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The Great Paradox
The allegiance to political party above all else, which has become a central force in contemporary polarized American political culture. It has grown to such an extent that it “now beats race as the source of divisive prejudice.”
Partyism Quotes in Strangers in Their Own Land
The Strangers in Their Own Land quotes below are all either spoken by Partyism or refer to Partyism. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Preface Quotes
We, on both sides, wrongly imagine that empathy with the “other” side brings an end to clearheaded analysis when, in truth, it’s on the other side of the bridge that the most important analysis can begin.
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At the end of the preface, Hochschild elaborates her motivations for reconsidering empathy’s role in politics and preempts her readers’ possible concern that using empathy to research politics would mean setting aside rational policy analysis, refusing a dialogue about ideas by giving full credence to people’s irrational emotions. Instead, Hochschild suggests that understanding others’ deep story can lead her to see how their political beliefs, which may seem puzzling at first, are actually perfectly “clearheaded” given their own experience and worldview. In other words, Hochschild does not study emotion to study irrationality, but rather because she has faith that people Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas
Chapter 15 Quotes
While economic self-interest is never entirely absent, what I discovered was the profound importance of emotional self-interest—a giddy release from the feeling of being a stranger in one’s own land.
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In this passage, Hochschild highlights the enthusiastic energy at Donald Trump’s rally and how it works in his supporters’ emotional self-interest. As they gather around to affirm him and one another, Trump’s supporters experience a powerful feeling of collective effervescence and consequently see voting for Trump as a way to “hold on” to their elation. This phenomenon allows Hochschild to finally return to her original concern with political scholars’ analytical methods: while most focus on seeing the economic interests people have in voting for particular candidates, Hochschild thinks they tend to forget that people often ultimately vote on their feelings. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Acc
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Partyism Term Timeline in Strangers in Their Own Land
The timeline below shows where the term Partyism appears in Strangers in Their Own Land. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 1 – Traveling to the Heart
Hochschild notes that “partyism” (prejudice based on political party) is now the greatest dividing line in American society. Americans...
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