Overview
Our Divided Political Heart will be the must-listen book of the 2012 election campaign. Offering an incisive analysis of how hyper-individualism is poisoning the nation's political atmosphere, E. J. Dionne Jr., argues that Americans can't agree on who we are because we can't agree on who we've been, or what it is, philosophically and spiritually, that makes us Americans. Dionne takes on the Tea Party's distortions of American history and shows that the true American tradition points not to radical individualism, but to a balance between our love of individualism and our devotion to community. Dionne offers both a fascinating tour of American history--from the Founding Fathers to Clay and Lincoln and on to the Populists, the Progressives, and the New Dealers--and also an analysis of our current politics that shatters conventional wisdom. The true American idea, far from endorsing government inaction or indifference, has always viewed the federal government as an active and constructive partner with the rest of society in promoting prosperity, opportunity, and American greatness. The ability of the American system to self-correct is its greatest asset, and Dionne challenges progressives to embrace the American story. Our fractious but productive past offers us the resources both to rediscover the idea of progress and to put an end to our fears of decline. Our Divided Political Heart will be required listening for all who seek a path out of our current impasse.
Full Product Details
Author: E J Dionne ,
Michael Kramer
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Imprint: Tantor Audio
Edition: Library Edition
ISBN: 9798200077496
Publication Date: 25 June 2012
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Format: Audio
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"Tea Partiers and Occupiers alike may be surprised and enlightened by this lucid analysis, all the more convincing for its sympathetic treatment of both sides of the argument.-- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""A well-mannered, thoughtful attempt to restore civic grace and productive political conversation."" -- ""Boston Globe"" ""An earnest effort to reach across the political divide...Dionne takes his readers on a richly researched tour of history to restore the broken consensus about who we are and what America stands for. His case is strong enough, serious enough, and grounded enough to challenge those on the other side of the divide to offer a counterargument as rigorously argued as this one."" -- ""Washington Post"" ""I just finished reading a book...It's fascinating. It's called Our Divided Political Heart by E. J. Dionne, who I think is one of our most thoughtful public philosophers. And it's the best book he's written in twenty years, in my opinion...I highly recommend it."" -- ""Bill Clinton"""
Author Information
E. J. Dionne, Jr., is an American journalist and political commentator and a longtime op-ed columnist for the Washington Post. He is also a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, University Professor in the Foundations of Democracy and Culture at Georgetown Public Policy Institute, a senior research fellow at Saint Anselm College, and a commentator for NPR. His published works include the influential bestseller Why Americans Hate Politics, They Only Look Dead, Souled Out, and Stand Up, Fight Back. E. J. lives in Bethesda, Maryland. Audiobook veteran Michael Kramer has recorded more than two hundred audiobooks for trade publishers and many more for the Library of Congress Talking Books program. An AudioFile Earphones Award winner and an Audie Award nominee, he earned a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award for his reading of Savages by Don Winslow.
