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On Compromise: Art, Politics, and the Fate of an American Ideal

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Readers

60/100

Critics

53/100

Scholars

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Author:

Rachel Greenwald Smith

Publisher:

Graywolf Press

Date:

August 3, 2021

On Compromise is an argument against contemporary liberal society's tendency to view compromise as an unalloyed good—politically, ethically, and artistically

What The Reviewers Say

Chris Lehmann,
New Republic
The great virtue of Rachel Greenwald Smith’s essay collection, On Compromise, is to probe the broader allure of compromise in political thought, artistic expression, and pop culture.

Publishers Weekly
Insightful.

Kirkus
A thoughtful, defiant polemic that should provoke heated discussions..