“What if an ordinary person cannot make a difference without talking about politics, without letting political concerns have their due, without feeling alarm, without figuring out some way to trust the power of words -- without, that is, becoming an extraordinary person?” PoliticsCommunicationActivismApathyVolunteerism Book:Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life Source: Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life