Democratic Transformations

Eight Conflicts in the Negotiation of American Identity

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

AvKerry T. Burch

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What will it take for the American people to enact a more democratic version of themselves? How to better educate democratic minds and democratic hearts? In response to these crucial predicaments, this innovative book proposes that instead of ignoring or repressing the conflicted nature of American identity, these conflicts should be recognized as sites of pedagogical opportunity. Kerry Burch revives eight fundamental pieces of political public rhetoric into living artifacts, into provocative instruments of democratic pedagogy. From "The Pursuit of Happiness" to "The Military-Industrial Complex," Burch invites readers to encounter the fertile contradictions pulsating at the core of American identity, transforming this conflicted symbolic terrain into a site of pedagogical analysis and development. The learning theory embodied in the structure of the book breaks new ground in terms of deepening and extending what it means to "teach the conflicts" and invites healthy reader participation with America's defining civic controversies. The result is a highly teachable book in the tradition of A People's History of the United States and Lies My Teacher Told Me.

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Utgivningsdatum2012-10-11
Mått138 x 216 x 12 mm
Vikt259 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor224
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781441173782

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"In Kerry Burch's Democratic Transformations we have a unique approach to better understanding our country, our schools, and ourselves. It's a pleasure to read such a clearly articulated and accessible work that nonetheless problematizes many of the concepts, phrases, and ideas that we often take for granted. This work reminds us to never stop considering and reconsidering the terms and conditions under which we developed as a nation—and are continuing to grapple with as we reach for an authentic democracy." - Deron Boyles, Professor of Philosophy of Education, Georgia State University