What's in it for me?

<p>This punchy and provocative book asks a simple but overlooked question: why do we have the political views that we do?<br><br>Offering a lively and original analysis of five worldviews - conservatism national populism liberalism the new left and social democracy - Thomas Prosser argues that our views tend to satisfy self-interest albeit indirectly and that progressive worldviews are not as altruistic as their adherents believe. But<i> What's in it for me?</i> is far from pessimistic. Prosser contends that recognition of self-interest makes us more self-reflective allowing us to see humanity in adversaries and countering the influence of echo chambers.<br><br>As populist parties rise and liberalism and social democracy decline this timely intervention argues that to solve our political differences we must first realise what we have in common.</p>