Studies in Ideology

J.M. Beach is currently the Administrator at Waldorf School of Orange County and an Adjunct Professor at Riverside Community College, Norco campus. Beach has taught in the Center for Writing and Learning, the Department of English, and the Department of Philosophy at Oregon State University. He is pursuing a Ph.D. in Education at University of California, Riverside. He is also author of Studies in Poetry (University Press of America, 2004).

• Chapter 1 Preface: The Human ConditionChapter 2 Introduction: Ideas, Do They Matter? Ideology, Does it Exist? So What?Chapter 3 Part I: One Does Not Live by Bread Alone: Introduction; Ideology as ProcessChapter 4 Part II: Ideology, Reality, and Rhetoric: Kenneth Burke's Dramatism: Introduction; Conclusion: A Burkean EthicChapter 5 Part III: Literature and Ideology: Introduction: The Fundamentalist Threat and the Power of Ideology; Conclusion: Finding an Ideology that Fits the FactsChapter 6 Part IV: A Critique of Christianity: Introduction: Why I Became an AtheistChapter 7 Appendix A: Selected Popular Culture Resources for Pedagogical Approaches to IdeologyChapter 8 Appendix B: Selected Popular Culture Themes for Classroom StudyChapter 9 Select BibliographyChapter 10 Selected IndexChapter 11 Author Biography

[J.M. Beach] is brilliant, possibly the most brilliant undergraduate and master's student whom I have taught in thirty years of teaching. His intellect is a rare combination of analytical attention to detail along with a remarkable synthetic ability and a passion for 'the big picture.' His interests and competency range over a wide intellectual landscape…His capacity for independent work is remarkable…To say the obvious, his brilliance is accompanied by exceptional efficiency, extraordinary energy, and disciplined industry.