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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |66 pages
Sociology of Education
chapter |43 pages
Theories of Reproduction and Resistance in the New Sociology of Education
part |56 pages
Cultural Studies and Cultural Politics
part |55 pages
The War against Youth
chapter |31 pages
Disposable Youth and the Politics of Domestic Militarization
part |52 pages
From Critical Pedagogy to Public Pedagogy
chapter |13 pages
Is There a Role for Critical Pedagogy in Language/Cultural Studies?
part |51 pages
The Politics of Higher Education
chapter |29 pages
Youth, Higher Education, and the Crisis of Public Time
part |29 pages
Public Intellectuals and Their Work