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The Thom Hartmann Reader
It’s hard to pigeonhole Thom Hartmann. He has a unique synthesis of qualities not often found in one person: a scholar’s love of history, a scientist’s zeal for facts, a visionary’s seeking after truth, an explorer’s appetite for adventure and novelty. In addition to being the nation’s number one progressive radio host, he’s been an ad man, a psychotherapist, a private detective, and a homeopath. His writings encompass politics, history, ecology, psychology, and spirituality, among other subjects.
Even Hartmann’s millions of loyal listeners and readers will be amazed at the breadth of his thought as evidenced by The Thom Hartmann Reader. Editor Tai Moses has pulled together Hartmann’s writings from a dozen books and other sources to present a comprehensive picture of where Hartmann’s wide-ranging intellect has led him over the past thirty years.
Hartmann is perhaps best known as a political thinker, and essays throughout this book express—in his characteristic impassioned and lucid style—his fierce commitment to Jeffersonian democracy and his virulent opposition to the corporatization of America. But you’ll also discover his Older and Younger Cultures hypothesis, which identifies the root cause of so many of our social and environmental ills and points the way to a solution. You’ll hear from Hartmann on how to keep our schools from treating children like assembly line products, why attention deficit disorder is not an affliction, and what cloudy Germany can teach us about solar energy. You’ll meet the remarkable Gottfried Müller, Hartmann’s mentor and the founder of the humanitarian organization Salem International. You’ll join Hartmann on fact-finding trips to Uganda, Russia, and four-thousand-year-old ruins in Peru.
As fascinating as these and other topics in The Hartmann Reader are, Hartmann’s deepest aspiration has always been that his audience do more than just listen or read, that they become active, awakened agents of change. These essays are meant to inspire and motivate, to spur you to take some kind of action. As Hartmann says at the end of every radio program, “Get out there, get active! Tag, you’re it!”
Even Hartmann’s millions of loyal listeners and readers will be amazed at the breadth of his thought as evidenced by The Thom Hartmann Reader. Editor Tai Moses has pulled together Hartmann’s writings from a dozen books and other sources to present a comprehensive picture of where Hartmann’s wide-ranging intellect has led him over the past thirty years.
Hartmann is perhaps best known as a political thinker, and essays throughout this book express—in his characteristic impassioned and lucid style—his fierce commitment to Jeffersonian democracy and his virulent opposition to the corporatization of America. But you’ll also discover his Older and Younger Cultures hypothesis, which identifies the root cause of so many of our social and environmental ills and points the way to a solution. You’ll hear from Hartmann on how to keep our schools from treating children like assembly line products, why attention deficit disorder is not an affliction, and what cloudy Germany can teach us about solar energy. You’ll meet the remarkable Gottfried Müller, Hartmann’s mentor and the founder of the humanitarian organization Salem International. You’ll join Hartmann on fact-finding trips to Uganda, Russia, and four-thousand-year-old ruins in Peru.
As fascinating as these and other topics in The Hartmann Reader are, Hartmann’s deepest aspiration has always been that his audience do more than just listen or read, that they become active, awakened agents of change. These essays are meant to inspire and motivate, to spur you to take some kind of action. As Hartmann says at the end of every radio program, “Get out there, get active! Tag, you’re it!”
- GenresNonfiction
360 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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Thom Hartmann
79 books385 followersThomas Carl Hartmann is an American radio personality, author, businessman, and progressive political commentator. Hartmann has been hosting a nationally syndicated radio show, The Thom Hartmann Program, since 2003 and hosted a nightly television show, The Big Picture, between 2010 and 2017.
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January 10, 2018
Great Overview From Hartmann's Books
I had not read any of Thom Hartmanns books. Listened to him on the radio for a long time. So I decided to give this a try and I really enjoyed it. Informative, progressive, and blunt. These excerpts are just what a newbie needs to gain a fuller understanding of this man's ideas and life.
I had not read any of Thom Hartmanns books. Listened to him on the radio for a long time. So I decided to give this a try and I really enjoyed it. Informative, progressive, and blunt. These excerpts are just what a newbie needs to gain a fuller understanding of this man's ideas and life.
January 12, 2026
A great primer for first-timers to Thom's writing. I have assigned this text to my college freshman writing course.
August 2, 2013
this is a very good book by Thom Hartmann. It takes several of his previous books and combined them into one book so if you what a taste of Thom Hartmann's books this is one to get. But you will be missing out I suggest trying some of his other books.
August 2, 2012
Excellent collections of essays from the radical middle. Thom Hartmann is an American hero. A sensible, down to earth man with good ideas on how to get America back on track.
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January 6, 2018Excellent read.
Thomm Hartmann is a brilliant radio host, and an outstanding author. If you are interested in politics, and the historic roots, of how we got to where we are at this time in American politics, this a definite must read.
Thomm Hartmann is a brilliant radio host, and an outstanding author. If you are interested in politics, and the historic roots, of how we got to where we are at this time in American politics, this a definite must read.
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