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Praise for Wrestling with the Angel of Democracy
“Unique. . . fresh and probing. . .strikes at the very heart of America’s cruel paradoxes. With a light yet devastating touch, Griffin charts our continued “wrestling” with democratic ideals — her incisive search for the soul of democracy stirs up pride, despair, and hope.” — Booklist
Wrestling with The Angel of Democracy...
"Susan Griffin has removed the rhetorical clichés from democracy and revealed a breathing, sentient angel of wisdom now held captive by tyranny, money, and our misplaced faith in authority. This is nothing less than cultural poetry steeped in history and heart."
— PAUL HAWKEN, author of Blessed Unrest
“Susan Griffin’s superb prose reveals democracy
not as a distant abstraction but as a live, inspiring,
and difficult presence shaping us every day,
an angel all Americans wrestle with.”
— GEORGE LAKOFF, author of Whose Freedom?
The Battle Over America’s Most Important Idea and Moral Politics
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