Counter-Narrative: How Progressive Academics Can Challenge Extremists and Promote Social Justice

by H.L. Goodall Jr.

Book Overview

Goodall portrays a world caught up in the middle of a narrative arms race, where the message of the political right has outflanked the message of the political left. It is a world where narratives used by the far right inch ever closer to those employed by right-wing extremists in the Muslim world. Rather than dismiss the use of political narratives as a shallow tactic of the opposition, Goodall promotes their usefulness and outlines a number of ways...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598745638
• ISBN13: 9781598745634
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"