The Psychology of the Extreme
eBook - ePub

The Psychology of the Extreme

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Psychology of the Extreme

About this book

What does extremism mean? How does it show up in our daily lives? What drives people to extreme behaviors, and how can we learn to live and thrive in the age of overdrive?

The Psychology of the Extreme provides an accessible introduction to extremism as a force that can affect all aspects of culture and people's choices in everyday settings. It explores the underlying psychology behind what makes people act in extreme ways, whether this is in destructive ways (such as gambling, terrorism and political violence) or in constructive ways (such as successful creators and scientists). The book features an array of case studies that show how extremism can be both pro-social and anti-social and includes interventions to reduce extremism or redirect them toward more positive and constructive tendencies. Offering a new understanding of the individual psychology of extremism, the book will appeal to all those interested in how extremism plays out in people's and cultures' day-to-day lives.

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Yes, you can access The Psychology of the Extreme by Arie W. Kruglanski,Sophia Moskalenko in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Addiction in Psychology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half-Title
  4. Series
  5. Title
  6. Copyright
  7. CONTENTS
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. 1 Extremist dynamics
  10. 2 Good extremism, bad extremism
  11. 3 Assessing your own extremism
  12. 4 Extremism then and now
  13. 5 Narratives of extremism
  14. 6 Mental health and extremism
  15. 7 Extremism in the social context
  16. 8 Love’s extremes
  17. 9 Little things that count
  18. 10 Inviting extremism to tea