1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910812122803321

Autore

Giroux Henry A

Titolo

America on the edge : Henry Giroux on politics, culture, and education / / Henry A. Giroux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-4039-7159-5

1-349-53303-3

1-281-36588-2

9786611365882

1-4039-8436-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

Critical pedagogy - United States

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- America on the Edge -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Henry Giroux on Critical Pedagogy and the Responsibilities of the Public Intellectual -- Part I America Under Siege -- 2 The Conservative Assault on America -- 3 Democracy and the Crisis of Public Education -- 4 From Auschwitz to Abu Ghraib -- Part II Against Fundamentalism -- 5 Rapture Politics and the Passion of the Religious Right -- 6 Academic Entrepreneurs -- Part III Media Pedagogy -- 7 Roll Over George Orwell -- 8 Breaking Into the Movies -- 9 Nymphet Fantasies -- Part IV Race, Surveillance, and Social, Justice -- 10 Racial Politics, Individualism, and the Collapse of the Social -- 11 Disposable Youth, Racism, and the Politics of Zero Tolerance -- Part V Militarization, Masculinity, and the Spectre of Fascism -- 12 Waging War on Democracy -- 13 Private Satisfactions and Public Disorder -- Part VI Youth, Pedagogy, and the Politics of Hope -- 14 The Abandoned Generation -- 15 Putting Youth Back into Politics -- 16 Translating the Future -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Henry Giroux's latest work is a compelling collection of new and classic essays. Key topics such as education and democracy, terrorism and



security, and media and youth culture are critiqued in Giroux's signature style. This is a fascinating collection for Giroux fans and educators alike.