Engaging Populism: Democracy and the Intellectual Virtues

ISBN-13: 9783031057847 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 365 str.

Spis treści

Introduction

Gregory R. Peterson, Michael Berhow, and George Tsakiridis 

Part I: Putting Populism in Context

Chapter 1: Using Political Psychology to Understand Populism, Intellectual Virtues, and Declining Support for Democratic Norms

Ingrid J. Haas 

Chapter 2: Midcentury Populists & the Intellectual Virtues

Jeff Bloodworth 

Chapter 3: Populism, Evangelicalism, and Technology: A Familiar Trinitarian Formula

George Tsakiridis 

Part II: Populism and Intellectual Virtues: Philosophical Approaches

Chapter 4: Populism, Expertise, and Intellectual Autonomy

Alan Hazlett 

Chapter 5: Truthfulness as a Democratic Virtue

Chase Wrenn 

Chapter 6: E Pluribus Unum? Empathy as an Antidote to Populism’s Antipluralism

Sara Shady 

Chapter 7: Populism and the Virtues of Argument

Andrew Aberdein 

Chapter 8: Epistemic Charity in Times of Populist Polarization

Michael Berhow 

Part III: Populism and Intellectual Virtues Across Disciplines

Chapter 9: An Epistemology for Listening across Cultural and Political Divides

David Vishanoff 

Chapter 10: Certain Simple Stories

Sherman Clark 

Chapter 11: Virtuous Autonomy and its Explanatory Role in Turkish Activism

Gregory R. Peterson, Michael L. Spezio, Güneş Sevinç 

Chapter 12: The People, the Experts, and the Citizens: Cognitive and Recognitive Attitudes in Democratic Practice

Adam Smith

Part IV: The Big Picture: Virtues, Populism, and Epistemic Environments

Chapter 13: Justifying Humanitarian Interference for Epistemic Threats

Coleen Watson 

Chapter 14: Intellectual Virtues, Epistemic Democracy, and the Wisdom of the Crowd

Gregory Peterson 

Chapter 15: Pandemic Postscript: Populism and Intellectual Virtues After COVID-19

Gregory Peterson, George Tsakiridis, and Michael Berhow

O autorze

Gregory R. Peterson is Professor of Philosophy and Religion and Director of the Ethics Lab at South Dakota State University. While Dr. Peterson’s early work focused on issues of religion and science in the philosophy of religion, his more recent work focuses on moral and political philosophy and experimental ethics. Dr. Peterson is author or coauthor of over 50 journal articles and book chapters. In addition to the monograph, Minding God, he is co-editor of Property Rights in Contemporary Governance, Habits in Mind, and the Routledge Companion to Religion and Science. Dr. Peterson has also received numerous grant and fellowship awards from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Science Foundation, and the Templeton Foundation.

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Michael C. Berhow is an Adjunct Lecturer of Philosophy at South Dakota State University. He is the author of Dysteleology: A Philosophical Assessment of Suboptimal Design in Biology (2019), and his research focuses on various topics related to religion and science, intellectual virtues, and political/social tribalism. In addition to his scholarly activity, Dr. Berhow has organized and participated in numerous lectures, forums, and panels—all of which are designed to address current events and controversies related to the intersection of science, ethics, religion, and politics.

George Tsakiridis is Senior Lecturer of Philosophy & Religion at South Dakota State University, where he is involved with the Ethics Lab. He is the author of Evagrius Ponticus and Cognitive Science: A Look at Moral Evil and the Thoughts (2010), and Seven Virtues for Success (2021). His published research also focuses on the topic of guilt and forgiveness. Dr. Tsakiridis recently edited the volume Theology and Spider-Man (2021), and he is currently working on several projects related to popular culture. He holds a PhD in Religion and Science/Theology from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago.

Blurb

The past two decades have witnessed an intensifying rise of populist movements globally, and their impact has been felt in both more and less developed countries. Engaging Populism: Democracy and the Intellectual Virtues approaches populism from the perspective of work on the intellectual virtues, including contributions from philosophy, history, religious studies, political psychology, and law. Although recent decades have seen a significant advance in philosophical reflection on intellectual virtues and vices, less effort has been made to date to apply this work to the political realm. While every political movement suffers from various biases, contemporary populism’s association with anti-science attitudes and conspiracy theories makes it a potentially rich subject of reflection concerning the role of intellectual virtues in public life. Interdisciplinary in approach, Engaging Populism will be of interest to scholars and students in philosophy, political theory, psychology, and related fields in the humanities and social sciences.