The Audacity of Hope

The junior U.S. senator from Illinois speaks out to all Americans on how to transform U.S. politics, calling for a return to America's original ideals and revealing how they can be adapted to such controversial issues as globalization, the function of religion in public life, and the struggle to bring people together in a nation torn by differences.

Zusatztext "He is one of the best writers to enter modern politics Jonathan Alter! Newsweek "[Barack Obama] is that rare politician who can actually writeand write movingly and genuinely about himself. . . . In these pages he often speaks to the reader as if he were an old friend from back in the day! salting policy recommendations with colorful asides about the absurdities of political life. . . . [He] strives in these pages to ground his policy thinking in simple common sense . . . while articulating these venomous pre-election days! but also in these increasingly polarized and polarizing times." Michiko Katutani! The New York Times "[Few] on the partisan landscape can discuss the word 'hope' in a political context and be regarded as the least bit sincere. Obama is such a man! and he proves it by employing a fresh and buoyant vocabulary to scrub away some of the toxins from contemporary political debate. Those polling categories that presume to define the vast chasm between us do not! Obama reminds us! add up to the sum of our concerns or hint at where our hearts otherwise intersect . . . Obama advances ordinary words like 'empathy'! 'humility'! 'grace' and 'balance' into the extraordinary context of 2006's hyper-agitated partisan politics. The effect is not only refreshing but also hopeful. . . . As you might anticipate from a former civil lawyer and a university lecturer on constitutional law! Obama writes convincingly about race as well as the lofty place the Constitution holds in American life...He writes tenderly about family and knowingly about faith." Los Angeles Times "What's impressive about Obama is an intelligence that his new books diplays in aubundance." Washington Post Book World "An upbeat view of the country's potential and a political biography that concentrates on the senator's core values." Chicago Tribune The self-portrait is appealing. It presents a man of relative youth yet maturity! a wise observer of the human condition! a figure who possesses perseverance and writing skills that have flashes of grandeur. Obama also demonstrates a wry sense of humorHis particular upbringing gives him special insights into the transition of American politics in the 1960s and '70s from debates over economic principles to a focus on culture and morality! and into the divisiveness! polarization and incivility that accompanied this transition. Gary Hart! The New York Times Book Review America's founders set a high standard for political writing! and most contemporary efforts fall woefully short. How nice! then! to have a politician who can write as well as U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. The Audacity of Hope is fascinating in its revelation of Obama as someone who considers and questions! rather than asserts and declares. In nine focused chapters! Obama shows himself an agile thinker. This is an idea book! not a public-policy primer. Elizabeth Taylor! Philadelphia Daily News Not only is Obama a good writer! his mind is top-shelf! his heart tender. Les Payne! Newsday A thoughtful! careful analysis of what needs to be done to preserve our freedoms in a time of terror. Newton N. Minow! Chicago Tribune Informationen zum Autor Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, elected in November 2008 and holding office for two terms. He is the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and the New York Times bestselling author of Dreams from My Father, The Audacity of Hope, and A Promised Land . He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Michelle. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha. Klappentext #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 bui...

"He is one of the best writers to enter modern politics”—Jonathan Alter, Newsweek

"[Barack Obama] is that rare politician who can actually write—and write movingly and genuinely about himself. . . . In these pages he often speaks to the reader as if he were an old friend from back in the day, salting policy recommendations with colorful asides about the absurdities of political life. . . . [He] strives in these pages to ground his policy thinking in simple common sense . . . while articulating these venomous pre-election days, but also in these increasingly polarized and polarizing times."—Michiko Katutani, The New York Times

"[Few] on the partisan landscape can discuss the word 'hope' in a political context and be regarded as the least bit sincere. Obama is such a man, and he proves it by employing a fresh and buoyant vocabulary to scrub away some of the toxins from contemporary political debate. Those polling categories that presume to define the vast chasm between us do not, Obama reminds us, add up to the sum of our concerns or hint at where our hearts otherwise intersect . . . Obama advances ordinary words like 'empathy', 'humility', 'grace' and 'balance' into the extraordinary context of 2006's hyper-agitated partisan politics. The effect is not only refreshing but also hopeful. . . . As you might anticipate from a former civil lawyer and a university lecturer on constitutional law, Obama writes convincingly about race as well as the lofty place the Constitution holds in American life...He writes tenderly about family and knowingly about faith." —*Los Angeles Times

"What's impressive about Obama is an intelligence that his new books diplays in aubundance." *—Washington Post Book World

"An upbeat view of the country's potential and a political biography that concentrates on the senator's core values." —*Chicago Tribune

*“The self-portrait is appealing. It presents a man of relative youth yet maturity, a wise observer of the human condition, a figure who possesses perseverance and writing skills that have flashes of grandeur. Obama also demonstrates a wry sense of humor…His particular upbringing gives him special insights into the transition of American politics in the 1960s and ’70s from debates over economic principles to a focus on culture and morality, and into the divisiveness, polarization and incivility that accompanied this transition.”—Gary Hart, The New York Times Book Review

“America’s founders set a high standard for political writing, and most contemporary efforts fall woefully short. How nice, then, to have a politician who can write as well as U.S. Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois. … The Audacity of Hope … is fascinating in its revelation of Obama as someone who considers and questions, rather than asserts and declares. In nine focused chapters, Obama shows himself an agile thinker. This is an idea book, not a public-policy primer.”—Elizabeth Taylor, *Philadelphia Daily News

• “Not only is Obama a good writer, his mind is top-shelf, his heart tender.”—Les Payne, Newsday

“A thoughtful, careful analysis of what needs to be done to preserve our freedoms in a time of terror.”—Newton N. Minow, Chicago Tribune

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Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, elected in November 2008 and holding office for two terms. He is the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize and the New York Times bestselling author of Dreams from My Father, The Audacity of Hope, *and *A Promised Land. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Michelle. They have two daughters, Malia and Sasha…