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 …
Making good citizens: education and civil society
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…
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.
Preface: Embodied awakenings : on love, loss, and learning to be human -- The body as a site of politics : on choice & control -- Beyond monks and mushrooms : humility and autonomy, refigured -- Humility, autonomy and birth as a site of politics : choice and control, risk and re…
"There are many locations, relationships and experiences through which we learn what it means to be a citizen. Contemporary healthcare - or "the clinic" - is one of those sites. Being drawn into the complex "medical-legal-policy-insurance nexus" as a patient entails all sorts of…