In Knowing Our Place over 400 young Australians respond to ideas about belonging, identity and social and political power. The book explores the complex mindsets of young people in their search for identity within the broader society. While the fundamental aim of the book is to …
The stability of the U.S. depends on having a civic-minded, excellent populace. In modern times, the decline of the principles of civic virtue and standards of excellence that the Founders gained from the ancient Greeks and Romans culminated in a Trump presidency, which brought …
In this book, Micha de Winter, a professor of child care, works on the idea that necessary social qualities do not come automatically, and that children should be given a more active and responsible role in society.
However smart they are, from a social perspective children do not really count until maturity. Then all of a sudden society expects responsibility, independence and in particular, commitment. This viewpoint, shared by so many children and young people today, is the basis of much…
