Against the terror of neoliberalism
Subtitle: politics beyond the age of greed
By: Henry A. Giroux.
Series: Cultural politics & the promise of democracy
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers; Routledge; Brand: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
ISBN-13: 9781594515217
Subjects: Neoliberalism -- United States; Authoritarianism -- United States; Youth -- United States -- Social conditions; Racism -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Description: Neo-liberalism has become the most influential ideology of our times. It guides both Democratic and Republican policies and, increasingly, those of European and developing countries worldwide. Neoliberalism, too commonly regarded an economic theory, is a complex of values, ideologies, and practices that work more broadly as a 'cultural field'.; Giroux argues that its cultural dimensions erode the public participation that is the very foundation of democratic life. Under neoliberal policies, Giroux shows, populations are increasingly denied the symbolic, educational, and economic capital necessary for engaged citizenship. Giroux assesses the impact of neoliberalism on the language of democracy, race, education, and the media, offering alternatives necessary to restore our democratic institutions. [from publisher description].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-217) and index.
Table of contents: title: The emerging authoritarianism in the United States : political culture under the Bush/Cheney administration; title: Spectacles of race and pedagogies of denial; title: Disabling the future : youth in the age of market fundamentalism; title: Neoliberalism as public pedagogy; title: The politics of hope in dangerous times; title: Against neoliberal common sense : rethinking cultural politics and public pedagogy in dark times.