An aristocracy of everyone
Subtitle: the politics of education and the future of America
By: Benjamin R. Barber.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Education -- Aims and objectives -- United States; Educational change -- United States
First sentence: Around the world the cry “Democracy!” has shattered tyranny’s silence and caused the most stubborn of dictators to lose their confidence in the politics of fear.
Description: American education is failing to produce democratic citizens.  Skepticism and multiculturalism from the left undercut community, while anti-democratic philosophies in the Plato-Strauss-Bloom line undercut education.  In addition to supporting inclusive and binding education, the book argues for an increased emphasis on community service to drive home what it means to live in a democracy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-291) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue
pagenum: 3; label: 1
title: Teaching Temporality
pagenum: 17; label: 2
title: To Be an American
pagenum: 40; label: 3
title: Loose Canons
pagenum: 78; label: 4
title: Radical Excesses and Post-Modernism
pagenum: 107; label: 5
title: Conservative Excesses and Allan  Bloom
pagenum: 151; label: 6
title: What Our Forty-Seven Year-Olds Know
pagenum: 192; label: 7
title: Teaching Democracy Through Community Service
pagenum: 230; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 262; title: Notes
pagenum: 269; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 287; title: Index
pagenum: 293