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Title: Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing
ISBN: 0312447035
Author:
Gary Colombo
Robert Cullen
Bonnie Lisle
Publicate Date: 2007-03-30
Publish: 2007-03-30
List Price: $29.14
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Loved it
This book opened my mind to many new ideas about public education and helped me articulate what i was thinking!! have used it numerous times as a citation in essays.
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2: A Breath of Fresh Air
I am a Freshman comp student, like some of our unfavorable reviewers here. However, I am also not a blinded, brainwashed neocon who pledges unwavering loyalty to the myths projected on America from the Right.
In high school, what little thought there was about culture and life was always very one-dimensional. Either you're for abortion or you're not. Either you're black or you're white. Either you're a god-hating liberal who believes that scientific evidence means something, or you're a reverent true believer who has been saved by the inerrant divine word of the Bible.
This book attracts significant criticism for those who live in a one-dimensional world. One which is so flawed and reductionist that it cannot comprehend someone honest coming to a disagreeing opinion. One which is so afraid of being challenged in their beliefs, who paints their ideological opponents as consorts with the greatest evil ever imagined, that they cannot even begin to sit down and rationally dissect the essays of Sam Harris or Michael Moore. It is truly pitiful that we even have to have this discussion in Freshman year. In the perfect world, parents would raise their children to be respectful and to think rationally about life.
But we do not live in that world. We live in a world where the best way to defeat an opponent in an argument is through either shouting at high volume, dismissing them a priori with ad hominem, using false dichotomies to equate your opponents with absurd definitions, amongst boundless other things which any critical thinker and certainly any college professor of English would recognize as the hallmark of ignorance and close-mindedness.
And so this book exists because of those who challenge it. In the perfect world, where everyone was sane and rational, this book would not be necessary. Students could come to college already knowing that their world view is not the only legitimate one, that no one person is privileged with divine authority to make the one true opinion, and that respect is a virtue that is necessary to have an honest intellectual discussion.
But alas, this book is to me a lament to those who have already made up their minds, at 18 years old, just what the truth is. They come to college to get a print out that says they're not stupid. They don't come to learn.
PS, this is not a liberal apology. I, like the other sane reviewers before me, am not a liberal. Even if I were, it would be completely irrelevant, as being a liberal does not make one any less valuable than being a conservative does.
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3: My used book was pretty much new!! Great Service!
Hi, my name is Ruben and I purchased a english book for my college course. I picked this one from this seller because it was simply the cheapest, so I was expecting a book with a torn cover or something related to that. When the book arrived ON TIME and sooner than I expected I opened the package to only find a book that looked pretty much new! I think the only thing that made the book look used was the little yellow sticker on it! But the book was in perfect condition and I was very pleased with this Seller.
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4: English Text Book
There's not much to say when it comes to a text book. This book presents the material in a non-bias way that lets the reader decide what to take out of it. It is made up of several different readings, varying from narratives to essays. Also included are many photos and cartoons that relate to the text. It's not a book you'd want to curl up in bed with, but it also won't be one that'll put you to sleep.
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5: Very Eye Opening
i was reading this book for my english 101 class and it was quite interesting to read the stories. very good book
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