Friday, November 13, 2020

Is it Time for “Nationalist” Education?


Via Προστάτης Καντονεζικός
 
 

Advocates of patriotic education would do well to embrace the nationalist elements of such an approach to learning. Doing so is fraught with challenges given the negative connotations of the word, but Yoram Hazony’s book, “The Virtue of Nationalism,” may be a useful resource for educators, policymakers, and historians.

In response to historical revisionism and the pervasiveness of critical theory in American schools, President Donald Trump has announced the formation of a “1776 Commission” that would help promote “patriotic education.” Predictably, voices from the Left squalled that the President was trying to “whitewash” history and indoctrinate students into a dangerous nationalism.

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