Henry Giroux: 43 books
Against the Terror of Neoliberalism
Politics Beyond the Age of Greed
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
With its dream worlds of power, commercialization, and profit making, neoliberalism has ushered in new Gilded Age in which the logic of the market now governs every aspect of media, culture, and social life-from schooling to health care to old age. As the social contract becomes a distant memory,...
Hearts of Darkness
Torturing Children in the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
George W. Bush's war on terror defended torture as a matter of official policy and furthered an already emergent culture of cruelty. As torture became normalized in the Bush era, it not only corrupted American ideals and political culture, it also passed over to the dark side in sanctioning the unimaginable...
Schooling and the Struggle for Public Life
Democracy's Promise and Education's Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
This book examines the relationship between democracy and schooling and argues that schools are one of the few spheres left where youth can learn the knowledge and skills necessary to become engaged, critical citizens. Not only is the legacy of democracy addressed through the work of John Dewey and...
by Henry A. Giroux
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
Facing a crisis unlike that of any other generation, young people are caught between the discourses of consumerism and a powerful crime-control-complex, and are viewed increasingly as commodities or are subjected to the dictates of an ever expanding criminal justice system. Drawing upon critical analyses,...
by Henry A. Giroux, Ramón Flecha, Paulo Freire
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 1999
Essays by some of the world's leading educators provide a revolutionary portrait of new ideas and developments in education that can influence the possibility of social and political change. The authors take into account such diverse terrain as feminism, ecology, media, and individual liberty in their...
Education Under Siege
The Conservative, Liberal and Radical Debate over Schooling
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Education and the Crisis of Public Values
Challenging the Assault on Teachers, Students, and Public Education Second edition
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Updated with both a new introduction and a series of interviews, the second edition of Education and the Crisis of Public Values examines American society’s shift away from democratic public values, the ensuing move toward a market-driven mode of education, and the last decade’s growing social...
Violence
Humans in Dark Times
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2018
There are a number of anthologies on violence, but none exist as presented in this conversational interview format, which provides a meaningful and sophisticated introduction into the most cutting-edge thinking on the problem of violence in the contemporary world.
The market for this book includes...
Growing Up Postmodern
Neoliberalism and the War on the Young
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2002
This collection takes its inspiration from Paul Goodman's Growing Up Absurd, a landmark critique of American culture at the end of the 1950s. Goodman called for a revival of social investment in urban planning, public welfare, workplace democracy, free speech, racial harmony, sexual freedom, popular...
by Georgios Grollios, Henry A. Giroux, Panayota Gounari
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
How can Paulo Freire s progressive and vital contributions to curriculum planning can be made more relevant today for educators, policy makers and anybody involved in education? This book provides a necessary framework as it articulates significant questions. The first deals with Freire s positions...
by Paula Allman, Estanislao Antelo, Ursula Apitzsch
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002
Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is one of the major social and political theorists of the 20th century whose work has had an enormous influence on several fields, including educational theory and practice. Gramsci and Education demonstrates the relevance of Antonio Gramsci's thought for contemporary educational...
Counternarratives
Cultural Studies and Critical Pedagogies in Postmodern Spaces
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
To understand contemporary times, we must appreciate the extent to which our lives are affected by the cultural and political struggle between "official" narratives and the counternarratives which emerge as oppositional responses. Counternarratives develops a concept of "postmodern...
Politics of Possibility
Encountering the Radical Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: December 3, 2015
In the probing interviews in this vibrant new book, eminent scholars struggle with some of the most crucial issues facing contemporary intellectuals. Poststructuralist philosopher Judith Butler discusses the pain of rigorous intellectual work, saying that it is necessarily extremely hard labor, as...
Neoliberalism, Education, and Terrorism
Contemporary Dialogues
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Neoliberalism, Education, Terrorism: Contemporary Dialogues is a collaborative effort among four established public intellectuals who deeply care about the future of education in America and who are concerned about the dangerous effects of neoliberalism on American society and culture. It aims to...