ABSTRACT

One of the world's leading social critics and educational theorists, Henry A. Giroux has contributed significantly to critical pedagogy, cultural studies, youth studies, social theory, and cultural politics. This new book offers a carefully selected cross-section of Giroux's many scholarly and popular writings, which bridge the theoretical and practical, integrate multiple academic disciplines, and fuse scholarly rigor with social relevance. The essays underscore the continuities and transformations in Giroux's thought, just as they offer invaluable approaches to understanding a range of social problems. Giroux's work suggests that a more humane and democratic world is possible and provides critical tools that can assist concerned citizens in bringing it into being.

part |66 pages

Sociology of Education

part |56 pages

Cultural Studies and Cultural Politics

chapter |20 pages

Consuming Social Change

The “United Colors of Benetton”

chapter |34 pages

Doing Cultural Studies

Youth and the Challenge of Pedagogy

part |55 pages

The War against Youth

chapter |22 pages

Nymphet Fantasies

Child Beauty Pageants and the Politics of Innocence

chapter |31 pages

Disposable Youth and the Politics of Domestic Militarization

Mis/Education in the Age of Zero Tolerance

part |52 pages

From Critical Pedagogy to Public Pedagogy

part |51 pages

The Politics of Higher Education

part |29 pages

Public Intellectuals and Their Work