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Itzkoff, Seymour

Seymour Itzkoff received his Ph.D. in the Philosophy of Education from Columbia University. He retired from Smith College after 35 years of service.

Defund the Public Education Monopoly and Fund Private K-12 Schools: Ethnic, Religious, Technical, Military, Arts, Sports, Vocational, Business, etc.
2022 1-4955-1024-7
(Softcover Book) This book is a reprint of the author's A New Public Education. From the author: "This book is about educational reform. It is not primarily concerned with the particular improvement that can take place in an individual classroom or school. More basically, it is a study of the interaction of the institutions of formal education with our evolving sense of community life and social structure. It constitutes an interpretation of the changing character and direction of American society and education. It also purports to explore the meaning of our present circumstances and the most probable and rational directions for future development."

Education: Teaching Students in Their Own Language, Gender, Religion, Ethnicity, and Talents
2022 1-4955-1025-5
(Softcover Book) This book is a reprint of the author's Cultural Pluralism and American Education. From the author: "[This] is an essay in the social and philosophical foundations of education. It reflects a concern for the changing character of our society and the manner in which formal education has become enmeshed in its institutional patterns. "

The Death of America: How Wealth Disparity, Race Conflict, Immigration, Welfare, Fake Education, and Climate Change have Ruined the United States (soft cover)
2022 1-4955-0964-8
This paperback edition is a retitled re-issue of a 2009 volume:
The End of Economic Growth: What Does It Mean for American Society?
by Seymour Itzkoff

The End of Economic Growth: What Does It Mean for American Society?
2009 0-7734-4668-0
This work examines the intersection between economics and social philosophy. It takes its impetus from the economic events of 2008-2009 which deeply affected the destiny of both the United States and the rest of the world. While the political establishment of most of the major powers see the ensuing economic recession as a particulate event soon to be overcome, many thinkers view what has transpired both economically and socially as a major break in the optimistic growth vision of a world civilization, given the regnant political, social, and, most important, ideological perspectives for the future of humankind.

World Energy Crisis and the Task of Retrenchment: Reaching the Peak of Oil Production
2009 0-7734-5056-4
The unanticipated arrival of peak energy production will cause the greatest revolution in the Western world’s optimistic perceptions of the future since the beginning of the use of our fossil fuel inheritance in the 18th century. Retrenchment and scarcity will now be the themes of international discourse. This work probes the philosophical assumptions behind this planning lapse, the sudden confrontation with a reversal of all that has powered our political and economic institutions.