Open Minds Initiative Panel

Can American Democracy Survive? Political Polarization and the Erosion of Pluralism

This seminar explores how political polarization erodes civic friendship, intellectual humility, and the capacity for pluralism in a democratic society. Political tribes on the left and right increasingly value loyalty and identity over persuasion and principle, threatening the habits of mind and heart required for democratic citizenship. Can Americans recover a shared sense of civic responsibility in an age of mutual mistrust and moral absolutism?

Featuring scholars from the Truman School of Government & Public Affairs and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy: Rudy Hernandez, Scott LaCombe, Charles Zug, Dallas Terry, Brian Kisida.

Complimentary refreshments will be available.

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