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The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News: 15 (Education and Struggle: Narrative, Dialogue, and the Political Production of Meaning) - Softcover

Rivage-Seul, D. Michael

 
9781433149528: The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News: 15 (Education and Struggle: Narrative, Dialogue, and the Political Production of Meaning)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1433149524 ISBN 13: 9781433149528
Publisher: Peter Lang, 2018

Synopsis

D. Michael Rivage-Seul's eye-opening new book, The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News, invites readers to try out what Baba Dick Gregory calls the "magic glasses" of critical thinking. Gregory's eyewear suggests ten rules for seeing through the haze created by any culture's ruling group mind. The criteria urge students to: (1) reflect systemically, (2) select market (as an organizing principle), (3) reject neutrality, (4) suspect ideology, (5) respect history, (6) inspect scientifically, (7) quadra-sect violence, (8) connect with your deepest self, (9) collect conclusions, and (10) detect silences. The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking then applies those criteria to a broader contemporary context where fascist tendencies reminiscent of the 1930s are unmistakable. Surprising interpretations of familiar Hollywood and documentary films illustrate every point, making this book a fascinating text and discussion starter for critical thinking and composition courses at the secondary and post-secondary levels.

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About the Author

D. Michael Rivage-Seul is a liberation theologian and former Roman Catholic priest. He taught for 40 years at Berea College in Kentucky, where he directed the Peace and Social Justice Studies program. There he soon received Berea’s Seabury Award for Excellence in Teaching, the institution’s highest faculty honor. His publications include The Emperor’s God: Imperial Misunderstandings of Christianity and A Kinder and Gentler Tyranny: Illusions of a New World Order, co-authored with his life partner, Dr. Marguerite K. Rivage-Seul.

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Publisher
Peter Lang
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1433149524
ISBN 13 
9781433149528
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
280