National Book Award winner George Packer doesn’t think America is dying. It’s fractured, yes, and packed with tensions, mainly as a result of four visions he says have emerged in this country.
Despite that, Packer writes in his 2021 book Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal that there is a path forward based on our shared passion for equality and the individualism that it produces.
It is that passion that Packer believes can lead us toward a more unified, progressive nation.
“We have no choice,” he writes, “but to live together – we’re quarantined as fellow citizens.”
- George Packer, author, Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal
The Carolyn Benton Cockefair Lecture Series at UMKC presents George Packer and “The Last Best Hope for Our Democracy,” Wednesday, 6:30pm-7:45pm, by live webinar. Registration is required.
