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This book attempts to explain too much using a simple cognitive/linguistic approach. It reduces conservative and liberal ideas to stereotypes in an attempt to explain them. The liberal slant of the professor's ideas is evident throughout the book, despite his efforts to be "objective." He eventually drops the pretense of being objective about 2/3 of the way through, and then the wheels start to come off of his arguments. For a more complete review, visit ripsbooks.blogspot.com.
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Moral Politics: How Liberals and Conservatives Think, 2nd Ed by George Lakoff
scottvw, March 25, 2007
This book attempts to explain too much using a simple cognitive/linguistic approach. It reduces conservative and liberal ideas to stereotypes in an attempt to explain them. The liberal slant of the professor's ideas is evident throughout the book, despite his efforts to be "objective." He eventually drops the pretense of being objective about 2/3 of the way through, and then the wheels start to come off of his arguments. For a more complete review, visit ripsbooks.blogspot.com.(5 of 18 readers found this comment helpful)