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In the authors’ view, a better metaphor may be the near-schismatic divides that have historically separated religious sects such as Sunni from Shia or Protestant from Catholic. Some may call this “tribalism.” But tribalism is based on the metaphor of kinship. This rise in out-group hate is what we find so alarming.” “It’s that they’re contemptuous of the other side, whom they see as ‘other’ and less moral-an existential threat. “It’s not just that people only trust or associate with their own side,” says Wang, who directs the Center. The paper’s authors include Eli Finkel, a professor of management and organizations at Kellogg, Cynthia Wang, a clinical professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School, James Druckman and Mary McGrath, both professors of political science at Northwestern, as well as eleven others from a range of disciplines. But the truth might be that it’s even worse than we think, and that polarization doesn’t quite capture the partisan rancor we see on our screens.Īccording to a new paper, the term that best describes our strife is “political sectarianism,” or the tendency of political groups to align on the basis of moralized identities rather than shared ideas or policy preferences.
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