{"product_id":"a-time-to-build-from-family-and-community-to-congress-and-the-campus-how-recommitting-to-our-institutions-can-revive-the-american-dream-paperback","title":"A Time to Build: From Family and Community to Congress and the Campus, How Recommitting to Our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYuval Levin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A moving call to recommit to the great project of our common life.\" (\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Americans are living through a social crisis. Our politics are polarized and bitterly divided. Culture wars rage on campuses, social media, and sometimes in the streets and public squares. And for too many Americans, alienation can descend into despair, weakening families and communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Left and right alike have responded with anger at our institutions, and use only metaphors of destruction to describe the path forward: cancelling, defunding, draining the swamp. But, as Yuval Levin argues, this is a misguided prescription, rooted in a defective diagnosis. The social crisis we confront is defined not by an oppressive presence but by a debilitating absence of the forces that unite us and militate against alienation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eA Time to Build\u003c\/i\u003e, now updated with a new epilogue, Levin argues that today is not a time to tear down, but rather to build and rebuild by committing ourselves to the institutions around us. From the military to churches, from families to schools, these institutions provide the forms and structures we need to be free. By taking concrete steps to help them be more trustworthy, we can renew the ties that bind Americans to one another.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYuval Levin\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he also holds the Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy. The founder and editor of \u003ci\u003eNational Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, he is also a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eThe New Atlantis\u003c\/i\u003e, a contributing editor at \u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and a contributing opinion writer at \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eThe Fractured Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Debate\u003c\/i\u003e. A former member of the White House domestic policy staff under George W. Bush, he lives in Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765359378720,"sku":"9781541604414","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b8414c60e425bef857602099d7603634.webp?v=1780267106","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-time-to-build-from-family-and-community-to-congress-and-the-campus-how-recommitting-to-our-institutions-can-revive-the-american-dream-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}