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Terror of Neoliberalism Authoritarianism and the Eclipse of Democracy
By Henry A. Giroux
Copyright 2004
224 Pages
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Routledge
192 Pages
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Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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This book argues that neoliberalism is not simply an economic theory but also a set of values, ideologies, and practices that works more like a cultural field that is not only refiguring political and economic power, but eliminating the very categories of the social and political as essential elements of democratic life. Neoliberalism has become the most dangerous ideology of our time. Collapsing... Read more
Preface; Chapter 1; Living in the Shadow of Authoritarianism: Proto-Fascism, Neoliberalism, and the; Twilight of Democracy; Chapter 2; Spectacles of Race and Pedagogies of Denial; Chapter 3; Class Casualties: Disappearing Youth in the Age of Market Fundamentalism; Chapter 4; Neoliberalism and the Politics of Public Pedagogy; Chapter 5; The Politics of Hope in Dangerous Times; Chapter 6; Edward Said and the Politics of Worldliness; Index
Biography
Henry A. Giroux
“Against the Terror of Neoliberalism showcases why Henry A. Giroux is one of the most important and influential thinkers on the cultural left. … [He] critiques the present of politics, as always, eloquently and yet clearly and pointedly, with theoretical sophistication, acute insights into the structures in which power operates, a careful reading of its contemporary manifestations as well as its historical roots, and an in-depth grasp of current academic debates. … Against the Terror of Neoliberalism makes an incontrovertible demonstration of the ways that education is at the center of both how the forces of oppression gain ascendance and how the forces of dissent need to think [about] the future of opposition.”
—Robin Truth Goodman, Florida State University, in Symploke
“At the core of Henry Giroux’s latest, and perhaps most incisive, encompassing and challenging book, Against the Terror of Neoliberalism, are urgent questions and concerns about youth, education, responsibility, the future, and democracy, all rigorously examined and captured brilliantly. … [The book] should be obligatory reading across the spectrum of US education, from high schools and schools of education, to cultural studies, political science, union halls, military barracks, and departments of communications. Giroux thinks and writes with an unrelenting urgency, rigor, and clarity that provides us with critical tools for thinking hard about the world.”
—Scott D. Morris in Dissident Voice
“Henry Giroux has done it again! Against a fastball from Wall Street, the World Bank and the IMF, and the ideologues and practitioners of free market fundamentalism, he smashes a home run. Giroux surgically and decisively dissects the contradictions and the brutal inhumanity and injustice of the ‘free market.’ He also provides the outlines for a roadmap to get out of this living hell.”
—Robert W. McChesney, author, The Problem of the Media
