Distinguished Speaker Series presents - Arlie Russell Hochschild: Stolen Pride

Arlie Russell Hochschild, acclaimed author of the NY Times bestseller Strangers in Their Own Land, brings to the East Bay a conversation about her new book, Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right.

Hochschild travels to Pikeville in eastern Kentucky, the heart of Appalachia, and sets her focus on a group at the center of the shifting political landscape: blue-collar men. There she uncovers what she calls the “pride paradox” and explores the hidden but powerful role of loss, shame, and pride in their views on many issues—including democracy. “One man I came to know described Donald Trump as ‘lightning in a jar.’ This is a book about that lightning. It’s about the social and emotional ‘weather’ that pre- conditioned the lightning and led that jar to crack.” Stolen Pride gives us an original interpretation of the political divide.

Arlie Russell Hochschild is the author of several…