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laurieb755 's review for:
The Persuaders: Winning Hearts and Minds in a Divided Age
by Anand Giridharadas
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
If you do a search for Anand Giridharadas, author, you will see that he is no stranger to writing books that are meant to inform. If you search for The Persuaders you will likely find numerous interviews with him regarding this most recent book. The title says it all. He has interviewed multiple people who are considered to be on the progressive side of issues in his efforts to learn and understand how they do their work.
After reading the book once through I went back and skim read it to take notes on aspects I didn't want to forget or people or organizations that warranted further research. The first chapter, The Waking Among the Woke, introduces the idea of 'broadening the circle'. Another chapter, The Inside-Outside Game, talks about 'the golden gate of retreat' that suggests giving "people who might not change their mind a face-saving way out".
The last three chapters comprise three and a half pages of notes in total. These chapters focus on getting the word out in The Art of Messaging followed by The Vaccine Against Lies and concluding with canvassing by Making Meaning at the Door.
In the sadly polarized world we live in I found many of the techniques helpful in my attempts to understand the why of our situation, particularly in the United States, as well as the how in terms of how to talk with people.
After reading the book once through I went back and skim read it to take notes on aspects I didn't want to forget or people or organizations that warranted further research. The first chapter, The Waking Among the Woke, introduces the idea of 'broadening the circle'. Another chapter, The Inside-Outside Game, talks about 'the golden gate of retreat' that suggests giving "people who might not change their mind a face-saving way out".
The last three chapters comprise three and a half pages of notes in total. These chapters focus on getting the word out in The Art of Messaging followed by The Vaccine Against Lies and concluding with canvassing by Making Meaning at the Door.
In the sadly polarized world we live in I found many of the techniques helpful in my attempts to understand the why of our situation, particularly in the United States, as well as the how in terms of how to talk with people.