PodcastIn increasingly, polarised times, the art of disagreeing well is one more of us are going to have to learn. And that is a skill that is not easy to master.
Law Professor John Inazu is an experienced guide in helping people live well in complex, pluralist environments where we mix with those we sometimes profoundly disagree with. How do we navigate contested spaces without descending into conflict and violence? Can we separate a bad idea from the person who holds it? And might we even learn from that person?
His emphasis on the relational aspects of our civic life are especially pertinent.
As a Japanese American whose grandparents were sent to intern camps in World War II, John has a perspective worth hearing on identity, patriotism and the things that can bind a community or a country together.
Explore:
Learning to Disagree: the Surprising Path to Navigating Differences with Empathy and Respect.
Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference