Robert Jensen’s Citizens of the Empire is a warning. It is a message to the citizens of the world’s “greatest” nation and a remedy, as he describes, “to despair over the future of democracy.” In the manifesto, Jensen focuses on the political actions following the terror attacks of 9/11 and questions why it is hard for the American public to challenge the acts done in the name of freedom, the corrupt political culture, and the failure of universities to promote citizens who are politically active and critical. He also proposes that ideas of national superiority and binding respect for military servitude are dangerous political frameworks. To make his point, Jensen uses devices including personal experiences, quotes from political commentators…
The compulsory education system in Ontario is one of powerful examples of bringing citizens into the embrace of the state (Sears, Page 30). Citizenship acts as a bridge that connects an individual and the state together. Citizenship is consisted of many disciplines that define the freedom and equality in terms of political rights (Sears, Page 32). Citizenship is a rich form of disciplines that revolves around precision and thoroughness. Citizenship has a strong connection with the balance of rights and obligations (Sears, Page 88) or the conception of freedom with…
Shirley Chisholm was known for many reasons.She was the first African American woman in congress. Who has an autobiography titled Unbossed and Unbought and was born in Brooklyn on November 30th 1942. She earned her master's degree from Columbia University. She was the first African American woman to run for president she was also the first African American congresswoman.…
Martha Nussbaum in her essay, “Can Patriotism Be Compassionate?” (2001), asserts that America has become a cold and selfish nation that has no interest in the well being of others around the world. Nussbaum supports this assertion with examples of the war in Iraq and other crises’ around the world. Her purpose is to change the way Americans think about, not only other nations and countries, but also the people of other Nations in general. She establishes a type of aggression towards her audience, who are most likely working middle and upper class Americans. Nussbaum’s methods of persuasion are impressive and convincing but her argument and solution have no real benefit behind it.…
Although Wes and the other Wes Moore both grew up in the same city at the same time, the two men have many differences, such as their mother`s involvement, their fathers and the level of accomplishment. First, Wes (the author) had compassionate and an educated mother. His mother attended university of Washington D.C and she graduated from there. She took care of him as well as sending him to private school to get good education. Second, Wes (The author) lived with his father. His father was educated and had a job. One day Wes punched his sister Nikki after she bite him because he jabbed at her face. Then his father come to him and spoke about punching his sister. Wes`s father said him “it`s totally wrong to hit women, especially if she is your sister. Finally, Wes was succeeded and achieved his goals. He attended school through his childhood. He graduate from Valley Forge Military School College, as well as university of Hopkins and he completed his master degree. On the other hand, the other Wes Moore a had careless mother. His mother used to work every single day and she didn't know anything about his situation. Even though his mother went University of Hopkins and wanted to continue her education, she didn`t get the opportunity to continue it. Not only he had a careless mother, but he also had an alcoholic father. His father was a drug dealer. Due to this, Wes’s mother kicked his father out of the house, because she didn`t want her son to be drug dealer. Finally, the other Wes Moore wasn`t successful. He became drug seller as well as a murder. Due to this, he was sent to jail for life. Clearly, the type of parents that they had makes big differences.…
Our states are based off of inter-related communities, and without these communities our states would mean nothing. For that reason, participation in these communities in intersectional ways and emphasizing membership and solidarity are two of the most important aspects of citizenship. There is elitism and a man-made disconnect that occurs when we forget who these concepts are meant to be aimed for –the masses. In the case of the Islamic school, the masses are the students. While they are involved in the “political” aspects of school, they are disconnected from other important aspects that give life to the…
Many would say that our current school system is flawed in many ways, one of which is the manner in which they get funding and quality of the information they are implanting into our children’s minds. There however is a way we can fix this, that is if we take on a movement of Interdependence, this means everyone has a sense of citizenship in their community and the world for that matter, do you agree with this? If you do than you would be able to relate to Benjamin Barber and the writing in his article, The Educated Student: Global Citizen or Global Conumer?, because he brings attention to these topics. At the beginning of his article Barber discusses how our founding fathers intended for all of our citizens to be well educated, “John Adams argued hard for schools for every young man…Thomas Jefferson made the same argument for public schooling for every potential citizen in America…” (Barber 416.3.2-3). He then proceeds to discuss how in present time there public school systems are being forced to run advertisements of companies in exchange for funding, because they are not funded enough without it; “We have watched this commercialization and privatization, a distortion of the education mission and its content, going to the heart of our schools themselves.” (Barber 417.11.1). Benjamin Barber puts great emphasis on the fact that we as a nation need to better understand citizenship and what it means to be a citizen, and on top of that be more aware of the other nations of this world and our relationship to them. We are a very multicultural nation, but he expresses how little we care about that and how we don’t understand that it gives us an advantage that we need to capitalize on. (421.28-29). Benjamin Barber has written many other articles and is still pushing the movement for Interdependence.…
What is the role of everyday people in the world? Should we care more about the local community that we inhabit, or the larger world that we share? That is an issue that our readings, and our class as a whole tries to tackle, the disparaging difference between being a patriot, and cosmopolites. In this new modern world where society is easily connected, and where news can travel instantaneously, has made far away countries our neighbors. We as a civilization are no longer bound by our countries border, moving from one country to another has never been easier, or as accepted. This has unfortunately created a conundrum about the role in our own country in this new global world. There still exist patriots, people who still take pride in their…
The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze A Long Way Gone and the authors experiences affected my perceptions of global citizenship.…
Nie, H. Norman, Jane Junn, and Kenneth Stehlick-Barry. 1996. Education and Democratic Citizenship in America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. UTSA Databases- https://ucat.lib.utsa.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=59087/ (accessed February 19, 2013).…
Humankind would be a better place if we were all just citizens of the world. In Martha Nussbaum’s “Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism” she argues whether children should be taught in education to be patriotic or cosmopolitan. Nussbaum’s definition of cosmopolitanism is a person whose primary allegiance is to the community of human beings in the entire world. Nussbaum begins her argument by raising questions about education and how students ought to be taught that hunger in third world countries are problems of global problems and not the countries problem. She says “We should regard out deliberations as, first and foremost, deliberations about human problems of people in particular concrete situations, not problems growing out of a national identity that is altogether unlike that of others.”(P 1)…
Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana once said, “A man’s feet should be planted in his own country, but his eyes should survey the world.” To me, global citizenship is the outlook that I strive to possess, while American citizenship is the root from which I grow. Moreover, there is a misconception that a proper American stays in America, that it is somehow unpatriotic to spend anything more than a vacation away from this country. I believe differently; I believe that a global perspective is indispensable in making me both a good global and national citizen.…
Cited: Abramsky, Sasha. "America and the World: How Do Others Perceive Us?; Waking Up from the American Dream." Trans. Array The New World Reader: Thinking and Writing about the Global Community. . Fourth Edition. Boston: Wadsworth, 2014. 86-92. Print.…
In the “Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin establishes the theme of freedom and confinement. The author focuses on Mrs. Mallard’s tragic hour of trying to find her own individuality. Chopin employs various symbols conveying them to the themes of freedom and confinement. Mrs. Mallard, who has a weak heart, lives a secluded life, maybe a boring one until one day. In one afternoon, Mrs. Mallard receives news about Mr. Mallard’s death.…
The importance of leadership to a group’s success is very vital. A leader is the central person who guides the group toward its goal. A leader must have followers and influence over those followers. Leadership directly affects the way people feel about working for you. By creating a positive climate, will affect the amount of effort people in your group will contribute. And the more they contribute, the more successful your group will be.…