Democratic Education in an Armed Society: Learning to Live with Guns

Democratic Education in an Armed Society: Learning to Live with Guns examines the points of intersection between school gun violence and democratic education. Samantha Deane explores the connection between how we teach children to think of themselves as democratic actors and the unceasing plague of gun violence. Juxtaposing two images of political agency, Deane connects an essentialized view of humans as masters of themselves, objects, and history with discourses that aim to train individua...