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ERIC SHIRAEV ON POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Click the link above for a video in which Eric defines and discusses the field.
Professor Eric Shiraev teaches a course in Political Psychology. This field, once obscure, is gradually becoming one of the most important disciplines in the world. The future of humanity depends on understanding why self-destructive processes and perhaps delusional ideas have come to dominate our political world.
Shiraev observes that Political Scientists study institutions. However, do these institutions run by themselves? Political policies originate in the minds of human beings.
Shiraev suggests that there must be the "mind of a transformer." What process converts the ideas and fantasies of individuals into ideologies and institutions?
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Professor Eric B Shiraev, George Mason University, is the author of Russian Government and Politics and many other books. His Amazon Page is here.
Eric Shiraev took his academic degrees at St. Petersburg University in Russia and completed a post-doctoral program at UCLA. He is an author, co-author, and co-editor of nineteen books and numerous publications in the fields of international relations, political psychology, Russian, cross-cultural, and comparative studies. He develops a distinct multi-disciplinary approach to government, social, and political behavior and emphasizes the role of identity and culture in politics and international relations. Besides his teaching and scholarly work, Eric Shiraev writes policy briefs and opinion essays for the government, NGOs, and the media.
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