Getting A Grip 2
Clarity, Creativity and Courage for the World We Really Want
Frances Moore Lappé
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Designated by The New York Times Book Review as a must-read in 2008 for the next U.S. president, Lappé’s unique take and laser-like logic invite readers to try on a new, invigorating way of seeing the world. With her characteristic boldness, she takes on a set of disempowering ideas driving economic and ecological crises, challenging readers to rethink the meaning of power, democracy, and hope itself. In her punchy, no-holds-barred style, Lappé weaves together fresh insights, startling facts, and stirring vignettes of regular people pursuing ingenuous solutions. “My book’s intent,” Lappé writes, “is to enable us to see what is happening all around us but is still invisible to most of us — people in all walks of life penetrating the spiral of despair and reversing it with new ideas, innovation and courage.” This updated and revised edition responds to Obama’s presidency and the global financial collapse, concluding with reflection questions that are perfect for book groups.
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Reviews
“This is not an ordinary book: it’s more like a new pair of glasses, allowing you to see everything around you with greater clarity. Suddenly the world is more comprehensible, more manageable, even more beautiful. You won’t want to take them off. “ -Barbara Kingsolver
Table of Contents
CLARITY
Chapter 1: A Species Grows Up
Chapter 2: Where Did Our Power Go?
Chapter 3: New Eyes
Chapter 4: What Democracy Feels Like
CREATIVITY
Chapter 5: Power Invisible
Chapter 6: The Art of Power
Chapter 7: Talking Democracy
COURAGE
Chapter 8: Seize the Moment
Chapter 9: When Fear Means Go
Chapter 10: Sanity in Motion
IDEAS
Idea 1: The Democracy vs. Living Democracy
Idea 2: We All Have Public Lives
Idea 3: Rethinking Power
Idea 4: Ten Arts of Democracy
Idea 5: Toward a language of Democracy
Idea 6: The Inner World of Living Democracy
Idea 7: Seven Ways to Rethink Fear
Idea 8: Living Democracy’s Checklist