Download or read book Behavioral Persuasion in Politics (Classic Reprint) written by Heinz Eulau and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Behavioral Persuasion in Politics New ways of saying and doing things have always tempted some and terrified others. The citizens of Athens once put to death a sage named Socrates, charging "corruption of the young," and "neglect of the gods when the city worships, and the practice of religious novelties." Both charges were, and remain, somewhat obscure. It seems that Socrates, among other crimes, had introduced a new, critical method into philosophical speculation. And politics was among the topics he considered. In politics, methods of study and objectives of inquiry are particularly subject to controversy. The stakes are probably higher in politics than in any other field of human effort, and today that even includes religion. New approaches and objectives are likely to arouse passions. Indeed, so much so that some people believe disinterested political inquiry to be impossible. Of course, the innovator is no longer forced to drink hemlock, at least not in societies that take pride in free investigation. Instead he becomes involved in interminable debate with his critics. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.