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America on the Edge : Henry Giroux on Politics, Culture, and Education / by H. Giroux.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giroux, Henry A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnology.
- Culture.
- Education.
- Europe--Politics and government.
- Europe.
- Education and state.
- Political science.
- Regional Cultural Studies.
- European Politics.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- Political Science.
- Local Subjects:
- Regional Cultural Studies.
- Education.
- European Politics.
- Educational Policy and Politics.
- Political Science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2006.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611365882
- 9781403971593
- 1403971595
- 9781349533039
- 1349533033
- 9781281365880
- 1281365882
- 9781403984364
- 1403984360
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