The Science of Political Orientation

October 31, 2013
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. EDT
Location: Berkley Center Third Floor Conference Room Map

Avi Tuschman's book Our Political Nature explores the science underlying political orientation. The book examines how political views arise from three clusters of measurable personality traits, which entail opposing attitudes toward tribalism, inequality, and differing perceptions of human nature. This groundbreaking work is based on new interdisciplinary insights from the fields of primatology, genetics, neuroscience, and anthropology.

Avi Tuschman discussed the book and his latest research. The Berkley Center's Tom Banchoff moderated.

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Thomas Banchoff is vice president for global engagement at Georgetown University and professor in the Department of Government and Walsh School of Foreign Service. He serves as a senior fellow in the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, which he led as founding director from 2006 to 2017.

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About Avi Tuschman

Avi Tuschman is an expert on the hidden roots of political orientation. He began his career in politics as the youngest advisor in the government palace in Lima, Peru. While serving as the senior writer to Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo (2001-2006), Tuschman produced numerous articles and speeches designed to shape public opinion. In 2009, Tuschman joined hands with Toledo and seventeen other former presidents to co-write a regional policy agenda on democratic governance. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon lauded the document and called it historically unprecedented. Tuschman holds a B.A. and a Ph.D. in evolutionary anthropology from Stanford University.

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