{"product_id":"high-conflict-why-we-get-trapped-and-how-we-get-out-paperback","title":"High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Ripley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen we are baffled by the insanity of the \"other side\"--in our politics, at work, or at home--it's because we aren't seeing how the conflict itself has taken over.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat's what \"high conflict\" does. It's the invisible hand of our time. And it's different from the useful friction of healthy conflict. That's \u003ci\u003egood \u003c\/i\u003econflict, and it's a necessary force that pushes us to be better people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHigh conflict is what happens when discord distills into a good-versus-evil kind of feud, the kind with an \u003ci\u003eus \u003c\/i\u003eand a \u003ci\u003ethem\u003c\/i\u003e. In this state, the brain behaves differently. We feel increasingly certain of our own superiority, and everything we do to try to end the conflict, usually makes it worse. Eventually, we can start to mimic the behavior of our adversaries, harming what we hold most dear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"compulsively readable\" (Evan Osnos, National Book Award-winning author) book, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author and award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley investigates how good people get captured by high conflict--and how they break free. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur journey begins in California, where a world-renowned conflict expert struggles to extract himself from a political feud. Then we meet a Chicago gang leader who dedicates his life to a vendetta--only to realize, years later, that the story he'd told himself about the conflict was not quite true. Next, we travel to Colombia, to find out whether thousands of people can be nudged out of high conflict at scale. Finally, we return to America to see what happens when a group of liberal Manhattan Jews and conservative Michigan corrections officers choose to stay in each other's homes in order to understand one another better, even as they continue to disagree. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll these people, in dramatically different situations, were drawn into high conflict by similar forces, including conflict entrepreneurs, humiliation, and false binaries. But ultimately, all of them found ways to transform high conflict into good conflict, the kind that made them better people. They rehumanized and recatego-rized their opponents, and they revived curiosity and wonder, even as they \u003ci\u003econtinued \u003c\/i\u003eto fight for what they knew was right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeople \u003ci\u003edo \u003c\/i\u003eescape high conflict. Individuals--even entire communities--can short-circuit the feedback loops of outrage and blame, if they want to. This is an \"insightful and enthralling\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review) \u003c\/i\u003ebook--and a mind-opening new way to think about conflict that will transform how we move through the world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmanda Ripley is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Smartest Kids in the World\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHigh Conflict\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Unthinkable\u003c\/i\u003e. She writes for \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Politico\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51964697248045,"sku":"9781982128579","price":21.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/high-conflict-why-we-get-trapped-and-how-we-get-out-paperback-6058205.webp?v=1775475789","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/high-conflict-why-we-get-trapped-and-how-we-get-out-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}