Learning how to hope : reviving democracy through our schools and civil society /
Democracy is struggling in America. Citizens increasingly feel cynical about an intractable political system, while hyperpartisanship has dramatically shrank common ground and intensified the extremes. Out of this deepening sense of political despair, philosopher of education Sarah M. Stitzlein seek...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Summary: | Democracy is struggling in America. Citizens increasingly feel cynical about an intractable political system, while hyperpartisanship 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, Iit describes what hope is, why it matters to democracy and how to teach it. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 171 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190062651 0190062657 |