Tue July 10, 2018
We Can’t Talk Anymore? Understanding the Structural Roots of Partisan Polarization and the Decline of Democratic Discourse
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David Peritz, Professor of Politics, Sarah Lawrence College
Political polarization, accompanied by negative partisanship, are striking features of the current political landscape. Perhaps these trends were originally confined to politicians and the media, but we recently reached the point where the majority of Americans report they would consider it more objectionable if their children married across party lines than if they married someone of another faith. Where did this polarization come from? And what it is doing to American democracy, which is housed in institutions that were framed to encourage open deliberation, compromise and consensus formation? In this talk, Professor David Peritz will examine some of the deeper forces in the American economy, the public sphere and media, political institutions, and even moral psychology that best seem to account for the recent rise in popular polarization.
Location: 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in, 6 p.m. program MLF: Health & Medicine Program Organizer: Bill Grant
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
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Political polarization, accompanied by negative partisanship, are striking features of the current political landscape. Perhaps these trends were originally confined to politicians and the media, but we recently reached the point where the majority of Americans report they would consider it more objectionable if their children married across party lines than if they married someone of another faith. Where did this polarization come from? And what it is doing to American democracy, which is housed in institutions that were framed to encourage open deliberation, compromise and consensus formation? In this talk, Professor David Peritz will examine some of the deeper forces in the American economy, the public sphere and media, political institutions, and even moral psychology that best seem to account for the recent rise in popular polarization.
Location: 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in, 6 p.m. program MLF: Health & Medicine Program Organizer: Bill Grant
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
David Peritz, Professor of Politics, Sarah Lawrence College
Political polarization, accompanied by negative partisanship, are striking features of the current political landscape. Perhaps these trends were originally confined to politicians and the media, but we recently reached the point where the majority of Americans report they would consider it more objectionable if their children married across party lines than if they married someone of another faith. Where did this polarization come from? And what it is doing to American democracy, which is housed in institutions that were framed to encourage open deliberation, compromise and consensus formation? In this talk, Professor David Peritz will examine some of the deeper forces in the American economy, the public sphere and media, political institutions, and even moral psychology that best seem to account for the recent rise in popular polarization.
Location: 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in, 6 p.m. program MLF: Health & Medicine Program Organizer: Bill Grant
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
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Political polarization, accompanied by negative partisanship, are striking features of the current political landscape. Perhaps these trends were originally confined to politicians and the media, but we recently reached the point where the majority of Americans report they would consider it more objectionable if their children married across party lines than if they married someone of another faith. Where did this polarization come from? And what it is doing to American democracy, which is housed in institutions that were framed to encourage open deliberation, compromise and consensus formation? In this talk, Professor David Peritz will examine some of the deeper forces in the American economy, the public sphere and media, political institutions, and even moral psychology that best seem to account for the recent rise in popular polarization.
Location: 110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco Time: 5:30 p.m. check-in, 6 p.m. program MLF: Health & Medicine Program Organizer: Bill Grant
All ticket sales are final and nonrefundable.
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110 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94105
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