1st Edition

Poetic Inquiry and Arts-Based Research for the Maintenance of the Republic and What Comes After A Vision for Metamodernity

By Angelo J. Letizia Copyright 2024
248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

248 Pages
by Routledge

This book demonstrates the power of poetry and the ways in which academics can utilize poetry to go beyond the scholarly realm and create works of art which, unlike traditional academic works, problematize and question reality rather than simply describe it.  Through its disciplinary, scholarly, and personal construction, poetry holds the potential to “erase” what we know and build a... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Poetry for Democracy  3. A Literature Review and Methodology (of sorts)  4. Qualifications and Pedagogy  5. Citizenship, Democracy and Teleology  6. Organizational Theory and Leadership  7. Poetry as Philosophy

Biography

Angelo J. Letizia is Associate Professor of Education at Notre Dame of Maryland University, USA.

Angelo Letizia utilizes poetic inquiry as a mechanism to bolster democracy and ultimately re-envision governance in imaginative ways. I can’t remember the last time I was pressed in my thinking to reconsider assumptions and norms and to contemplate and reflect on possibilities.

 -Pamela L. Eddy, Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs and Development and Professor, Higher Education, College of William and Mary

Teaching the skills of citizenship and social responsibility is a critical issue of our time. Letizia examines the philosophy and practice of poetry in education as a form of authentic democratic participation that can build a more inclusive and just society.

 

-Richard Siegesmund, Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University