The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking
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The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking

Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News

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eBook - PDF

The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking

Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News

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About This Book

D. Michael Rivage-Seul's eye-opening new book, The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News, invites readers to try out what Baba Dick Gregory calls the "magic glasses" of critical thinking. Gregory's eyewear suggests ten rules for seeing through the haze created by any culture's ruling group mind. The criteria urge students to: (1) reflect systemically, (2) select market (as an organizing principle), (3) reject neutrality, (4) suspect ideology, (5) respect history, (6) inspect scientifically, (7) quadra-sect violence, (8) connect with your deepest self, (9) collect conclusions, and (10) detect silences. The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking then applies those criteria to a broader contemporary context where fascist tendencies reminiscent of the 1930s are unmistakable. Surprising interpretations of familiar Hollywood and documentary films illustrate every point, making this book a fascinating text and discussion starter for critical thinking and composition courses at the secondary and post-secondary levels.

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Publisher
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Year
2018
ISBN
9781433149542
Edition
1
Topic
Education
Subtopic
Secondary Education

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Figures
  4. Introduction: Critical Thinking, Magic Glasses, and Film
  5. Part One: Critical Thinking in Our Post-Fact World of Fake News
  6. Part Two: The First Eight Rules of Critical Thinking
  7. Part Three: Reviewing History Through the Magic Glasses
  8. Part Four: Fascism Today, Drawing Conclusions, and Breaking Silence
  9. Index