George Lakoff | The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain
Recorded Jun 17, 2008
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One of the most influential political thinkers of the progressive movement, George Lakoff is an advisor to the Democratic Party and author of Whose Freedom? and Don’t Think of An Elephant! He is a professor of linguistics and cognitive science at UC Berkeley and a founding senior fellow of the Rockridge Institute. In The Political Mind, Lakoff explains how our brains really work, why language is so important, and how progressives can use this to their advantage to make strides in the coming elections.
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