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Giroux Henry A
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Titolo: |
America on the edge : Henry Giroux on politics, culture, and education / / Henry A. Giroux
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Pubblicazione: | New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina: | 370.11/5 |
Soggetto topico: | Critical pedagogy - United States |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Politics and government 2001-2009 |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | America on the Edge ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4039-7159-5 |
1-349-53303-3 | |
1-281-36588-2 | |
9786611365882 | |
1-4039-8436-0 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812122803321 |
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