Failure to Hold The Politics of School

Underscores the impossible mission that the U.S. public attempts to impose on students in schools: to contain the anger and rage that they feel toward society.

Acknowledgments

ix

Introduction: Fantasy, Compliance, and Rage in a Postauthority World

1

(16)

Part I: Triggering Rage: Cases of Motivation As Determined by Public Reaction to School Shootings

17

(74)

West Paducah, Kentucky: The Basketball Diaries As Predatory Culture

25

(20)

Jonesboro, Arkansas: Guns and Their Seductive Qualities

45

(24)

Springfield, Oregon: The Law of the Father and Homicidal Rage

69

(22)

Part II: Theories of Violence in Politics and Society

91

(98)

Witnessing and Salvation at School

93

(24)

Why Can't We Be Deweyan Citizens?

117

(26)

The ``Facilitating Environment'' and Generational Change

143

(24)

Heroism and Mastery as Models of Reproductive Anxiety in Education

167

(22)

Conclusion: Post-Columbine---Reflections on Youth Violence as a National Movement

189

(10)

References

199

(10)

Index

209

(12)

About the Author

221

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