By 2006, the central issues surrounding the idea of “democracy,” were front and center, raised by the Bush administration’s response to 9/11. These issues included the foundational question of government of, by, and for the people, versus authoritarianism or domination, questions of legitimacy, questions of who are “the people,” who belongs to the body politic,…
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Navigating a Stone’s Flow
It opens with a poem, a call to “Be faithful to the earth,” a warning call which has become inseparable from the central importance of Bruno Latour in my life as a “guide,” a guide to thinking about democracy on a global scale. Download and Read
Aims of Education Address—Danielle S. Allen
Aims of Education Address 2001—Danielle S. Allen She delivered this address on September 20, 2001, just after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Download and Read
Openness and Critical Thought: On Reading Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth
1993 Openness and Critical Thought: On Reading Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth Download and Read
Ways of Talking about Knowledge in NIU AE Doctoral Dissertations: Epistemology and the Future of Adult Education
1995 “Ways of Talking about Knowledge in NIU AE Doctoral Dissertations: Epistemology and the Future of Adult Education,” The Canmore Proceedings: International Conference on Educating the Adult Educator: Role of the University, 123-131. May 14-17, 1995. Michael Collins, Editor. Canmore, Alberta, Canada. Download and Read
The Texture of Knowing in the Information Age: Interpreting the Personal Computer Story as a Chapter in the History of Adult Education
1994 “The Texture of Knowing in the Information Age: Interpreting the Personal Computer Story as a Chapter in the History of Adult Education.” Download and Read
The National Information Infrastructure: Information Myths, Information Policy and Adult Education Computer Policy Should be Based on an Adult Epistemology
1994 “The National Information Infrastructure: Information Myths, Information Policy and 1994 “Adult Education Computer Policy Should be Based on an Adult Epistemology,” Thresholds in Education, 1994, 20/3, 29-35. Download and Read
The Contribution of Phenomenology to a Richer Epistemology for Adult Education: A Study of Selected NIU Doctoral Dissertations
1994 The Contribution of Phenomenology to a Richer Epistemology for Adult Education: A Study of Selected NIU Doctoral Dissertations, Fall 1994, for Sherman Stanage. Download and Read
The Information Highway and the Challenge of Difference: The Significance of Raymond Williams for Adult Education
1994 The Information Highway and the Challenge of Difference: The Significance of Raymond Williams for Adult Education. Fourth Annual Research Symposium. October 14-15, 1994, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois Download and Read
The Communicative Action Theory of Jurgen Habermas and the Challenge of National Information Policy for Adult Education
1994 The Communicative Action Theory of Jurgen Habermas and the Challenge of National Information Policy for Adult Education. Download and Read