Politics on the Couch

Order and chaos - why the left keeps losing

07.30.2021 - By Larchmont ProductionsPlay

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In this episode Rafael Behr talks to Cambridge University political psychologist Dr Lee de-Wit about the problem with progressive arguments over patriotism, and Labour's constant struggle to connect with socially conservative voters. Links mentioned in this episode: Dr Lee de-Wit's Cambridge University homepage https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/lee-de-wit Arnold Kling's book https://cdn.cato.org/libertarianismdotorg/books/ThreeLanguagesOfPolitics.pdf Haidt and Moral Foundations Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_foundations_theory Tariq Modood's site http://www.tariqmodood.com YouGov poll on immigration https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2019/09/13/what-policy-do-british-voters-want-on-eu-immigration-is-there-a-hidden-consensus/ Dr Lee de-Wit's book http://eandtbooks.com/books/whats-your-bias/ Dr Lee de-Wit's recent article in the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/11/politics-left-right-tories-advantage-labour Politics on the Couch has just been selected by Feedspot as one of the Top 25 UK Psychology Podcasts on the web. This is the most comprehensive list of Top 25 UK Psychology Podcasts on the internet and we're honored to have been selected! https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_psychology_podcasts This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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