| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Physical description |
1 online resource (xi, 264 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Henry Giroux on critical pedagogy and the responsibilities of the public intellectual -- pt. 1. America under siege : authoritarianism and democracy -- The conservative assault on America : cultural politics, education, and the new authoritarianism -- Democracy and the crisis of public education : co-authored with Susan Searls Giroux -- From Auschwitz to Abu Ghraib : rethinking representation as public pedagogy -- pt. 2. Against fundamentalism : resisting religious extremism and market orthodoxy -- Rapture politics and the passion of the religious right -- Academic entrepreneurs : the corporate takeover of higher education -- pt. 3. Media pedagogy : rethinking political and cultural literacy -- Roll over George Orwell : representations of Newspeak in Bush's America -- Breaking into the movies : film as cultural politics -- Nymphet fantasies : child beauty pageants and the politics of innocence -- pt. 4 Race, surveillance, and social justice -- Racial politics, individualism, and the collapse of the social -- Disposable youth, racism, and the politics of zero tolerance -- pt. 5. Militarization, masculinity, and the spectre of Fascism -- Waging war on democracy : the militarizing of public space -- Private satisfactions and public disorder : Fight Club, patriarchy, and the politics of masculine violence -- pt. 6. Youth, pedagogy, and the politics of hope -- The abandoned generation : the Urban Debate League and the politics of possibility -- Putting youth back into politics : reclaiming education and hope in dark times -- Translating the future : speaking to graduating youth. |
| Summary |
For more than 20 years Henry Giroux has challenged readers to address the political exploitation and manipulation of American youth. Now, this compelling new book offers a comprehensive selection of Giroux¿s best works. From his most influential classics to new, never before published essays, America on the Edge offers an overview of Giroux's philosophies throughout his career. From his classic subjects, such as education and democracy and media and youth culture, to revolutionary new views on terrorism, globalization, and morality, this book is essential for all Giroux fans and educators alike. Henry Giroux provides a series of brilliant and provocative essays on the rise of authoritarianism in America, the rise of religious fundamentalism, the crisis of youth, the militarizing of public space, the politics of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, the rise of the corporate university, the rise of Orwellian newspeak in the media, the emergence of a hard-boiled masculinity in popular culture, and what it means to reclaim hope in dark times. These essays combine important social issues with an accessible and clear language of historical understanding, critique, and possibility. Giroux argues that the United States is in the midst of a political crisis that is slowly undermining the foundation of democratic politics, culture, and education. He also argues that the crisis of politics is matched by a crisis of imagination and that if democracy is going to survive it is imperative to both rethink the nature of democracy while refashioning a new political language and cultural politics capable of both stopping the current turn toward authoritarianism and reclaiming the possibilities of a substantive democracy. |
| Language notes |
English. |
| Subject |
Critical pedagogy -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
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| ISBN |
9781403984364 |
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1403984360 |
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9781403971609 (alk. paper) |
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1403971609 (alk. paper) |
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9781403971593 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1403971595 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1403984360 |
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1403971609 (alk. paper) |
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1403971595 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard Number |
10.1057/9781403984364 |
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