William F. Pinar is Tetsuo Aoki Professor in Curriculum Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

• Introduction 1. Passionate Individualism 2. Peace 3. An American Gandhi 4. Interdependency 5. Detachment 6. Resolve.

"The author’s reputation and qualifications to undertake this study are beyond question – I regard him as singularly the most important curriculum scholar of the last 60 years. […] As with all of Pinar’s work, it is highly original and pushes the field conceptually and theoretically forward. As he wrote in his Understanding Curriculum, theory exists to provoke thought, and this volume excels at that."—James Burns, Associate Professor of Education at Florida International University, USA

William F. Pinar is Tetsuo Aoki Professor in Curriculum Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

• Introduction 1. Passionate Individualism 2. Peace 3. An American Gandhi 4. Interdependency 5. Detachment 6. Resolve.

"The author’s reputation and qualifications to undertake this study are beyond question – I regard him as singularly the most important curriculum scholar of the last 60 years. […] As with all of Pinar’s work, it is highly original and pushes the field conceptually and theoretically forward. As he wrote in his Understanding Curriculum, theory exists to provoke thought, and this volume excels at that."—James Burns, Associate Professor of Education at Florida International University, USA

William F. Pinar is Tetsuo Aoki Professor in Curriculum Studies at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

• Introduction 1. Passionate Individualism 2. Peace 3. An American Gandhi 4. Interdependency 5. Detachment 6. Resolve.

"The author’s reputation and qualifications to undertake this study are beyond question – I regard him as singularly the most important curriculum scholar of the last 60 years. […] As with all of Pinar’s work, it is highly original and pushes the field conceptually and theoretically forward. As he wrote in his Understanding Curriculum, theory exists to provoke thought, and this volume excels at that."—James Burns, Associate Professor of Education at Florida International University, USA