a point politicians of all stripes would be smart to remember.” -Felice Belman, The Boston Globe “The importance of emotion in politics, not just facts and figures, writes convincingly, is critical to understand. It is billed as a book for this moment, but it will endure.” -Gabriel Thompson, Newsday “ Strangers in Their Own Land is extraordinary for its consistent empathy and the attention it pays to the emotional terrain of politics. A powerful, imaginative, necessary book, arriving not a moment too soon.” -Mark Danner, author of Spiral: Trapped in the Forever War Together they offer a compelling and lucid portrait of what had seemed a bewildering political moment. Hochschild has crafted an absorbing tale full of richly drawn, complicated characters who come bearing their own fascinating histories. “If the great political question of our time can be summarized in the two words, ‘Donald Trump,’ the answer is to be found in Hochschild’s brilliant new book. Strangers in Their Own Land does what few dare to do-it takes seriously the role of feelings in politics.” -Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt “Arlie Russell Hochschild’s work has never been more timely or more necessary, from the resurgence of interest in emotional labor to this deep, empathetic dive into the heart of the Right. Every page-every story and individual-is fascinating, and the emerging analysis is revelatory.” -Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed and Living with a Wild God There could not be a more important topic in current American politics, nor a better person to dissect it. “With the clear-headed empathy Arlie Russell Hochschild is famous for, she explored the central paradox of the political activists in the heart of ‘cancer alley’: they understand that the chemical and oil companies have destroyed their environment and sometimes their lives, but they remain ardent defenders of free market capitalism. The paperback edition features a new afterword by the author reflecting on the election of Donald Trump and the other events that have unfolded both in Louisiana and around the country since the hardcover edition was published, and also includes a readers’ group guide at the back of the book. reveal a gulf between Hochchild’s ‘strangers in their own land’ and a new elite.” Already a favorite common read book in communities and on campuses across the country and called “humble and important” by David Brooks and “masterly” by Atul Gawande, Hochschild’s book has been lauded by Noam Chomsky, New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu, and countless others. As Jedediah Purdy put it in the New Republic, “Hochschild is fascinated by how people make sense of their lives. Arlie Hochschild, one of the most influential sociologists of her generation, had spent the preceding five years immersed in the community around Lake Charles, Louisiana, a Tea Party stronghold. To Strangers in Their Own Land to understand what Trump voters were thinking when they cast their ballots. But then no further messages are sent to Earth.When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned
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