Alt-Education by Catherine Tebaldi
Alt-Education looks at the stories the right tells about schools: a fight between an evil, indoctrinating government and a far-right freethinking truth warrior, between a frigid cultural Marxist teacher and a loving Christian mother.“Catherine Tebaldi’s Alt-Education is a brilliant addition to our fieldHer research fills a significant gap and avoids assuming the ignorance of far-right actors. As Tebaldi powerfully notes, ‘the far right is wrong, but not stupid’.”
Aurelien Mondon, Associate professor, Co-convenor of the Reactionary Politics Research Network
“In Alt-Education, Catherine Tebaldi has produced an insightful and powerful analysis of influential far-right movements in education. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the political forces and beliefs underpinning so much of the growing anti-public-school sentiment in the United States.”
Michael W. Apple, Author of Can Education Change Society?
“Tebaldi’s edifying, alarming account reveals the architecture of far-right fables and moral panics—as well as the rhetorical conflations that glue their education movements together. This book fully exposes the paradox of self-ascribed “free thinking” within sclerotic political ideologies.”
Janet McIntosh, Brandeis University, editor of Language in the Trump Era
“Tebaldi has written a fascinating, timely, and highly readable book on the growing right-wing alternative education movement. Combining ethnography and meticulous case studies, Alt-Education traces its origins and the diverse connections between Moms for Liberty, tradwives, homeschoolers, alt-right, and the Intellectual Dark Web. A must read for scholars, policymakers, and anybody interested in understanding the far-right.”
Thomas Zeitzoff, Professor, School of Public Affairs, American University
Catherine Tebaldi is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Humanities, University of Luxembourg.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781032701936 |
| ISBN 10 | 1032701935 |
| Title | Alt-Education |
| Author | Catherine Tebaldi |
| Series | Routledge Studies In Fascism And The Far Right |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Year published | 2025-07-25 |
| Number of pages | 178 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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