Right now in our country, political polarization and divisive anger between parties make some feel that our democracy is breaking. How can democratic societies endure—and even flourish—amid deep and persistent disagreement? On this episode of the Quantum Potential podcast, Provost C. Cybele Raver talks with Robert B. Talisse, W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt. Talisse is one of the country’s leading scholars of democracy, pluralism and political polarization. In this episode, he challenges listeners to rethink how we communicate through political disagreement and gives practical suggestions on how to reconnect our divided democracy.
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