How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide

This is a self-help book on how to argue effectively conciliate and gently persuade. The authors admit to getting it wrong in their own past conversations. One by one I recognize the same mistakes in me. The world would be a better place if everyone read this book. -- Richard Dawkins author of Science in the Soul and Outgrowing GodIn our current political climate it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. Whether you're online in a classroom an office a town hall -- or just hoping to get through a family dinner with a stubborn relative -- dialogue shuts down when perspectives clash. Heated debates often lead to insults and shaming blocking any possibility of productive discourse. Everyone seems to be on a hair trigger.In How to Have Impossible Conversations Peter Boghossian and James Lindsay guide you through the straightforward practical conversational techniques necessary for every successful conversation -- whether the issue is climate change religious faith gender identity race poverty immigration or gun control. Boghossian and Lindsay teach the subtle art of instilling doubts and opening minds. They cover everything from learning the fundamentals for good conversations to achieving expert-level techniques to deal with hardliners and extremists. This book is the manual everyone needs to foster a climate of civility connection and empathy.

Paperback: 272 pages

Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books (September 17 2019)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0738285323

ISBN-13: 978-0738285320

Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces