SocProf reviewed Radical Hope by Kevin M. Gannon
Review of 'Radical Hope' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
It was ok but there isn't much there there. It's basically "be kind to your student", which, I guess is radical in the larger context of the attacks on higher education. However, by keeping everything centered at the level of student - instructor interaction, it keep the scope individual rather than systemic and does not offer radical ideas about how to transform the institution. And only at the end does the author concede that some of this stuff is easy for him to say but not everyone is in such a privileged position. Otherwise, there is pretty much nothing on collective action or even collective thinking. It's all about the individual instructor being nicer to students.
As I said, not much there there.
It was ok but there isn't much there there. It's basically "be kind to your student", which, I guess is radical in the larger context of the attacks on higher education. However, by keeping everything centered at the level of student - instructor interaction, it keep the scope individual rather than systemic and does not offer radical ideas about how to transform the institution. And only at the end does the author concede that some of this stuff is easy for him to say but not everyone is in such a privileged position. Otherwise, there is pretty much nothing on collective action or even collective thinking. It's all about the individual instructor being nicer to students.
As I said, not much there there.