# Prof. Jonathan Haidt's book, "The Righteous Mind," is mentioned

1 Faculty News April 20, 2014 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303603904579493612156024266?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303603904579493612156024266.html&fpid=2,7,121,122,201,401,641,1009) -- "First, much of politics is less about what you are for than who you are against, as [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt), a New York University psychology professor, noted in his popular 2012 book 'The Righteous Mind.'"

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