{"id":126,"date":"2025-11-14T17:54:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T17:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/criticalthinkingbowker.com\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2025-12-29T20:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T20:28:49","slug":"about-book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/criticalthinkingbowker.com\/index.php\/about-book\/","title":{"rendered":"About Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"126\" class=\"elementor elementor-126\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d5eb49 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d5eb49\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Critical Thinking and the Subject of Inquiry: Capacities, Resilience, and Power <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5819884 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5819884\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Guide for Teachers, Learners, and Trainers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4be400b text-style elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4be400b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">This book reframes critical thinking. It is not a one-off skill. It is the ongoing work of <strong>subjectivity<\/strong>\u2014the capacity to make meaning, to judge, and to stand one\u2019s ground in the face of pressure. This book explains why: <strong>without subjectivity, skills collapse under pressure<\/strong>. It shows how to cultivate the capacities and resilience that keep inquiry alive when it counts. 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