Radical Imagine-Nation

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 againthe 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) This excellent book comes at a time it is most needed. Edited by two of the worlds best revolutionary intellectuals and including many of the most renown radical scholars in education, it brings hope at an age of dark times. A must read!Maria Nikolakaki, University of Peloponnese; Founding Member of Cooperative Institute for Transnational Studies A fantastic collection of articles written by prominent radical intellectualsa must read for any scholar and education activist worldwidea wide range of topics covering the most important aspects of critical theory and radical pedagogya guide for thinking and theory production for global emancipation.Kostas Skordoulis, Professor of Epistemology of Science and Head of the Department of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece The pages in this outstanding volume are bursting with power, inspiration, and hope. What a wonderful collection of essays by first-rate thinkers and writers.Christine Sleeter, Professor Emerita, School of Professional Studies, California State University, Monterey Bay This engaging collection is a vital source of political inspiration for contemporary educators, students and activists and a reminder that radical pedagogical praxis (to paraphrase Freire) does not and cannot limit itself to mere verbal denunciations of social and economic injustice while leaving unchallenged the very structure of capitalism itself.Valerie Scatamburlo-DAnnibale, Department of Communication, Media and Film, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada In this edited book, the authors will provide a vocabulary of critique and deconstruction to formulate a vernacular of reconstruction and hope to weave a social tapestry of a radical imagination for personal liberation and social emancipation.Long Tran, Goshen College Featuring a dazzling array of world-renowned critical scholars and public intellectuals, Radical Imagine-Nation: Public Pedagogy & Praxis is (sadly) precisely the book we urgently need in these dark days of struggle.Marc Spooner, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, University of Regina The disconnect between the rhetoric and reality of democracy as well as traditional discourses of equality, justice, rights in North America is a direct challenge to our work as critical educators. We can no longer rely on the old tropes of democracy and freedom that have dominated the curriculum and classroom discourse, indeed to do so is to sell students a lie about history and contemporary life. Radical Imagine-Nation: Public Pedagogy & Praxis provides us with the new imaginaries we need for thinking about and enacting an education in the public interest. This collection challenges us to rethink our work in response to the rising tide of authoritarianism and gives us a language of possibilities to radically re-imagine education and society.E. Wayne Ross, University of British Columbia During educations 40-year descent into hell, there has been one clear and consistent countervailing force. With its origin in the work of Paulo Freire, critical pedagogy has provided a singular light for hope. Peter McLaren and Suzanne SooHoos collection of essays in Radical Imagine-Nation: Public Pedagogy & Praxis brings together some of the longtime and most influential voices in critical education theory with some of the most promising new voices to create a revitali

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 Freires Formative Time at the Social Services of Industry Keqi (David) Liu: A Clarification of Freires Radical Political Pedagogy Leona M. English/Peter Mayo: Migration, Racism, and the MediterraneanA 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 Todays 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 Jandri: 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 OConnor/Jean M. Allen/Simon Dennan: Where Im Bound I Cant 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 Tomorrows Teachers of Chican@ Studies Contributors Index.