Community and Civic Engagement
Alexis de Tocqueville
Excerpts from Democracy in America
Ch. 2 On Individualism in Democratic Countries
Ch. 4 How the Americans Combat Individualism with Free Institutions
Ch. 5 On the Use that the Americans Make of Association in Civil Life
- These are reprinted in Deans, T. (2003). Writing and Community Action: A ServiceLearning Rhetoric with Readings. New York: Longman.
Michael Schudson
Schudson, M. (1998). The Good Citizen: A History of American Civic Life. New York:
The Free Press.
Schudson, M. (2000). Good Citizens and Bad History: Today’s Political Ideals in
Historical Perspective. Communication Review. 4(1), 1-19.
Benjamin Barber’s TED Talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_barber_why_mayors_should_rule_the_world
Maajid Nawaz’s TED Talk:
http://www.ted.com/talks/maajid_nawaz_a_global_culture_to_fight_extremism
Myth
Campbell, J. (1959). The Historical Development of Mythology. Daedalus. 88(2),
232-254.
Fisher, W.R. (1973). Reaffirmation and Subversion of the American Dream.
Quarterly Journal of Speech. 59(2), 160-167.
Kelley-Romano, S. (2006). Mythmaking in Alien-Abduction Narratives.
Communication Quarterly. 54(3), 383-406.
Devdutt Pattanaik’s TED Talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/devdutt_pattanaik