In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National
Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the
political spectrum. 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.”
"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.” 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. 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.
At the heart of this book is Barack Obama’s vision of how we can
move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. 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. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a
democracy—where it is vital and where it must never intrude.
Underlying his stories about family, friends, and members of the
Senate is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a
radically hopeful political consensus.
A public servant and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a
Christian and a skeptic, and above all a student of history and
human nature, Barack Obama has written a book of transforming
power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our
Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a political process
that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has
fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary
Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes—“waiting for
Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them.”
"From the Hardcover edition."
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