Henry A. Giroux

America at War with Itself

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Produktbeschreibung

"A searing critique of state violence and intolerance in the United States today, Henry Giroux examines how hot-button issues and events reveal the nation's drift toward totalitarian forms of social control. From police violence in black communities to meteoric rise of Donald Trump, Giroux parses the trends and flashpoints to understand the underlying politics and social forces impacting America today"--

Produktdetails

• City Lights Open Media
• Verlag: City Lights Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 177mm x 129mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 300g
• ISBN-13: 9780872867321
• ISBN-10: 0872867323
• Artikelnr.: 44677405

Autorenporträt

Henry A. Giroux is a world renowned educator, author and public intellectual. He currently holds the McMaster University Professor for Scholarship in the Public Interest and is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Ryerson University. He is also The Paulo Freire Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy. His most recent books include: Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism (Peter Lang, 2011); Henry Giroux on Critical Pedagogy (Continuum, 2011); Twilight of the Social: Resurgent Publics in the Age of Disposability (Routledge, 2012); Disposable Youth (Routledge 2012); Youth in Revolt (Routledge, 2013); The Violence of Organized Forgetting (City Lights Open Media, 2014), and Dangerous Thinking in Authoritarian Times (Routledge 2015). A prolific writer and political commentator, he writes regularly for Truthout and serves on their board of directors. He currently lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada with his wife, Dr. Susan Searls Giroux. Author and historian Robin D.G. Kelley is one of the most distinguished experts on African American studies and a celebrated professor who has lectured at some of America's highest learning institutions. He is currently Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California. He is author of Thelonious Monk: His Story, His Song, His Times and is best known for his books on African American culture: Race Rebels: Culture Politics and the Black Working Class, Yo’ Mama’s DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America and Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination. He is currently working on another book, Speaking in Tongues: Jazz and Modern Africa. His career spans several esteemed universities, including serving as a Professor of History and Africana at New York University as well as acting as Chairman of NYU’s History Department. While at NYU, Kelley was one of the youngest full professors in the country at 32 years of age. He was also the William B. Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia and helped to shape programs at its Institute for Research in African American Studies. Kelley’s work includes seven books as well as over 100 magazine articles, which have been featured in such publications as The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, Code Magazine, Utne Reader, and African Studies Review.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS 1: Introduction
Authoritarianism and the Militarization of Everyday Life Political Geographies of the new Authoritarianism 2. Trumping America 3 Donald Trump
s America 4. Political Frauds and the Menace of Authoritarianism Landscapes of Violence in Dark Times 5. Murder Incorporated: The Growing Culture of Violence in the U.S. 6. The War on Terror is a War on Youth: Paris and the Impoverishment of the Future Scenes of Terrorism and the War on Youth 7. Domestic Terrorism and Youth in Authoritarian Times 8. Sandra Bland
s America 9. Terrorizing Students: The Criminalization of Children in the US Police State Spaces of Resistance 10. The Curse of Totalitarianism: Thinking Beyond Pedagogies of Repression 11. Education Democracy and Hope