The rising democratic star and New York Times bestselling author of Dreams From My Father invokes the hopes and ideals that have made our improbable experiment in democracy work and proclaims his vision for more authentic politics.
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Underlying his stories is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus.
And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy--where it is vital and where it must never intrude.
He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores.
At the heart of this book is Barack Obama\'s vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems.
He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment.
He explores those forces--from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician.
The Audacity of Hope is Barack Obama\'s call for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the endless clash of armies we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our improbable experiment in democracy.
One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners\' minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Obama called the Audacity of hope. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Barack Obama\'s lucid vision of America\'s place in the world and call for a new kind of politics that builds upon our shared understandings as Americans, based on his years in the Senate In our lowdown, dispiriting era, Obama\'s talent for proposing humane, sensible solutions with uplifting, elegant prose does fill one with hope.--Michael Kazin, The Washington Post In July 2004, four years before his presidency, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum.
The rising democratic star and New York Times bestselling author of Dreams From My Father invokes the hopes and ideals that have made our improbable experiment in democracy work and proclaims his vision for more authentic politics
