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randr

(12,412 posts) Sun Feb 22, 2015, 02:30 PM Feb 2015

Strict Father And Nurturant Parenting Styles: Metaphors For Political Ideologies with George Lakoff,

Just finished listening to this incredible explanation of our political minds.

http://newdimensions.org/strict-father-and-nurturant-parenting-styles-metaphors-for-political-ideologies-with-george-lakoff/

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Strict Father And Nurturant Parenting Styles: Metaphors For Political Ideologies with George Lakoff, (Original Post) randr Feb 2015 OP

I'm at an age where cilla4progress Feb 2015 #1

I wish I would've read Lakoff's classic "Metaphors We Live By" twenty years ago. cheapdate Feb 2015 #2

Lakoff's been great forever, elleng Feb 2015 #3

cilla4progress

(24,736 posts)

1. I'm at an age where

Reply to randr (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 02:42 PM

Feb 2015

things I've thought, or thought about, for so long, are now part of the zeitgeist.

Did I tap into it, or did it tap into me?

Fun!

cheapdate

(3,811 posts)

2. I wish I would've read Lakoff's classic "Metaphors We Live By" twenty years ago.

Reply to randr (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 03:12 PM

Feb 2015

It changed how I think about language and the mind.

The strict father/nurturing parent model is the most compelling explanation of the conservative/liberal divide I've ever seen. For the first time, I could understand that despite many seeming inconsistencies, the conservative moral framework and political ideology can be understood as a coherent and consistent mindset.

The theory is wonderfully explained in his book "The Political Mind : A Cognitive Scientist's Guide to Your Brain and Its Politics".

LOVE Lakoff!

elleng

(130,974 posts)

3. Lakoff's been great forever,

Reply to randr (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2015, 06:21 PM

Feb 2015

almost as long as the 'professional' Dems have ignored him.

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