A house divided
A house divided: six belief systems struggling for America's soul Mark Gerzon
Publisher: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c1996.
ISBN: 0874778239
DDC: 306.20973
LCC: JA84
Edition: (alk. paper)
Summary:
The Cold War with the Soviet Union may be over, but America is now at
war with itself. Citizens are raising their voices against other
citizens who hold opposing views. How can we reconcile these
competing perspectives? What does it mean to call yourself a patriot
when your opponent believes you are a traitor? If, as Abraham Lincoln
warned us, "a house divided against itself cannot stand," will
America fall apart, or can a new patriotism be born out of these
conflicts?
In A House Divided, Mark Gerzon, co-founder of the Rockefeller
Foundation project The Common Enterprise, a network of
community-building efforts to find common ground, invites us to move
beyond these divisive, polarizing views. Gerzon's work has taken him
and his colleagues into the heart of the most bitter community
disputes in the country. There he discovered the America that is
divided not into geographic states, but into states of belief about
what is good for this country.
In his book he journeys through these Divided States of America:
Patria, Corporatia, Disia, Media, Gaia, and Officia. He lets each
state speak for itself, so that we can understand what each believes
and why. He shows how "new patriots" from each of these six states
are working successfully with their opponents to heal seemingly
insurmountable conflicts, reuniting our divided house and
safeguarding America's soul.
. Without taking sides or joining the battle, Gerzon lays bare the
many causes for strife in our country and describes clearly what must
be done for America to become once again the United States.
Notes:
"A Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam book."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-320) and index.
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