Zombie politics and culture in the age of casino capitalism /
Giroux, Henry A.
"Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism capitalizes upon the popularity of zombies, exploring the relevance of the metaphor they provide for examining the political and pedagogical conditions that have produced a growing culture of sadism, cruelty, disposability, and death in America. The zombie metaphor may seem extreme, but it is particularly apt for drawing attention to the ways in which political culture and power in American society now operate on a level of mere survival. This book uses the metaphor not only to suggest the symbolic face of power: beginning and ending with an analysis of authoritarianism, it attempts to mark and chart the visible registers of a kind of zombie politics, including the emergence of right-wing teaching machines, a growing politics of disposability, the emergence of a culture of cruelty, and the ongoing war being waged on young people, especially on youth of color. By drawing attention to zombie politics and authoritarianism, this book aims to break through the poisonous common sense that often masks zombie politicians, anti-public intellectuals, politics, institutions, and social relations, and bring into focus a new language, pedagogy, and politics in which the living dead will be moved decisively to the margins rather than occupying the very center of politics and everyday life." -- Publisher's website.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Zombie politics and other late modern monstrosities in the age of disposability -- The politics of lying and the culture of deceit in Obama's America: the rule of damaged politics -- Zombie language and the politics of the living dead -- Everyday violence and the culture of cruelty: entertaining democracy's demise -- Market-driven hysteria and the politics of death -- Torturing children: Bush's legacy and democracy's failure: salvos from the culture of cruelty -- The spectacle of illiteracy and the crisis of democracy -- Zombie politics and the challenge of right-wing teaching machines: rethinking the importance of the Powell memo -- Town hall politics as zombie theater: rethinking the importance of the public sphere -- Reclaiming public values in the age of casino capitalism -- No bailouts for youth: broken promises and dashed hopes -- Zero tolerance policies and the death of reason: schools and the pedagogy of punishment -- Brutalizing kids: painful lessons in the pedagogy of school violence -- Tortured memories and the culture of war -- Youth beyond the politics of hope -- In the dead zone of capitalism -- Disimagination machines and punishing factories in the age of zombie capitalism.
"Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism capitalizes upon the popularity of zombies, exploring the relevance of the metaphor they provide for examining the political and pedagogical conditions that have produced a growing culture of sadism, cruelty, disposability, and death in America. The zombie metaphor may seem extreme, but it is particularly apt for drawing attention to the ways in which political culture and power in American society now operate on a level of mere survival. This book uses the metaphor not only to suggest the symbolic face of power: beginning and ending with an analysis of authoritarianism, it attempts to mark and chart the visible registers of a kind of zombie politics, including the emergence of right-wing teaching machines, a growing politics of disposability, the emergence of a culture of cruelty, and the ongoing war being waged on young people, especially on youth of color. By drawing attention to zombie politics and authoritarianism, this book aims to break through the poisonous common sense that often masks zombie politicians, anti-public intellectuals, politics, institutions, and social relations, and bring into focus a new language, pedagogy, and politics in which the living dead will be moved decisively to the margins rather than occupying the very center of politics and everyday life." -- Publisher's website.
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