A review by jazramage
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

3.0

It's well researched and written. Honestly worth reading. Its conclusion does not offer a satisfactory "so what" or "next step". Hochschild's work and empathy didn't affect the beliefs or votes of her subjects. It can't be "live and let live" when people support policy that materially harms and kills others (or even themselves).

ETA: thinking about it further: this is not to say we can't/shouldn't have empathy. But I don't believe empathy will change minds on any meaningful scale and so cannot be the end of the conversation.