The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking; Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News

ISBN-13: 9781433149528 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 264 str.

D. Michael Rivage-Seul

Opis

D. Michael Rivage-Seul's new book, The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing through Alternative Fact & Fake News, invites readers to try out Baba Dick Gregory's "magic glasses" of critical thinking and apply it to our current reality.

Recenzje

"[This book is] a compelling story of D. Michael Rivage-Seul's journey in critical thinking as he learns to view the world through the vantage point of the Global South. This creative approach to learning critical thinking recognizes that it is more than learning the rules of logical reasoning. Rather, it is a frame of mind that interrogates reality and the cultural ideas through which we interpret it. Critical thinking challenges us to consciously adopt an interpretive framework based on our stage of personal development and social commitments. Influenced by liberation theology and practicing Paulo Freire's pedagogy of the oppressed, Rivage-Seul is conscientized with the glasses of the Global South. His readers will come away with their eyes opened as well, or at least be left very uncomfortable." -Cliff DuRand, Center for Global Justice, Editor of Recreating Democracy in a Globalized State and Moving Beyond Capitalism

Spis treści

List of Figures - Introduction: Critical Thinking, Magic Glasses, and Film - Part One: Critical Thinking in Our Post-Fact World of Fake News - Alternative Fact and Fake News Inside Plato's Cave - My Own Escape From Our Culture's Cave: From Ego-Centrism to Global Awareness - Inching Towards Cosmic Consciousness - Part Two: The First Eight Rules of Critical Thinking - Rule One: Reflect Systemically - Rule Two: Select Market as the Economic Root of Political Differences - Rule Three: Reject Neutrality - A Compromise World Vision - Rule Four: Suspect Ideology - Rule Five: Respect History - Rule Six: Inspect Scientifically - Rule Seven: Quadra-Sect Violence - Rule Eight: Connect With Your Deepest Self - Part Three: Reviewing History Through the Magic Glasses - How the Wealthy Privatized the Commons - Colonialism and Its Structures - Commoners Resist Privatization - Hitler and Fascism's Defense of Privatization - Part Four: Fascism Today, Drawing Conclusions, and Breaking Silence - Continuation of Hitler's System in Globalization and the War on Terrorism - Capitalism's Contemporary Crisis and the Rise of Neo-Fascism - Rule Nine: Collect Conclusions and Live Critically - Rule Ten: Detect Silences (and Fake News) - Index.

O autorze

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.