Intra-Public Intellectualism

Critical Qualitative Inquiry in the Academy

Timothy C. Wells, David Lee Carlson, Mirka Koro, Gaile S. Cannella, Timothy C. Wells, David Lee Carlson, Mirka Koro

• Publisher: Myers Education Press
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781975502485, 9781975502478
• eBook ISBN: 9781975502508
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Éducation
• Subtopic: Théorie et pratique de l'éducation

In a decidedly anti-intellectual moment, exemplified by such recent phenomena as denials of science, defunding of universities, and distrust of "facts," Intra-Public Intellectualism examines the relationships among qualitative inquiry, truth telling and social activism. 

With contributions from scholars and activists around the world, the book addresses three key tensions in the field of social inquiry. The first tension concerns the proliferation of digital environments and virtual spaces, exploring how the "public" in public intellectualism might be reconsidered. The second tension concerns the ongoing critiques of truth and subjectivity, exploring how these disruptions change the work of the intellectual. The third tension concerns the growing scientific and philosophical rejection of static material worlds, exploring what becomes of social responsibility and justice when agency extends beyond human subjects. 

Intra-Public Intellectualism will be a must read for those interested in the roles of the intellectual in the academy and beyond and those keen on rethinking critical social inquiry for the twenty-first century.

Perfect for courses such as: Introduction to Qualitative Research | Critical Qualitative Inquiry and Critical Theory | Social Context and Education | Foundations of Education | Cultural Studies and Public Pedagogy | Curriculum Theory | Social Justice and Education | Advanced Qualitative Methodology | Interpretivist Inquiry | Posthumanist Inquiry | New Materialist Inquiry | Arts-Based Inquiry

Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Map to the Interludes
• Introduction
• ONE - Intellectual Publics | Public Intellectuals
• TWO - An Ecology of Truth(s) Telling Amid the Post-Truth Turn
• THREE - Guiding Public Engagement With Science Through a Branching Narrative of Qualitative Perspectives
• FOUR - Whiteness and the Natural Order: Shame, Race and Public Intellectualism According to Jordan Peterson
• FIVE - Is That a Ladybird on the Leaf? Public Intellectualism and Resistance With Very Young Children
• SIX - Intellectual Undesirables: An Autoethnographic Reflection on Intellectual Contributions of the Neurologically Othered
• SEVEN - Intellectual Gatekeepers: Reclaiming Black Queer Youth as the Public
• EIGHT - The (Un)Common Intellectual: Possibilities for New Relational Bonds
• NINE - Soil Storying of Public Intellectualism: Ideas Mattering Through Care and Collectivity
• TEN - Enacting Anzaldúan Spiritual Activism: Intersecting Personal and Collective Shadows in Public Intellectualism
• Contributors
• Permissions
• Index