Description
-Acknowledging Death, Trauma, and Loss
-Why Truth Matters
-Anxieties of Race and Dominance
-Democracy at Risk
-The Importance of Myth in Politics
Contributors:
- Antoine Banks
- Anne Barnard
- Jessica Benjamin
- Pauline Boss
- Jules Cashford
- Michael A. Cohen
- Lisa Damour
- William Davies
- Megan Doney
- Susan Fiske
- Betty Sue Flowers
- Justin Frank
- Peter Glick
- Anton Hart
- Judith Herman
- Adrienne Hollis
- Ashley Jardina
- Robert Jay Lifton
- Eric Liu
- Lilliana Mason
- William “Scotty” McLennan
- Nate Persily
- Nancy Rosenblum
- Thomas Singer
- Hawthorne “Hawk” Smith
- Sheldon Solomon
- Michael Tansey
- Eric Ward
- Deva Woodly
Table of Contents
Introduction
Betty Teng, Jonathan Kopp, Thomas Singer
Part 1 FRAMEWORK
Chapter 1: Cultural Complexes and the Soul of America – Thomas Singer
Part 2 ACKNOWLEDGING DEATH, TRAUMA, LOSS
Chapter 2: We are all going to Die—Someday – Sheldon Solomon
Chapter 3: Ambiguous Loss & the 2020 Pandemic – Pauline Boss
Chapter 4: Our Collective Trauma – Judith Herman
Chapter 5: Acknowledging Harm & Repairing the World – Jessica Benjamin
Chapter 6: Living Unarmed – Megan Doney
Chapter 7: The Trauma of Syria – Anne Barnard
Part 3 WHY TRUTH MATTERS
Chapter 8: The Case for Radical Openness – Anton Hart
Chapter 9: The End of Truth? – Scotty McLennan
Chapter 10: Conspiracy without Theory – Nancy Rosenblum
Chapter 11: Nervous States & the Instability of Truth – William Davies
Chapter 12: Trump on the Couch – Justin Frank
Chapter 13: Delusions & Lies: The Mind of Trump – Michael Tansey
Part 4 ANXIETIES OF RACE & DOMINANCE
Chapter 14: Justice, Rage & Peace – Eric Ward
Chapter 15: Anger & Racial Politics – Antoine Banks
Chapter 16: Why Everyone Hates the Jews – Susan Fiske & Peter Glick
Chapter 17: The Perilous Path to Asylum – Hawthorne “Hawk” Smith
Chapter 18: Partisan Politics, Toxic Identities, Dangerous Divides – Lilliana Mason
Chapter 19: White Identity Politics – Ashley Jardina
Chapter 20: A “Syndemic”—Climate, Race & COVID-19 – Adrienne Hollis
Part 5 DEMOCRACY AT RISK
Chapter 21: Sounding the Alarm: Cultism and the Loss of Reality – Robert Jay Lifton
Chapter 22: Politics of Care – Deva Woodly
Chapter 23: Restoring Faith in Democracy – Eric Liu
Chapter 24: Can Voting & Democracy Survive the Internet? – Nate Persily
Chapter 25: Analyzing the 2020 Election – Michael A. Cohen
Chapter 26: Politics & the Teenage Mind – Lisa Damour
Part 6 THE IMPORTANCE OF MYTH IN POLITICS
Chapter 27: America’s Economic Myth – Betty Sue Flowers
Chapter 28: When Myth Becomes History – Jules Cashford
Chapter 29: The Symbolic Power of Trump’s Wall – Thomas Singer
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