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A review by amb3rlina
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild
3.0
Sociologist from Stanford travels to Louisiana to empathetically understand the Tea Party movement.
I loved the idea behind this book, and had some important (for my own journey of empathy) moments of understanding. But I'm not sure it's an approach that fully works for me. Her delving into the Tea Party's "deep story" was at times illuminating. But I guess I was hoping for a more clear path to solutions for bridging the gap and didn't get them. The "deep story" eventually made me feel frustrated because it felt like it was built on falsehoods. (Not that this is the author's fault.) Yes, I recognize that this misses the point of the book entirely.
I loved the idea behind this book, and had some important (for my own journey of empathy) moments of understanding. But I'm not sure it's an approach that fully works for me. Her delving into the Tea Party's "deep story" was at times illuminating. But I guess I was hoping for a more clear path to solutions for bridging the gap and didn't get them. The "deep story" eventually made me feel frustrated because it felt like it was built on falsehoods. (Not that this is the author's fault.) Yes, I recognize that this misses the point of the book entirely.