This chapter reviews evidence on the structure and psychological determinants of political
ideology. It presents empirical evidence that supports a multidimensional structure of …

The age-old philosophical, biological, and social debate over the basic nature of humans as
being “universally selfish” or “universally good” continues today highlighting sharply …

A leading psychologist explains why nearly all of us—including many of those who are
persecuted and powerless—so often defend the social systems that cause misery and …

Individuals are not merely passive vessels of whatever beliefs and opinions they have been
exposed to; rather, they are attracted to belief systems that resonate with their own …

Disputes between those holding differing political views are ubiquitous and deep-seated,
and they often follow common, recognizable lines. The supporters of tradition and stability …

Recent years have seen a surge in psychological research on the relationship between
political ideology (particularly conservatism) and cognition, affect, behaviour, and even …

Drawing on state-of-the-art personality and developmental research, this book presents a
new and broadly integrative theory of how people come to be who they are over the life …

In Biocultural Creatures, Samantha Frost brings feminist and political theory together with
findings in the life sciences to recuperate the category of the human for politics. Challenging …

The number of nonreligious people has increased dramatically over the past several
decades, yet scholarship on the nonreligious is severely lacking. In response to this critical …

There have been two broad approaches to how sociopolitical or ideological attitudes are
structured. The more traditional unidimensional approach sees ideological attitudes as …