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Stew Of Discontent:“Middle Class” Americans' Economic Populism In The 1990s And Beyond, Jonathan Martin
Stew Of Discontent:“Middle Class” Americans' Economic Populism In The 1990s And Beyond, Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
This article highlights the hidden subtlety of ordinary Americans' economic populist sentiment, a longstanding and politically pivotal form of popular resentment concerning class inequalities. Based on my research in the late 1990s, I describe how economic populist attitudes in the United States can be much more complex than suggested in the relevant literature. I use data from interviews with a small number of “ordinary middle class” Americans to illustrate little known nuances in these attitudes and to highlight how such subtleties are overlooked in prevailing characterizations of public opinion. I suggest that the oversight is the result of the fragmentary …
Freire Vs. Marx: The Tension Between Liberating Education And Student Alienation, Jonathan Martin
Freire Vs. Marx: The Tension Between Liberating Education And Student Alienation, Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
The article cites a paper that compares Paulo Freire's concept of pedagogy and Karl Marx's concept of alienation in the U.S. educational context. Freire is well-known for having developed a student-centered teaching approach that assists learners in developing the awareness of their oppression. It mentioned that Marx would argue that the existing educational system naturally produces the forms of alienation and revolution can abolish the inequalities within schools.
Hegemonic Duopoly: Why Progressive Third Parties Rarely Win State House Elections, Jonathan Martin
Hegemonic Duopoly: Why Progressive Third Parties Rarely Win State House Elections, Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
No abstract provided.
Fall From Grace: Progressives' Abandonment Of Bosnia, Jonathan Martin
Fall From Grace: Progressives' Abandonment Of Bosnia, Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
No abstract provided.
Pedagogy Of The Alienated: Can Freirian Teaching Reach Working-Class Students?, Jonathan Martin
Pedagogy Of The Alienated: Can Freirian Teaching Reach Working-Class Students?, Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin
This article considers the possibilities for fostering critical consciousness (awareness and understanding of oppression) among American working-class students in the face of their often severe educational alienation. After noting the failure of existing critical pedagogical literature to address this problem adequately, it establishes the seriousness of the challenge in three ways. First, it describes how the most famous critical pedagogue, the late Paulo Freire, and one of his most eminent American followers, Ira Shor, recognized the special difficulty of working with highly alienated American students. Second, it documents the extensiveness and severity of educational alienation in the United States, especially …