Palmer Healing the Heart of Democracy

The Courage to Create a Politics Worthy of the Human Spirit
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-97035-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

Hope for American democracy in an era of deep divisions
In Healing the Heart of Democracy, Parker J. Palmerquickens our instinct to seek the common good and gives us thetools to do it. This timely, courageous and practicalwork--intensely personal as well as political--is notabout them, "those people" in Washington D.C., or in ourstate capitals, on whom we blame our political problems. It's aboutus, "We the People," and what we can do in everyday settingslike families, neighborhoods, classrooms, congregations andworkplaces to resist divide-and-conquer politics and restore agovernment "of the people, by the people, for the people."
In the same compelling, inspiring prose that has made him abestselling author, Palmer explores five "habits of the heart" thatcan help us restore democracy's foundations as we nurture them inourselves 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 andempowering call for "We the People" to reclaim ourdemocracy. The online journal Democracy & Educationcalled it "one of the most important books of the early 21stCentury." And Publishers Weekly, in a Starred Review, said"This beautifully written book deserves a wide audience that willbenefit from discussing it."

Autoren/Hrsg.

Palmer, Parker

Palmer, Parker J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction to the Paperback Edition xvii
Prelude The Politics of the Brokenhearted 1
Chapter i Democracy's Ecosystem 11
Chapter ii Confessions of an Accidental Citizen 29
Chapter iii The Heart of Politics 49
Chapter iv The Loom of Democracy 69
Chapter v Life in the Company of Strangers 89
Chapter vi Classrooms and Congregations 119
Chapter vii Safe Space for Deep Democracy 151
Chapter viii The Unwritten History of the Heart 175
Gratitudes 195
Notes 199
The author 219
Index 221
Healing the Heart of Democracy Discussion Guide 237

Über Autor(innen)

PARKER J. PALMER, whose books have sold over a millioncopies, holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley and eleven honorary doctorates. In 2011, theUtne Reader named him one of twenty-five "People Who AreChanging Your World." He is Founder and Senior Partner of theCenter for Courage & Renewal.