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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460673703321

Autore

Giroux Henry A.

Titolo

Youth in revolt : reclaiming a democratic future / / Henry A. Giroux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-317-24858-9

1-315-63095-8

1-317-24857-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (218 p.)

Collana

Critical interventions : politics, culture, and the promise of democracy

Disciplina

322.4

Soggetti

Youth - Political activity - United States

Youth movements - United States

Political violence - United States

Democracy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2013 by Paradigm Publishers.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Criminalizing Dissent and Punishing the Occupy Movement Protesters; 1 Countermemory and the Politics of Loss after 9/11: Violence, the War on Youth, and the Limits of the Social; 2 Disturbing Pleasures: The Depravity of Aesthetics and the ""Kill Team"" Photos; 3 Norway Is Closer Than You Think: Extremism and the Crisis of American Politics; 4 Disposable Knowledge and Disposable Bodies: Book Burning in Arizona; 5 Trickle-Down Cruelty and the Politics of Austerity

6 Got Class Warfare? Occupy Wall Street's Challenge to Casino Capitalism7 Against American-Style Authoritarianism: The Occupy Movement and the Promise of Youth; Notes; Index; About the Author