Many Americans are longing for an alternative politics that is
rooted in strong communities, a recognition of limits, and respect
for the natural world. These issues are not the possession of one
political party. Rather, they refer to ideas rooted deeply in the
best aspects of our common tradition, and they represent yearnings
that many, regardless of political affiliation, share. This book
articulates a cultural and political vision that leads off the
couch and into the garden, out of the shopping mall and into the
farmer s market, away from Washington and in the direction of
home.In this postpartisan call to action, Mitchell develops the
concept of the politics of gratitude, which is centered around four
ideas: creatureliness, gratitude, human scale, and place,
culminating in a distinctive, fruitful view of human nature and
community at odds with the prevailing norms of individualism (and,
not so paradoxically, statism), giantism, and hypermobility. Going
beyond the liberal-conservative factionalism that has reduced our
political and cultural discourse to cliches and vitriol, he urges
us to become responsible stewards of the earth who are committed to
family and community and who abide in gratitude, taking nothing for
granted.The result is a political and cultural vision that is at
once local, limited, modest, republican, green and grateful.
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