1st Edition

Counter-Narrative How Progressive Academics Can Challenge Extremists and Promote Social Justice

By H.L. Goodall Jr Copyright 2010
207 Pages
by Routledge

207 Pages
by Routledge

207 Pages
by Routledge

Goodall portrays a world caught up in the middle of a narrative arms race, where the message of the political right has outflanked the message of the political left. It is a world where narratives used by the far right inch ever closer to those employed by right-wing extremists in the Muslim world. Rather than dismiss the use of political narratives as a shallow tactic of the opposition, Goodall... Read more
Introduction Before We Begin…; Chapter 1 The Battle of Narratives; Chapter 2 Binary Opposites and Narrative IEDs; Chapter 3 Birthers, Social Justice & the Texas Textbook Massacre; Chapter 4 Left at the War; Chapter 5 The Academic Dilemma; Chapter 6 Learning from Obama and Learning from Our Enemies; Chapter 7 The Core Counter-Narrative;

Biography

H. L. GoodallJr.