The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
- Republicans and Democrats
- Values
- Our Constitution
- Politics
- Opportunity & Faith
In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listenersâ‚¬ minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called â‚¬Å“the audacity of hope.â‚¬Â

The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obamaâ‚¬s call for a different brand of politicsâ‚¬"a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the â‚¬Å“endless clash of armiesâ‚¬Â we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of â‚¬Å“our improbable experiment in democracy.â‚¬Â He explores those forcesâ‚¬"from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the mediaâ‚¬"that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment.

At the heart of this book is Barack Obamaâ‚¬s vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threatsâ‚¬"from terrorism to pandemicâ‚¬"that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracyâ‚¬"where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories about family, friends, and members of the Senate is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus.

A public servant and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic, and above all a student of history and human nature, Barack Obama has written a book of transforming power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writesâ‚¬"â‚¬Å“waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them.â‚¬Â
Country USA
Brand Broadway Books
Manufacturer Crown Pub
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780307237705
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780307237705
ReleaseDate 2007-11-06

Country	USA
Brand	Broadway Books
Manufacturer	Crown Pub
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780307237705
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780307237705
ReleaseDate	2007-11-06

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

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