I am using this post to pass on to MindBlog readers some background material I just sent out to members of a senior current topics discussion group that we have recently formed in Fort Lauderdale, and named "The Round Table." The session on Monday Dec. 19 is on the topic indicated by the title of this post.
Where do tribes come from? Evolutionary origins
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2014/12/eo-wilson-and-meaning-of-human-existence.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2011/03/beginning-and-middle-of-human-history.html
What is essential human nature? Where do religion and morality come from? How do religious and non-religious people differ?
http://www.moralfoundations.org/
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2007/02/human-nature-redux_20.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2007/10/moral-universals.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2014/08/origins-of-good-and-evil-in-human-babies.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2015/09/birth-of-moralizing-gods.htm
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/02/moralistic-gods-enhance-sociality.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2008/10/evolution-of-religious-prosociality.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2014/09/morality-how-theists-and-non-theists.html
What dynamics regulate in-group and out-group interactions and conflicts?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/opinion/sunday/the-roots-of-implicit-bias.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2014/11/a-mechanism-underlying-intractable.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2012/05/blog-post.html brain correlates of whether we help someone suffering
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2014/09/norm-enforcement-is-biased-from-its.html
What kinds of political tribes do people belong to today?
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/07/the-myth-of-cosmopolitanism.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2011/02/bias-within-politics-of-professoriat.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/opinion/sunday/the-dangers-of-echo-chambers-on-campus.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-need-to-focus-on-the-gut-not-the-head/2016/12/01/dfbe7782-b803-11e6-a677-b608fbb3aaf6_story.html
http://www.alternet.org/print/election-2016/rural-america-understanding-isnt-problem
https://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Their-Own-Land-Mourning/dp/1620972255/ref=as_li_ss_tl
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/01/our-strongest-prejudice-partisan.html
What distinguishes liberals and conservatives?
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/12/more-on-psychology-of-liberals-and.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2008/10/political-attitudes-vary-with.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2009/06/liberals-and-conservatives-feel.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2015/12/negative-evaluation-of.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2013/02/red-brain-blue-brain.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2008/06/why-are-conservatives-happier-than.html
How do people sustain their tribal identities, what psychological shortcuts or errors help?
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2010/08/metacognitive-deficits-in-public.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/04/a-succinct-list-of-some-of-our-common.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-travis-bradberry/13-cognitive-biases-that_b_13355298.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2008/06/seeing-ourselves-seeing-others-built-in.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2015/02/the-neuroscience-of-motivated-cognition.html
How can tribal animosities and conflicts be ameliorated?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/opinion/sunday/im-prejudiced-he-said-then-we-kept-talking.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/06/confronting-prejudiced-brain.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/11/how-to-get-beyond-our-tribal-politics.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2010/04/internet-enhancing-not-diminishing.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/05/the-key-to-political-persuasion.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2013/05/the-limits-of-empathy.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/04/how-to-change-prejudicefor-real-this.html
http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2016/01/how-learning-shapes-empathic-brain.html