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Packer, George, 1960-
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Democracy -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
United States -- History.
United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Packer, George, 1960-
Democracy -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
United States -- History.
United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Last
best
hope
[sound recording] :
America
in
crisis
and
renewal
/ George Packer.
by
Packer, George, 1960-
Macmillan Audio, pc2021.
Call #:
COMPACT DISC 973.93 P119L
Subjects
Democracy -- United States.
Equality -- United States.
United States -- History.
United States -- Social conditions.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
ISBN:
9781250816115
Alternate title:
America
in
crisis
and
renewal
[sound recording]
Format:
[sound recording] :
Description:
6 CDs (6 hrs : 30 min.) : Dolby digital ; 12 cm.
Performers:
Read by the author.
Summary:
"Acclaimed National Book Award-winning author George Packer diagnoses America’s descent into a failed state, and envisions a path toward overcoming our injustices, paralyses, and divides In the year 2020, Americans suffered one rude blow after another to their health, livelihoods, and collective self-esteem. A ruthless pandemic, an inept and malign government response, polarizing protests, and an election marred by conspiracy theories left many citizens in despair about their country and its democratic experiment. With pitiless precision, the year exposed the nation’s underlying conditions -- discredited elites, weakened institutions, blatant inequalities -- and how difficult they are to remedy. In
Last
Best
Hope
, George Packer traces the shocks back to their sources. He explores the four narratives that now dominate American life: Free
America
, which imagines a nation of separate individuals and serves the interests of corporations and the wealthy; Smart
America
, the world view of Silicon Valley and the professional elite; Real
America
, the white Christian nationalism of the heartland; and Just
America
, which sees citizens as members of identity groups that inflict or suffer oppression. In lively and biting prose, Packer shows that none of these narratives can sustain a democracy. To point a more hopeful way forward, he looks for a common American identity and finds it in the passion for equality -- the “hidden code” -- that Americans of diverse persuasions have held for centuries. Today, we are challenged again to fight for equality and renew what Alexis de Tocqueville called “the art” of self-government. In its strong voice and trenchant analysis,
Last
Best
Hope
is an essential contribution to the literature of national
renewal
."--Publisher.
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Adult books on CD.
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Macmillan Audio (Firm)
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