TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bruni,Frank
TI  - The age of grievance
SN  - 9781668016435
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Avid Reader Press
KW  - Political culture
KW  - United States
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Social justice
KW  - Political parties
KW  - Political participation
N1  - 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
N2  - "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"--
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