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SUMMARY:The Upswing with Dr. Robert Putnam
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DESCRIPTION: Advance registration is now closed. Please join the livestream
on DRF's YouTube page on Wednesday, March 31 at 2 PM. Join DRF as
we host a virtual conversation with Dr. Robert Putnam and co-author Shay
lyn Romney Garrett as they discuss their latest work, The Upswing:
How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 2 PM.Deep and accelerating inequality; u
nprecedented political polarization; vitriolic public discourse; a frayi
ng social fabric; public and private narcissism—Americans today se
em to agree on only one thing: This is the worst of times.But we’v
e been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, America was
highly individualistic, starkly unequal, fiercely polarized, and deeply
fragmented, just as it is today. However as the twentieth century opene
d, America became—slowly, unevenly, but steadily—more egalit
arian, more cooperative, more generous; a society on the upswing, more f
ocused on our responsibilities to one another and less focused on our na
rrower self-interest. Sometime during the 1960s, however, these trends r
eversed, leaving us in today’s disarray.The authors will do a pres
entation on the findings from their research that led to this book and t
hen will answer questions. We hope to learn both why it's imperative for
places like ours to bridge our differences and work together and also h
ow to do so based on the lessons from our country's history.Registration
is limited to the first 100 attendees. The event will also be live stre
amed on DRF's YouTube page.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\nAdvance registration is now closed. Please
join the livestream on DRF's YouTube page
on Wednesday, March 31 at 2 PM.
Join DRF as
we host a virtual conversation with Dr. Robert Putnam and co-author Sha
ylyn Romney Garrett as they discuss their latest work, The Upswing:
;How America Came Together a Century Ago and How We Can Do It Again
;on Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 2 PM.
Deep and accelerating inequ
ality; unprecedented political polarization; vitriolic public discourse;
a fraying social fabric; public and private narcissism—Americans
today seem to agree on only one thing: This is the worst of times.
But we’ve been here before. During the Gilded Age of the late 180
0s, America was highly individualistic, starkly unequal, fiercely polari
zed, and deeply fragmented, just as it is today. However as the twentiet
h century opened, America became—slowly, unevenly, but steadily&md
ash;more egalitarian, more cooperative, more generous; a society on the
upswing, more focused on our responsibilities to one another and less fo
cused on our narrower self-interest. Sometime during the 1960s, however,
these trends reversed, leaving us in today’s disarray.
The
authors will do a presentation on the findings from their research that
led to this book and then will answer questions. We hope to learn both w
hy it's imperative for places like ours to bridge our differences and wo
rk together and also how to do so based on the lessons from our country'
s history.
Registration is limited to the first 100 attendees. The
event will also be live streamed on DRF's YouTube page.
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