Radical Imagine-Nation

Peter McLaren and Suzanne SooHoo are both professors in the College of Educational Studies, Chapman University and are Co-Directors of the Paulo Freire Democratic Project at Chapman. They serve as Honorary Co-Directors of the Center for Critical Studies in Education, Northeast Normal University, China.

• Acknowledgments – Suzanne SooHoo: Introduction – Donaldo Macedo: Conscientization as an Antidote to Banking Education – Tom Wilson: Coming to Know Paulo – Tricia M. Kress: Critical Pedagogy, Leadership and Institutional Reform: Paulo Freire’s “Formative Time” at the Social Services of Industry – Keqi (David) Liu: A Clarification of Freire’s Radical Political Pedagogy – Leona M. English/Peter Mayo: Migration, Racism, and the Mediterranean—A Freirean Perspective – Robert Lake: Utopia as Praxis: Paulo Freire Twenty Years After His Passing – Peter McLaren: Dare We Create a New Socialist Order? A Challenge to Educators of America in the Coming Trump Era – Henry A. Giroux: Toward a Politics of Revolt and Disruption: Higher Education in Dangerous Times – Antonia Darder: Critical Leadership for Social Justice: Unveiling the Dirty Little Secret of Power and Privilege – Peter Hudis: The Alternative to Capitalism in Light of Today’s Environmental Crises – Michael E. Dantley: Critical Consciousness and Spirituality: Deconstructing the Colonizing Practices of U.S. Education Through the Lens of Paulo Freire and Critical Spirituality – Margaret Randall: I Cannot Speak for the Gun – Michael A. Peters/Tina Besley: The Refugee Crisis in Europe: Words Without Borders – Petar Jandrić: The Challenge of the Internationalist Critical Pedagogue – George J. Sefa Dei: Reframing Education Through Indigenous, Anti-Colonial, and Decolonial Prisms – Ravi Kumar: Educational Project of Social Justice: The Possibilities of Intervention Against the Pedagogical Hegemony of Capitalism – Peter O’Connor/Jean M. Allen/Simon Dennan: Where I’m Bound I Can’t Tell: Radical Changes Are Still Possible in Higher Education – Anna Renfors/Juha Suoranta: “Miracle on Ice”: Sociological Understanding of the Finnish Schooling Model – Bettina L. Love: “Trayvon Was Standing His Ground”: Utilizing Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy to Construct Counter-Narratives of Resistance and Love – Miguel Zavala: Toward a Raza Research Methodology: Social Science in the Service of Raza Communities – Theresa Montano/Maria Elena Cruz: L@s Malcriad@s: A Union Based, Chican@ Studies Model Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers of Chican@ Studies – Contributors – Index.

“In these dark and dangerous times, this dazzling collection reminds us that our most formidable collective advantage is our radical imaginations unleashed. History has surprised us before, and it will surely surprise us again—the hard work ahead is mobilizing ourselves to become the surprise that moves humanity forward. This book ignites that possibility.”—Bill Ayers, Educational Activist and Distinguished Professor of Education and Senior University Scholar, University of Illinois at Chicago (Retired)