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D. Michael Rivage-Seul´s new book, The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing through Alternative Fact & Fake News , invites readers to try out Baba Dick Gregory´s "magic glasses" of critical thinking and apply it to our current reality.

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D. Michael Rivage-Seul´s eye-opening new book, The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking: Seeing Through Alternative Fact & Fake News , invites readers to try out what Baba Dick Gregory calls the "magic glasses" of critical thinking. Gregory´s eyewear suggests ten rules for seeing through the haze created by any culture´s ruling group mind. The criteria urge students to: (1) reflect systemically, (2) select market (as an organizing principle), (3) reject neutrality, (4) suspect ideology, (5) respect history, (6) inspect scientifically, (7) quadra-sect violence, (8) connect with your deepest self, (9) collect conclusions, and (10) detect silences. The Magic Glasses of Critical Thinking then applies those criteria to a broader contemporary context where fascist tendencies reminiscent of the 1930s are unmistakable. Surprising interpretations of familiar Hollywood and documentary films illustrate every point, making this book a fascinating text and discussion starter for critical thinking and composition courses at the secondary and post-secondary levels.

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List of Figures - Introduction: Critical Thinking, Magic Glasses, and Film - Part One: Critical Thinking in Our Post-Fact World of Fake News - Alternative Fact and Fake News Inside Plato´s Cave - My Own Escape From Our Culture´s Cave: From Ego-Centrism to Global Awareness - Inching Towards Cosmic Consciousness - Part Two: The First Eight Rules of Critical Thinking - Rule One: Reflect Systemically - Rule Two: Select Market as the Economic Root of Political Differences - Rule Three: Reject Neutrality - A Compromise World Vision - Rule Four: Suspect Ideology - Rule Five: Respect History - Rule Six: Inspect Scientifically - Rule Seven: Quadra-Sect Violence - Rule Eight: Connect With Your Deepest Self - Part Three: Reviewing History Through the Magic Glasses - How the Wealthy Privatized the Commons - Colonialism and Its Structures - Commoners Resist Privatization - Hitler and Fascism´s Defense of Privatization - Part Four: Fascism Today, Drawing Conclusions, and Breaking Silence - Continuation of Hitler´s System in Globalization and the War on Terrorism - Capitalism´s Contemporary Crisis and the Rise of Neo-Fascism - Rule Nine: Collect Conclusions and Live Critically - Rule Ten: Detect Silences (and Fake News) - Index.

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