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Renewal

From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics

Anne-Marie Slaughter
Princeton UP, 2023

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Anne-Marie Slaughter, a US State Department veteran, academician, think-tank president and prolific author, describes her odyssey of personal renewal after a highly publicized leadership stumble almost ruined her career. She equates the stages of her journey with what she sees as necessary national change for Americans and America. She defines her position of “privilege,” the flaws in her prior thinking and the lessons she learned supporting underrepresented women. Slaughter tells a compelling story as she shares her vision of a renewed America that fosters increased social support, inclusion, grace, and the voluntary ceding of power and opportunity from those who currently have it.

Take-Aways

  • Anne-Marie Slaughter’s journey of renewal inspired her to delve into America’s need for renewal.
  • The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the US Declaration of Independence; Americans must act to maintain its promise.
  • Renewal could even the playing field for opportunity for all Americans. 

About the Author

Anne-Marie Slaughter, a professor emeritus at Princeton University, leads the nonprofit think tank New America. She was the first woman to serve as the US State Department's policy planning director. She is also the author of Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family, The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World; The Idea that Is America: Keeping Faith with Our Values in a Dangerous World; and A New World Order.

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