Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
Published By: HarperCollins
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Read the introductory chapter.
Civility isn’t enough.
For America to overcome the culture of contempt that is wrecking public discourse and tearing us apart as people, we don’t need less anger, more agreement, or more civility and tolerance. What we need is love: not a warm and fuzzy feeling, but a clear and bracing commitment to the good of our fellow citizens — even, and especially, those with whom we disagree.
How can we build a new social movement based in love? Arthur Brooks charts the course forward in his new book, “Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt.”
Read the introductory chapter “Are You Sick of Fighting Yet?” here.
Praise for “Love Your Enemies”
“Arthur Brooks offers the practical prescription in ‘Love Your Enemies’ that could lead to a more peaceful, just, sustainable, and healthier world.”
— Deepak Chopra, author, “The Healing Self”
“If we won’t listen to one another, maybe we can start by listening to Arthur Brooks. ‘Love Your Enemies’ offers a heartfelt and patriotic case for how we can put our contempt aside to work together again.”
— Simon Sinek, optimist and New York Times bestselling author, “Start with Why” and “Leaders Eat Last”
“In ‘Love Your Enemies,’ Arthur Brooks reminds us that we can disagree without being disagreeable and that everyday citizens have the power to bring our country back together.”
— David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Barack Obama
“The signal achievement of Arthur Brooks’s latest book is how he demonstrates that the seemingly ‘soft’ virtues of love, friendship, and warm-heartedness are, in point of fact, the very qualities most needed to make real progress in the rough-and-tumble of the political and cultural conversation. Readers across the ideological spectrum will find this text funny, encouraging, and deeply wise.”
— Bishop Robert Barron, founder, Word on Fire Catholic Ministries; auxiliary bishop, Archdiocese of Los Angeles
