The Art of Fighting
The Transformative Power of Conflict
$46.38
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2026
Summary
A paradigm-shattering exploration of how we disagree and how to do it more effectively.
A groundbreaking exploration of how we fight and how we build healthy conflict, from the author of The Art of Gathering.
We say we want community. Successful teams, dynamic friend groups, and high-performing colleagues. Yet many of us don’t understand the crucial element we need to forge long-lasting communities: healthy conflict.
Although most of us fear conflict, fighting…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241830956 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241830958 |
| Author: | Priya Parker |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Life |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2026 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm x 28mm |
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Critics Review
Insightful and nuanced, The Art of Fighting is a paradigm-shifting examination of how we can get along better by understanding the role of conflict in our lives more deeply. – Jefferson Fisher, author of ‘The Next Conversation’
This book captures something many of us feel but struggle to name: avoidance is not harmony. The Art of Fighting delivers a sharp, human framework for turning tension into clarity and disagreement into belonging. – Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and The Power of Regret
Priya Parker offers a generous, radically helpful guide through our divides – without flattening what makes us different – Suleika Jaouad, author of The Book of Alchemy
Leave it to Priya Parker to name that the missing link to growing new ways of community is not merely in connecting meaningfully, but in fighting meaningfully. This is a life-giving book, and Priya is the luminous and ingenious teacher we need. – Krista Tippett, host of On Being and author of ‘Becoming Wise’
The Art of Fighting is a must read for all of us. – Alicia Garza, co-founder, Black Lives Matter and author of The Purpose of Power
Priya Parker illuminates how to navigate the hard conversations we’d rather avoid —and how to come out wiser and more connected. – Daniel L. Shapiro, author of ‘Negotiating the Nonnegotiable’
This is not just a book about having better arguments, it’s a manual for building stronger relationships. If families, workplaces, schools, and governments followed Priya Parker’s sage advice, the world would be less of a mess. – Adam Grant, author of ‘Think Again’ and ‘Hidden Potential’
About The Author
Priya Parker
Priya Parker is a facilitator, strategic advisor, and acclaimed author of The Art of Gathering. Trained in the field of conflict resolution, Parker has worked on peace processes across the world and advised Zohran Mamdani for his successful New York City mayoral campaign. She studied organizational design at M.I.T., public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and political and social thought at the University of Virginia.
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