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2004年7月、バラク・オバマが民主党大会を感動させたスピーチは、政党の枠を超えアメリカ人にむけられていた。そのなかのひとつのフレーズが聞いている者の心に残った。歴史上、ひとつの国として認められるための、これまでの争いや苦労は、常に未来に対する根気強い楽観主義、オバマ上院議員のいうところの「勇敢なる希望」に導かれてきた。この本のなかでオバマ上院議員は、これまでとは違う品質の政治を呼びかける。党派がひどく偏った政治にこりごりだという人、連邦議会や選挙遊説で見られる「絶え間ない軍のぶつかり合い」を理由に遠のいてしまった人のための政治。「民主主義のありえそうにない試み」の中心で、真実、包括生、高潔な精神に基づいた政治。
オバマは、最善の意志を持った政治家でさえ鎮圧してしまう力――敗北への恐れ、永遠に続く資金集めの必要性、メディアの影響力――を探る。また、オバマは驚くほどの親密さと自虐的なユーモアで、上院議員としての生活に慣れていき、公務と家族との時間のふたつの要求のバランスをうまく取ろうとし、そしてより深く宗教に傾倒していく自分の姿を描いている。
本書の核心は、どうやって自分の領域の外へ出て、明確な問題に取り組んでいくか、というオバマ上院議員の考え方である。著者は、アメリカの家庭における経済への不安の増加、国内で発生する人種や宗教間の緊張関係、そして、テロや世界的流行病など、国境を越えて近づいてくる脅威について検討する。そして、民主主義における信念の役割――どこで必要となり、どこからは介入できないのか――という問題に取り組んでいる。著者の語る家族、友人、上院議員、そして大統領の話の根底にあるのは、つながりに対する強い探求心である。それが、本質的に前途有望な政治的コンセンサスの基礎になる。上院議員であり弁護士、教授であり父親、クリスチャンであり無神論者、そしてなによりも歴史と人間性を勉強する者として、オバマ上院議員は変形する権力についての1冊を書いた。憲法のもととなった根本的な思想に立ち返ることでのみ、アメリカ国民は壊れてしまった政治的成長を修復し、危険なことに多くの一般的アメリカ人の興味の対象からはずれてしまった、正常に機能する政府を復活させることはできない、と著者は語る。アメリカ国民は待っているのだ、とオバマは言う。「共和党と民主党が彼らに追いつくのを」 --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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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.
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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