New York State Writers Institute's video: Amy Chua on Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations

"It goes back to this 'tribalism.' People who think that they're being really inclusive and universal are often much more exclusionary than they think." -- Amy Chua A presentation of Telling the Truth 2020, the New York State Writers Institute's virtual symposium on politics, tribalism, polarization, and the future of democracy. Visit https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/tellingthetruth2020. Amy Chua is the bestselling author of Political Tribes: Group Instinct and the Fate of Nations (2018), a book that has helped to frame and define the current conversation about the nature of identity politics. Tom Brokaw said, “Amy Chua’s insightful, provocative and deeply troubling book is the place to begin our long overdue national discussion on how to repair the deep divisions in the American political landscape. Political Tribes is a wakeup call to the dangers of surrendering national unity to a fractured landscape of feuding and narrow interests.” Tim Wu said, "A page turner and revelation, Political Tribes will change the way you think.” Chua's runaway global bestseller, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (2011), examined differences between Western and Chinese parenting. Amy Chua is the John M. Duff Professor of Law at Yale Law School. Her first book, World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, a New York Times bestseller, was selected by both The Economist and the U.K.'s Guardian as one of the Best Books of 2003. Her second book, Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance-and Why They Fall, was a critically acclaimed Foreign Affairs bestseller. Political Tribes is available to order from The Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza: https://www.bhny.com/book/9780399562877 For more information on Amy Chua, visit: https://www.amychua.com/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/535371/political-tribes-by-amy-chua/ https://www.nyswritersinstitute.org/tellingthetruth2020