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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961616103321

Autore

Giroux Henry A

Titolo

America on the Edge : Henry Giroux on Politics, Culture, and Education / / by H. Giroux

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2006

ISBN

9786611365882

9781403971593

1403971595

9781349533039

1349533033

9781281365880

1281365882

9781403984364

1403984360

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (280 p.)

Disciplina

370.11/5

Soggetti

Ethnology

Culture

Education

Europe - Politics and government

Education and state

Political science

Regional Cultural Studies

European Politics

Educational Policy and Politics

Political Science

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.