Mary F. Scudder, "Beyond Empathy and Inclusion: The Challenge of Listening in Democratic Deliberation" (Oxford UP, 2020)

In Conversation: An OUP Podcast · Sep 30, 2021 · 48m

Mary (Molly) Scudder, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Purdue University, has a new book that focuses on an incredibly timely issue: how do citizens with deep and conflicting differences come together to foster democratic life? Part of the answer, according to Scudder, is by pursuing the political power of listening. In her book, Beyond Empathy and Inclusion: The Challenge of Listening in Democratic Deliberation (Oxford UP, 2020), Scudder examines a listening-based approach that moves a step further than previous empathy-based approaches within public and political conversation…