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This book, a manifesto for a movement to reunite America, will help us put a stop to the seemingly endless Left-Right fistfight while honoring the vital role of healthy political debate. Mark Gerzon describes how citizens all over the country-Republicans, Democrats, and Independents- are finding common ground on some of the most divisive and difficult issues we face today.

The Righteous Mind  is a 2012 social psychology book by Jonathan Haidt, in which Haidt describes human morality as it relates to politics and religion. In the first part of the book, the author uses research to demonstrate Social Intuitionism, how people's beliefs come primarily from their intuitions, and rational thought often comes after to justify initial beliefs. In the second portion of the book, he presents Moral foundations theory, and applies it to the political beliefs of liberals, conservatives, and libertarians in the US. Haidt argues that people are too quick to denigrate other points of view without giving those views full consideration, and attempts to reach common ground between liberals and conservatives.

During five years of fieldwork, Hochschild traveled extensively in the bayou area of Louisiana. Her book derives from focus groups and interviews with Tea Party supporters. The bayou area has a high concentration of petrochemical plants and much pollution of its waterways.1 Hochschild wanted to understand why there was little support for environmental regulation in this area, despite what would seem to be the self-interest of its residents. Her research led Hochschild to focus on the cultural values that led people to oppose government regulation. Prominent among these were their attitudes about taxes, their religious convictions, and challenges to their honor