This book brings together the latest thinking of some of the scholars who are at work reconceptualizing the meaning of the field of curriculum. William Pinar explores a phenomenological approach to the main theme of the book, drawing heavily on psychoanalytic theory. Robert Starratt discusses futurological work in the context of curriculum theory development. Dwayne Huebner continues his work on the language of curriculum theorizing. Donald Bateman outlines collective social and political goals and their discrepancy with actual curriculum materials. Maxine Greene draws on the French Existentialist tradition to analyze the relations between cognition, consciousness, and curriculum. James Macdonald discusses the concept of centering as a possible focus of the curriculum. Finally, William Pilder makes a case for the creation of intentional communities that might foster what he terms "mutual indwelling." (Author/MLF)