Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit - Couverture souple

Palmer, Parker J. J.

 
9781118907504: Healing the Heart of Democracy: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit: The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1118907507 ISBN 13 : 9781118907504
Editeur : Jossey-Bass, 2014

Synopsis

Hope for American democracy in an era of deep divisions

In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker J. Palmer quickens our instinct to seek the common good and gives us the tools to do it. This timely, courageous and practical work―intensely personal as well as political―is not about them, "those people" in Washington D.C., or in our state capitals, on whom we blame our political problems. It's about us, "We the People," and what we can do in everyday settings like families, neighborhoods, classrooms, congregations and workplaces to resist divide-and-conquer politics and restore a government "of the people, by the people, for the people."

In the same compelling, inspiring prose that has made him a bestselling author, Palmer explores five "habits of the heart" that can help us restore democracy's foundations as we nurture them in ourselves and each other:

  • An understanding that we are all in this together
  • An appreciation of the value of "otherness"
  • An ability to hold tension in life-giving ways
  • A sense of personal voice and agency
  • A capacity to create community

Healing the Heart of Democracy is an eloquent and empowering call for "We the People" to reclaim our democracy. The online journal Democracy & Education called it "one of the most important books of the early 21st Century." And Publishers Weekly, in a Starred Review, said "This beautifully written book deserves a wide audience that will benefit from discussing it."

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À propos de l?auteur

PARKER J. PALMER, whose books have sold over a million copies, holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley and eleven honorary doctorates. In 2011, the Utne Reader named him one of twenty-five “People Who Are Changing Your World.” He is Founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal.

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Éditeur
Jossey-Bass
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1118907507
ISBN 13 
9781118907504
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
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Personne responsable
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