{"product_id":"the-rise-of-polarization-9781032509631","title":"The Rise of Polarization","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Manuel Almagro\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Sociology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents a philosophical analysis of affective polarization. It rejects the two-dimensional view of affective polarization and offers a multi-dimensional approach to it. An underlying philosophical issue throughout the book is that our political views are strongly influenced by purely contingent matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe widespread approach to affective polarization emphasizes the role played by two key elements: political identities and feelings toward the out-group. However, this picture is incomplete. Affectively polarized societies are also characterized by the existence of two-sided narratives drawn upon politically fraught issues, and by the increased confidence in such narratives. In this book, the author examines affective polarization as a multi-dimensional phenomenon. He carefully analyses the essential features of the phenomenon and distinguishes five dimensions of it: the identity dimension, the emotional dimension, the narrative dimension, the credence dimension, and the linguistic dimension. Along the way, he addresses questions such as: How many types of polarization can be distinguished? What are the conditions for a society to count as affectively polarized? What are political narratives and political identities? What do partisans do when they say that they dislike the outgroup?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rise of Polarization\u003c\/i\u003e will appeal to scholars and advanced students working in political and social philosophy, political and social psychology, political science, political epistemology, political philosophy of language, and political theory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48057515147415,"sku":"9781032509631","price":5992.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781032509631.webp?v=1784896972","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rise-of-polarization-9781032509631","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}