New from Oxford University Press: Learning How to Hope: Reviving Democracy through our Schools and Civil Society by Sarah M. Stitzlein.
About the book, from the publisher:
Democracy is struggling in America. Citizens increasingly feel cynical about an intractable political system, while hyper-partisanship has dramatically shrank common ground and intensified the extremes. Out of this deepening sense of political despair, philosopher of education Sarah M. Stitzlein seeks to revive democracy by teaching citizens how to hope. Offering an informed call to citizen engagement, Stitzlein directly addresses presidential campaigns, including how to select candidates who support citizens in enacting and sustaining hope. Drawing on examples from American history and pragmatist philosophy, this book explains how hope can be cultivated in schools and sustained through action in our communities -- it describes what hope is, why it matters to democracy, and how to teach it.The Page 99 Test: American Public Education and the Responsibility of its Citizens.
Visit Sarah M. Stitzlein's website.
--Marshal Zeringue
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