Why We Think What We Think

A fascinating survey of why we think what we think… [and] a much-needed manifesto for how we should deal with difference in a polarised age * Julian Baggini, Financial Times *
This book is always fascinating but frequently mind-blowing * Marina Hyde, Guardian columnist and co-host of The Rest Is Entertainment *
Written with enthusiasm and erudition, Why We Think What We Think is broad in its ambition and scope… and adorned with intriguing vignettes and curios * Spectator *
Munthe’s dizzying book shows that our minds are under the spell of everything from geography to physiology * Telegraph *
With a wealth of intriguing data, Munthe explains why robust debate is essential for a creative and healthy society. As he vividly puts it: thinking is a contact sport * Timothy Garton Ash, author of Free Speech and Guardian columnist *
Fizzing with insights and ideas that will challenge the foundations of all you think you believe… I loved it * Jenny Kleeman, author of The Price of Life *
Munthe’s questions are ancient but urgent… he presents the mind as a system oriented less toward truth than toward survival – and, crucially, toward belonging * Ian Sansom *
Fascinating, incredibly valuable and accessible – Munthe knits together the wide and deep influences on our perceptions into a compelling view of why we see the world and each other the way we do * Bobby Duffy, author of The Perils of Perception *
A thoughtful and expansive book about the roots of our most private beliefs. Written with a journalist’s curiosity and a storyteller’s verve, Why We Think What We Think explores how psychology, biology, history, and culture shape our opinions in surprising ways. Every reader will come away entertained, enlightened, and a little humbled – and hopefully more prepared to face our polarising times * Leor Zmigrod, award-winning scientist and author of The Ideological Brain *
If you think of yourself as a rational and thoughtful individual, who has spent time, care and energy weighing up the evidence, brace yourself. This book will peel the scales from your eyes. Entertaining as well as erudite, Munthe is the perfect guide to the murky underworld where our beliefs take shape. * Jackie Higgins, author of Sentient *

Turi Munthe is a journalist and policy analyst turned media entrepreneur, who has written for the Economist, the Guardian and the TLS and appeared on the BBC, CNN and Fox News. He founded Demotix, the largest network of photojournalists in the world, and Parlia, an encyclopaedia of opinion. He lives in Milan.

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