221 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
221 Pages
by
Routledge
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Politicians and pundits often scorn polarization and compromise the intransigence of the former and the feebleness of the latter without suggesting an alternative way. Polarization, when opposing forces are equal or close to equal in strength, leads to stalemate. Compromise threatens to betray one's conviction about what is essential. Ideally, a leader must combine conviction about what ought to... Read more
Preface Acknowledgements 1Light from Other Minds 2Deconstructing Left and Right: The Case for Bipartisanship 3The President On and Off Base 4Occupy Wall Street and the Question of Leadership 5Manichean Rhetoric and Political Practice 6The Extremes: Two of a Kind 7Tzvetan Todorov's Humanism 8Reason and Politics 9Our Consuming Problem 10Individualism versus Equality 11Billy Budd and the World's Imperfection: A Literary Digression 12Progress and Present-mindedness in the Writing of History Appendix: Charles Savile's Descendant Index
Biography
Eugene Goodheart
