The age of grievance /
Bruni, Frank,
The age of grievance / Frank Bruni. - First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. - vii, 269 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Let me tell you how I've been wronged -- A good word spoiled -- Grievance now versus grievance then -- The lost shimmer of the city on the hill -- I love me, I hate you, and we are so many rungs apart -- Chaos, clicks, and catastrophe -- The oppression Olympics -- The price is not right -- Don't be a stranger -- The antidote.
"An examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left. More and more Americans are convinced that they're losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measure their misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become very popular. Grievance needn't be bad. But what happens when people take their grievances to lengths that they didn't before? A violent mob storms the US Capitol, rejecting the results of a presidential election. Conspiracy theories flourish. Fox News knowingly peddles lies in the service of profit. College students chase away speakers, and college administrators dismiss instructors for dissenting from progressive orthodoxy. Benign words are branded hurtful; benign gestures are deemed hostile. And there's a potentially devastating erosion of the civility, common ground, and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive. How did we get here? What does it say about us, and where does it leave us? The Age of Grievance examines these critical questions and charts a path forward"--
9781668016435 1668016435 9781668016442 1668016443
2023057176
Political culture--United States--21st century.
Social justice--United States--21st century.
Political parties--United States--21st century.
Political participation--United States--21st century.
The age of grievance / Frank Bruni. - First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. - vii, 269 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Let me tell you how I've been wronged -- A good word spoiled -- Grievance now versus grievance then -- The lost shimmer of the city on the hill -- I love me, I hate you, and we are so many rungs apart -- Chaos, clicks, and catastrophe -- The oppression Olympics -- The price is not right -- Don't be a stranger -- The antidote.
"An examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left. More and more Americans are convinced that they're losing because somebody else is winning. More and more tally their slights, measure their misfortune, and assign particular people responsibility for it. The blame game has become very popular. Grievance needn't be bad. But what happens when people take their grievances to lengths that they didn't before? A violent mob storms the US Capitol, rejecting the results of a presidential election. Conspiracy theories flourish. Fox News knowingly peddles lies in the service of profit. College students chase away speakers, and college administrators dismiss instructors for dissenting from progressive orthodoxy. Benign words are branded hurtful; benign gestures are deemed hostile. And there's a potentially devastating erosion of the civility, common ground, and compromise necessary for our democracy to survive. How did we get here? What does it say about us, and where does it leave us? The Age of Grievance examines these critical questions and charts a path forward"--
9781668016435 1668016435 9781668016442 1668016443
2023057176
Political culture--United States--21st century.
Social justice--United States--21st century.
Political parties--United States--21st century.
Political participation--United States--21st century.