Intro
Acknowledgments
Introduction-Reimagining Curriculum Studies and Ecumenical Restlessness
Dimensions of Reimagining Curriculum Studies
The Need for Ecumenical Restlessness Within Curriculum Studies
References
Contents
1 The Illness of Our World: A Critique of Curriculum Studies
References
2 Mosaical Thinking and Curriculum Theory
What is Mosaical Thinking?
What is Curriculum Theory?
Language and Experience
Structuring a Mosaical Book
The Scholarly Life: Raising Questions, Too Many Answers
References
3 Dialectical Processes Toward Freedom

Self-Critique in the Field of Curriculum Studies
Curriculum Studies Self-Critique: A Short History
Moribund in a New Key: Global Self-Critique
Being Critical
Founding Axioms, Orthodoxy, and Ideology
Perspectives on Being Critical
Jürgen Habermas on the Word "Crisis"
Being Critical: Its Cognates of "Radical" and "Root"
The Dialectical Döppelganger of "Creativity"
Bourdieu on Criticality and Self-critique
Dialectics
Negative Dialectics
The Dialectics of First Impressions
Dialectical Conundrums: False Consciousness and First Impressions

Dialectics and Utopianism
Unlearning and the Practice of Being Critical
A Brief Overview of Unlearning in the Education Field
Ontology and Unlearning
Unlearning the Lessons of Knowing: A Dialectical Analysis
Epilogue
References
4 Wild Imagination and the Critical Project
Politics at Every Second: Power in Everyday Life
Varieties of Wild Imagination
Viaticus Hooveraneous: A Story of Wild Imagination
Imagination in Art, Imagination in Science
The Naïve Disposition
Uses of Imagination
Hans-Georg Gadamer and Embodied Imagination

Wild Imagination, the Equal of Reason and More ...
Levinas and Pre-States of Bodily Imagination
Practicing Wild Imagination as a Critical Project
Radical Imagination: Not Wild Enough
Examples of Wild Imagination in Curriculum Studies
Hogan Dreams
Trois Chaises
Curriculum, Control, and Creativity
Wild Imagination and Curriculum Studies
References
5 Freedom All Too Human
Freedom: The Heart of Curriculum Studies
Freedom as a Possession of the Individual
Freedom As Dialogue
Primary Relationships to the World: I-It and I-Thou
Freedom and Education

Freedom in Dialogue
Freedom and Responsibility
Freedom in Curriculum Studies Practices
References
6 Pure Imagination and Freedom
Pure Imagination and Freedom
Analysis of "Pure Imagination," the Song
Stanza 1-Discovering Your Imagination
Stanza 2-Experiencing an Imaginative World
Stanza 3-Forming Your Own Imaginative World
Stanza 4-A Paean to Pure Imagination: The Master Speaks of His Life
The Ontology of Pure Imagination
References
7 Creativity and Aesthetic Consciousness in Teacher Education
Prologue: Embodiment and Aesthetic Consciousness