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

1 Faculty News December 30, 2013 ![The New York Times Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027320.jpg?itok=W8xBr66g)>

Excerpt from [The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/31/opinion/bruni-for-2014-tweet-less-read-more.html?_r=0) -- "Last week I lingered over an excellent book, 'The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion,' by the social psychologist [Jonathan Haidt](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/jonathan-haidt). Published in 2012, it plumbs the relationship between emotion and reason."

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Additional coverage appeared on [Times of Oman](http://www.timesofoman.com/Columns/Article-1603.aspx).