| Autobiography of a Democratic Nation at Risk: The Currere of Culture and Citizenship in the Post-9/11 American Wilderness Contributor(s): Pinar, William F. (Editor), Nicholson-Goodman, Jovictoria (Author) |
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ISBN: 1433101440 ISBN-13: 9781433101441 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $46.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Aims & Objectives - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
| Dewey: 370.115 |
| LCCN: 2008049554 |
| Series: Complicated Conversation: A Book Series of Curriculum Studie |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Expanding William F. Pinar's notion of autobiography from an individual to a national scale, this book takes the reader on an inner journey to explore the fragmented condition of the post-9/11 American national psyche. It excavates the many layers of the emerging social context within which multiple, conflicting national narratives of identity compete, and uses notions of democracy, nation, and citizen as signposts of contested terrain inside a troubled nation. While reminding us that the old, enduring questions remain unresolved, the book identifies and grapples with new questions that are central to emergent visions of 'educating for democracy' in contemporary America, situated now within a frenetic post-9/11 world. |