The Persuaders
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The Persuaders
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The Persuaders
A riveting insider account of how activists, politicians, educators, and citizens are working to change minds, bridge divisions, and save democracy from the bestselling author of Winners Take All.
It once seemed possible to build a political movement out of people with different ideas, different identities, and different ways of looking at the world. If somebody disagreed with you, you brought them on side, convincing them of your point of view. Politics was civil and optimistic. But in our modern polarized world of cancel culture and conspiracy theory, all that seems a distant memory; it feels like we've long abandoned to the past the art of persuasion.
And yet, as bestselling writer Anand Giridharadas finds, things are changing. Journeying into the heart of some of our most contentious and urgent political battles—from Black Lives Matter to the Trump resistance, from vaccine myths to QAnon—Giridharadas discovers a diverse group of dissenters who continue to struggle for consensus, who remain committed to the idea that to change the world, one must first change minds.
Combining gripping on-the-ground experience with the revelatory insights of activists, organisers, politicians, and educators, The Persuaders is the book for a time in need of mending. It is the story of a new kind of politics—one that is fierce in its pursuit of justice and earnest in its desire to improve people's lives, but also open, welcoming, and, above all else, persuasive.
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The Persuaders by Anand Giridharadas is praised for its engaging and provocative examination of political divides and the dangers of ideological rigidity. Reviewers highlight its hopeful and reassuring message, emphasizing the book's call for dialogue and understanding in a fractured society. Many find the book to be both illuminating and a crucial guide for fostering democracy and bridging societal gaps.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780141996974
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 258g
Pages: 352
About the Author
Anand Giridharadas is the bestselling author of Winners Take All. He is a correspondent-at-large for Time and was a foreign correspondent and columnist for The New York Times. He has also written for The Atlantic, The New Republic, and The New Yorker. He is an on-air political analyst for MSNBC. He has received the 800-CEO-READ Business Book of the Year award, Harvard University's Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award for Humanism in Culture, and the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Award.
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