In thinking with different theories (as illustrated throughout this volume), we can produce ourselves differently-and in turn, produce different ways of living, of teaching, and of learning to resist the encroaching influence of ultra-conservatism in U.S. Not only do people produce theories, but theories produce people " (p. Pierre (2001) points out, " Living and theorizing produce each other they structure each other. and, ultimately, pursue the interests of equity and social justice. We emphasize the need to shift from rational humanist ways of thinking to posthuman, materialist theories of difference that can help members of the education community to engage in new modes of thought and action to counter the growing movement of neofascism in some political circles in the U.S. We present an argument that " good and common sense " -that is, rational ways of knowing-is woefully inadequate to build the needed justice movement to resist the implications of a far-right nationalist agenda for public education. federal government's transition to extreme right wing and ultra-conservative political ideologies. To frame this issue, we first summarize the U.S. We argue for the need to use these emergent understandings to become and live differently-as well as to shape systems of schooling and educate differently. political context to emphasize why, at this precise moment in history, we-educators, teacher educators, and educational researchers-are in dire need of different ways to understand the world and our connections and interactions with/in it. Our introduction to this special issue on “Thinking with Theory in Teacher Education” dedicates considerable space to broadly discussing the current U.S. We conclude by offering lessons for all three literatures we incorporate, as well as a way forward for studying a presidential administration that many find difficult to analyze. In the case of Trump, we highlight: shifting of decision-making authority via insurrectionary displacement the elimination of the individual mandate via subversive layering a change in drone use policy via opportunistic conversion and a gradual desensitization and change in school choice education policy via symbiotic drift. We use Donald Trump's early presidency to show how political actors (especially presidents) can use four different change strategies. In doing so, we show how law, politics, and public policy are inextricably linked, and that researchers can borrow assumptions, methods, and theories from a variety of fields. This article integrates three fields of study: the "regime politics" paradigm in law and courts, the "institutional change" approach in public policy, and the "unilateral presidency" literature.
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