{"product_id":"no-politics-no-religion-gregory-harms-9781895131635","title":"No Politics, No Religion?: How America's Code of Conduct Conceals Our Unity","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmericans are told that they are divided and polarized, but is it true? \u003cem\u003eNo Politics, No Religion? \u003c\/em\u003eput this proposition to the test - with surprising results.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNo politics, no religion is a common saying that discussions of politics and religion should be avoided at the dinner table or social gatherings due to their tendency to divide people. But in \u003cem\u003eNo Politics, No Religion?\u003c\/em\u003e Gregory Harms argues that this is absolutely wrong. These are precisely the topics we should be discussing... and the topics which most clearly point to the deep level of agreement in American society that is often overlooked in favor of surface-level polarization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn clear and accessible terms, Harms lays out evidence from philosophy, science, history, and contemporary polling data\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003e that debate of politics and religion can lead to greater agreement and more civil discourse. In the history of philosophy, there was a change in the Enlightenment away from the ancient thesis that humans are prone to sin towards a more optimistic understanding of human nature. And as Harms demonstrates, this same pattern is repeated in twentieth and twenty-first century primatology, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and psychology. Current research is throwing out the older view human nature is a thin civilized veneer wrapped over a dark primal core, in favor of a picture very much like that of the Enlightenment philosophers, where sympathy, pity, cooperation, and the desire to be loved are central to our being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImportantly, this story has direct consequences for American politics. Americans are bombarded with the message that they are divided. But it turns out Americans are in far greater agreement than they are told. When we follow the insightful account that Harms provides in \u003cem\u003eNo Politics, No Religion?\u003c\/em\u003e, we see overwhelming agreement. America is not divided. And talking about politics and religion can help bring that into focus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Harms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1895131634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781895131635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Political Animal Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.47d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gregory Harms","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072530411775,"sku":"9781895131635","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0ae34e6b-0463-4fc8-81de-613df3d79da9.jpg?v=1685442524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/no-politics-no-religion-gregory-harms-9781895131635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}