The Argument Culture
Author Deborah Tannen talked about her book, The Argument Culture: Stopping America’s War of Words, published by Ballantine Books. In the bo… read more
Author Deborah Tannen talked about her book, The Argument Culture: Stopping America’s War of Words, published by Ballantine Books. In the book, she posits that misunderstanding is endemic in American culture because Americans tend to believe that the best way to a common goal is by “thrashing out” differences as loudly as possible. She outlines what she considers the worst excesses of our argument culture and suggests other methods of communication. After her remarks scenes were shown of her book signing. close
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