Jason Weeden is a senior researcher with the Pennsylvania Laboratory for Experimental Evolutionary Psychology (PLEEP) and a lawyer in Washington, DC. Robert Kurzban is professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and founder of PLEEP. He is the author of Why Everyone (Else) Is a Hypocrite: Evolution and the Modular Mind (Princeton).

"An important contribution to a field dominated by group-oriented explanations."---Christopher Weber, Political Science Quarterly --- "The book makes an interesting contribution to our understanding of political attitudes and is accessible to a wide audience interested in political science. . . . The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind answers an important question and provides new depth to many of the popular theories on opinion formation and partisan attachments. . . . By showing how self-interest factors into our decision making in ways we do not even consciously understand and how political parties exploit that to their advantage and by doing so in a way that is accessible outside an academic audience, the authors will likely make a significant contribution to the general understanding of public opinion."---Chad Murphy, The Journal of Politics --- "[O]ne of the most interesting books I have read on politics in quite a while. . . . A fascinating book."---Daniel Finkelstein, The Times --- "Weeden and Kurzban's argument will trouble those who believe that politics is about more than trying to find ways to satisfy one's interests." --- "Weeden and Kurzban's book is well worth a read."---Anthony Randazzo, Reason --- "Authors Weeden and Kurzban have written a well-researched . . . analysis of the political mind. . . . [T]he book satisfies the intellectual demands of researchers and general readers. Perfect for fans of Thomas Frank's What's the Matter with Kansas?" --- "The book is a thoughtful reminder that politics is often simply a contest over finite resources in which different voters want opposing things."---John McDermott, Financial Times --- "The Hidden Agenda of the Political Mind is provocative and often persuasive. . . . Weeden and Kurzban remind us that self-interest is a complicated concept."---Glenn C. Altschuler, Huffington Post --- "[I]nteresting throughout."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution --- "[A]n unusually witty and engaging academic book."---Ethan Epstein, National Journal --- "[T]his disturbing book may provoke debate, dismay and considerable anger." --- "[T]hought provoking."---John R. Hibbing, Science