Teresa Bejan
Books by Teresa Bejan
“Teresa Bejan is a political philosopher and historian of 17th century thought. She wanted to set some of the current debates that we’re having over the public and political discourse in historical context. There’s a lot of concern at the moment about civility, ‘Are we having a civil enough discourse? Or is that impossible these days?’ She argues that if you go back to post-Reformation Europe and the New World you see the same arguments playing out in this very different but oddly similar context.” Read more...
The best books on Disagreeing Productively
Ian Leslie, Journalist
Interviews where books by Teresa Bejan were recommended
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The Enigma of Reason: A New Theory of Human Understanding
by Dan Sperber & Hugo Mercier -
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Knowing Mandela: A Personal Portrait
by John Carlin -
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The Five Percent: Finding Solutions to Seemingly Impossible Conflicts
by Peter Coleman -
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Mere Civility: Disagreement and the Limits of Toleration
by Teresa Bejan -
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Learning Lessons From Waco: When Parties Bring Their Gods to the Negotiation Table
by Jayne Docherty
The best books on Disagreeing Productively, recommended by Ian Leslie
The best books on Disagreeing Productively, recommended by Ian Leslie
Many of us avoid conflict in our relationships with family and friends or at work, but that’s probably a mistake, says Ian Leslie, author of a number of nonfiction books on human behaviour. Here, he recommends books that offer insight into how to disagree productively, from evolutionary biology to 17th century Rhode Island, from Nelson Mandela to seemingly intractable conflicts.
