Counter-Narrative

"...Counter-Narrative is the book the critical, social justice interpretive community has been waiting for. It is impassioned. It is incisive. It cuts to the bone. It challenges the extremists -- the birthers, the tea-party activists -- those who would derail the progressive agenda. It offers a core narrative for the common good; a narrative that makes a difference, opens paths for critique, clears a space for resistance, nurtures the utopian imagination. A critical narrative inquiry that matters."...- Norman K. Denzin, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana "...In this thought-provoking book, Goodall shows how language and rhetoric have been used to fuel a conservative, libertarian, and right-wing ideological narrative about the world in which we live and the threats to U.S. society. More important than his careful analysis of the structure of the narrative and how it has been put together is his call to respond--to cut through the Right-Wing fog by constructing counter-narratives that are based on critical thinking, clearly phrased arguments, and relevant empirical evidence. The time to do this is now."...- Thomas C. Patterson, University of California, Riverside "...A rhetorical tour de force that offers academics and the public alike a persuasive counterstatement against far right political views, and, even more important, a compelling core narrative and viable strategies for intervening into societal discourse to reclaim the original intention of U.S. democracy--to promote the common good."...- Lawrence R. Frey, University of Colorado at Boulder

• Introduction Before We Begin…; Chapter 1 The Battle of Narratives; Chapter 2 Binary Opposites and Narrative IEDs; Chapter 3 Birthers, Social Justice & the Texas Textbook Massacre; Chapter 4 Left at the War; Chapter 5 The Academic Dilemma; Chapter 6 Learning from Obama and Learning from Our Enemies; Chapter 7 The Core Counter-Narrative;