Radicalizing Learning

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"This is a book that is so interesting that I had trouble puttingit down. It is well written; there is new material; it articulatesfamiliar concepts in such novel ways that your thought patterns gethijacked reading it. Adult learning and its processes are examinedfrom a socialist perspective with a focus on social justice." --Phyllis M. Cunningham, Distinguished Teaching ProfessorEmeritus, Northern Illinois University "Read this book and rub shoulders with Nelson Mandela, SeptimaClark, Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire, Jane Thompson, Myles Horton,and a whole horde of inspiring leaders, learners, teachers,trainers, and activists. Engage with remarkable writers you haveheard of, and, if you are like me, encounter a number of remarkablewriters for the first time. This is a splendid, extraordinary book,which will stir and trouble you. But why am I not surprised? It isa seamlessly collaborative work by two of the best minds in thefield--John Holst, the challenging, unremittingly rigoroustheorist; and Stephen Brookfield, the inspired and cannilyperceptive analyst. This book earns my highest praise: it will makeyou think." --Michael Newman, author, Teaching Defiance "Stephen Brookfield and John Holst have written a monumental textin the field of adult education. It is a bold, ambitious book,beautifully written and uncompromising in its social justiceagenda. It is sure to become a classic in the field." --Peter McLaren, professor, University of California, LosAngeles "This book offers new readings of the theory, politics, policy, andpractice of radical adult education and learning where people'slives are understood as complex and interrelated matters.Brookfield and Holst's poetics and deeply human prose soundrebellious; the authors confront some of the main radical trends inthe field of adult education including critical theory,transformative learning, and popular education." --Shahrzad Mojab, professor, Department of Adult Education andCounseling Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,University of Toronto "Radicalizing Learning is an extraordinary book, groundedin the world we have all experienced, but challenging readers toremove their blinders. Brookfield and Holst have redefined thevocation to which adult educators are called and in a brief volumebrought integrity and insight to all the salient topics in ourfield of study." --Thomas Heaney, associate professor, adult education, anddirector, Adult Education Doctoral Program, National-LouisUniversity