics, religion, and literature in ways that are mutually reinforcing and antithetical to the open-mindedness and readiness to compromise that animate democracy. In response, they propose alternatives that would again make serious dialogue possible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFundamentalist thinking, Morson and Schapiro argue, is not limited to any one camp. It flourishes across the political spectrum, giving rise to dueling monologues of shouting and abuse between those who are certain that they can't be wrong, that truth and justice are all on their side, and that there is nothing to learn from their opponents, who must be evil or deluded. But things don't have to be this way. Drawing on thinkers and writers from across the humanities and social sciences, Morson and Schapiro show how we might begin to return to meaningful dialogue through case-based reasoning, objective analyses, lessons drawn from literature, and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe result is a powerful invitation to leave behind simplification, rigidity, and extremism--and to move toward a future of greater open-mindedness, moderation, and, perhaps, even wisdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary Saul Morson\u003c\/b\u003e is the Lawrence B. Dumas Professor of the Arts and Humanities and professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University. \u003cb\u003eMorton Schapiro\u003c\/b\u003e is the president of Northwestern University and a professor of economics. The authors of many books, Morson and Schapiro are also the coauthors of \u003ci\u003eCents and Sensibility: What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50486351724818,"sku":"9780691214924","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cd9bbe0d-c886-400a-b362-a61960597579.jpg?v=1730426425","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/minds-wide-shut-how-the-new-fundamentalisms-divide-us-9780691214924","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}