George Lakoff
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 01:50 PM
George Lakoff
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Why do people vote against their own interests? Linguist and professor George Lakoff, author of The Political Mind: Why You Can't Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain, says it's all about language. Moreover, he argues, if political progressives want to put a Democrat in the White House, they need to employ the latest in cognitive science - on the Brian Lehrer Show, 6/04/08
Event: George Lakoff will be reading tonight, 6/4/08, at 7pm at McNally Robinson, 52 Prince Street, New York, NY.
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