Comments on: Democratic Autocracy http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:16:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Delia http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/#comment-132703 Delia Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:02:22 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/#comment-132703 Mayer, Milton They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45. 368 p. 1955, 1966 University of Chicago Press Paper $24.00sp ISBN: 978-0-226-51192-4 (ISBN-10: 0-226-51192-8) The book's been around for a while. Nobody learns anything. The power of self-deception is one of the greatest forces in the universe. Mayer, Milton They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45. 368 p. 1955, 1966
University of Chicago Press
Paper $24.00sp ISBN: 978-0-226-51192-4 (ISBN-10: 0-226-51192-8)

The book’s been around for a while. Nobody learns anything. The power of self-deception is one of the greatest forces in the universe.

]]> By: Maya http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/#comment-132691 Maya Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:29:48 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/#comment-132691 I'm in school to be a teacher - the book is for my foundations in american education class. I think it's a fantastic book, I've really enjoyed reading it. I’m in school to be a teacher - the book is for my foundations in american education class. I think it’s a fantastic book, I’ve really enjoyed reading it.

]]> By: stick http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/#comment-132690 stick Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:52:04 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/#comment-132690 I use Tozer's book for one of the teacher ed. classes that I teach! May I inquire as to why you're reading it? It's not something that most people would just pick up... Hell, some of my students don't seem all that interested in it! We often loose sight of the fact that the socio-political issues we face are intertwined with education. Might I recommend Foucault's Discipline and Punish...? The connections that he makes between military discipline, prisons and schools are 'powerful'. I use Tozer’s book for one of the teacher ed. classes that I teach! May I inquire as to why you’re reading it? It’s not something that most people would just pick up… Hell, some of my students don’t seem all that interested in it!

We often loose sight of the fact that the socio-political issues we face are intertwined with education. Might I recommend Foucault’s Discipline and Punish…? The connections that he makes between military discipline, prisons and schools are ‘powerful’.

]]> By: JJ http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/#comment-132687 JJ Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:10:07 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/12/01/08/24/democratic-autocracy/#comment-132687 Didn't somebody just write a book about ordinary people in Nazi Germany called, "They Thought They Were Free?" Didn’t somebody just write a book about ordinary people in Nazi Germany called, “They Thought They Were Free?”

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